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kra
03-13-2003, 06:28 PM
needed to move boat out of shelter to pour concrete floor so I can finish inclosing for shop.
mobile home axles and hubs(no wheels) on runners worked great! http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid54/pe51a202aaf0e22ff2c5bfb8cabe1da54/fc826699.jpg http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid54/p5629f5ff0f0a8615623e4f2b7eccc409/fc826654.jpg
Hughman
03-13-2003, 09:26 PM
One of the advantages of a cradle over poppets for at home storage of boats.

What kind of boat is that?
kra
03-14-2003, 07:15 AM
Hughman
it is an H-28 ketch
just recently started working on
TomRobb
03-14-2003, 10:12 AM
Slick - yer own marine railway :cool:
George Roberts
03-14-2003, 10:37 AM
nice boat, nice railway.

long push to the water.
centroid
03-14-2003, 04:03 PM
looks good !

i'm going to need something like that sometimes in the future too. what's the best way to get one ? weld it myself ? what size did you use for steel tubes ? where to get the hubs ? is it just a rod through the hub ?
kra
03-14-2003, 04:34 PM
centroid
I used mobile home axles uncut already assembled
just welded them under frame of cradle
I was lucky, the length was just right so no cutting and rewelding of axle pipe was needed
they are not hard to find used. mine were free, drug out of the woods behind a friends shop
had to remove hubs to strip brakes out and grease bearings