Another project has been to get my 12 foot lake fishing boat back up and running/floating.
Today I put a new hitch coupler on the trailer. Dad and I built two boats in 1976 and the trailer I have for my boat was new in 1969. The coupler was in pretty tough shape so today I cut the old one off and bolted a new one on. The original was welded onto the 3 inch box channel of the trailer’s frame.
I didn’t take a before picture, this is after the old coupler was cut off and I was cutting the welds off with a hack saw. I did a lot of the cutting with a 3 inch air cutter I purchased from Harbor Freight several years ago. I think I paid about $7.00 for it.
You got to love Harbor Freight.
Here is another picture of hand cutting the old weld bead off the trailer frame.
The new coupler, it is much better condition then the old one and should keep the trailer attached to the truck. I’m looking forward returning to fishing this spring.
Yesterday we got a 2010 Ford Ranger 4WD so Hank and I can drive up into the hills and I can tow my 12 foot fishing boat. It feels like spring here and fishing season will start after Tanya wedding.
The shorter of the two applied for Social Security Retirement today.