Boat Trailer - AWESOME

[takenoprisoners]

This just in: If you have a fish finder that works, I'll take it as trade for the trailer. I know someone out there has an old fish finder that still does the job but isn't being used. And I know this someone wants this trailer to wow his/her friends and family!

 

[takenoprisoners]

This beauty is still up for grabs. Make me an offer, and you may have yourself a ready-to-customize whatever you want to make it.

 

[takenoprisoners]

$50

 

[foodsaver]

Churly you sure have a way with words

 

[Hogman777]

What are you trying to say about Tennessee trailers that is made in soddy takenoprioners

 

[takenoprisoners]

Mostly that they're awesome. Pretty sure Churly was the one attempting to insult.

Hahaha...

In other news,

 

[SNUFFY]

in all fairness that used to be the way you got a trailer for a boat.....many many many years ago. You bought the boat and then came up with your own trailer especially small aluminum boats. I still own a `52 Crestliner 14' V-aluminum that my dad and I bought in the late 60`s. It had an about `48 Crosley straight axle under a homemade trailer. Even had the original hubcaps on it. I finally put a new Northern Hardware axle under it in the 90`s after it got hard to find bearings.

 

[Buoy-Master]

Maybe ya'll missed a Tennessee Trailer in the 40s then. They were sold to places like Sears and Ace Hardwares also. Yea...a make shift trailer I can see but that industry was just getting fired up and its great working within the company that has been there since the beginning. Snuffy..your right, alot of those straight axles are hard to find parts for. Nowadays, everyone is pretty much the same across the board.

Recently we had a guy walk in with a request for a new trailer for his boat. The trailer and boat are 14 months old and the trailer cracked in half....(B and B Trailers )You wont see that with ours! Of course we made the sale after he toured our plant. NOTHING last longer than a Tennessee....Period.

 

[takenoprisoners]

Snuffy, that's what happened. He got the boat and didn't have disposable income, so his father-in-law used the chassy he had on hand to make it. I think it's pretty cool. To be honest, if it didn't need new tires, I would have just used it. I dig stuff that works well but isn't likely to get stolen.

And Buoy-Master, don't see my comments as derogatory toward you or your line of work. I'm thankful that people like you put out high-quality trailers. Makes the boating life much easier.

 

[Buoy-Master]

Never once took it that way.

 

[takenoprisoners]

Glad you didn't. I am pretty much never trying to offend people, but the Internet doesn't always make my meaning clear.

 

[SNUFFY]

takenoprisoners - 3/22/2013 8:12 AM Snuffy, that's what happened. He got the boat and didn't have disposable income, so his father-in-law used the chassy he had on hand to make it. I think it's pretty cool. To be honest, if it didn't need new tires, I would have just used it. I dig stuff that works well but isn't likely to get stolen. And Buoy-Master, don't see my comments as derogatory toward you or your line of work. I'm thankful that people like you put out high-quality trailers. Makes the boating life much easier.

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People were very resourceful in the 50-60`s. We also had Feathercraft Vagabond that was the cats meow then and it had homemade trailer too. Best I remember it had clothes dryer rubberrollers and washing machinerubber 4" wheels for quidesand 2 2x4s turned up on angle to make a front rest for the keel. My uncle was able to dob enough weld on it to hold it all togther forever.</p>

Must have been a family trait. I bought my first bassboat in the early 80`s, an 15` Allison with a Tenn tilt trailer under it. You`re right Billy they were/are good trailers. This one hadn`t been taken care of too well and it sounded like a rolling junkyard on a rough road with the tilt and all the adjustable bunk and roller mounts While I was in the process of repainting and repairing the Ally, I decided to cut the tilt out and make all the rollers and bunks welded mounts ,rebuilt with new fenders and side steps and then paintit to match the boat. Worked out great. </p>

 

[takenoprisoners]

Ha! I'm still a bit of a cheap. Hence why I've been researching the best way to make and mount homemade rod holders in my little Alumacraft.

 

[takenoprisoners]

And by cheap, I mean creative.