The calendar is marching on, the weather is changing slowly, "COME ON" fall it is the best time of the year to be Outdoors.
The Crappie are a little elusive this time of year
Hunting , Fishing, RV Adventures in the west, RV upgrades, Off Grid Living, and a little alternative news
Thursday, September 22, 2016
Friday, September 16, 2016
Sea Nymph Trailer (part 2)
After cutting, welding, sanding, and a coat of paint this is the result
Having the jack and wheel at the front, moving the spare tire needed to be done so the jack would retract, I am hoping when tilting it will not cause trouble. (time will tell)
Image of loading the trailer in tilt mode which is nice when there is no dock or ramp.
As with the "off grid" travel trailer, we have set the Sea Nymph to be functional "off-grid" charging the trolling batteries using solar panels, and using the electric trolling as much as possible.
Here she is with her somewhat rebuilt trailer ready to go fishing.
Cheers Everyone
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
Project: The Sea Nymph Carrier
It is finally feeling like fall is in the air. So, time for some more projects.
Well the trusty 1969 carrier (boat trailer) is in need of some repairs, as we have been fishing through-out Nebraska and Colorado this summer and is missing some parts.
The rough Colorado roads, and back woods places we go have taken a toll on the old gal.
It is time to do some upgrades and replacement of items to get ready for the fall season of fishing and hunting.
So, here are some of the before images from about 4 days ago.
This image shows the Sea Nymph setting on the ground (grounded) behind its trusty wheeled carrier.
The trailer part of the image shows the existing front wheel that uses a pin on the front of the tongue. The pin will bend in rough terrain making it pretty flimsy , next to it is a new jack that is going to be fitted, the wheel will be welded to it, making it possible to retract when in motion, also making it possible to raise and lower with the jack. (my back is getting a little weaker :)
To make that possible the spare tire needs to be relocated towards the rear.
The right side fender is missing, we left from a day fishing in Sterling, got back to base and it was missing ?? .. have no idea where it fell off.
Best I can assume is, I was almost t-boned at a traffic light, I swerved and he missed, I think the boat tilted enough to catch the fender on the tire and rip it off, ( you can see a mark on the upper right of the tire)
Also, one of the poles that help guide the boat onto the trailer on windy days fell off on the way back from the mountains somewhere. Go figure the pipe had a 1/4 in thick wall.
Stay tuned ... more to come ...
Well the trusty 1969 carrier (boat trailer) is in need of some repairs, as we have been fishing through-out Nebraska and Colorado this summer and is missing some parts.
The rough Colorado roads, and back woods places we go have taken a toll on the old gal.
It is time to do some upgrades and replacement of items to get ready for the fall season of fishing and hunting.
So, here are some of the before images from about 4 days ago.
This image shows the Sea Nymph setting on the ground (grounded) behind its trusty wheeled carrier.
The trailer part of the image shows the existing front wheel that uses a pin on the front of the tongue. The pin will bend in rough terrain making it pretty flimsy , next to it is a new jack that is going to be fitted, the wheel will be welded to it, making it possible to retract when in motion, also making it possible to raise and lower with the jack. (my back is getting a little weaker :)
To make that possible the spare tire needs to be relocated towards the rear.
The right side fender is missing, we left from a day fishing in Sterling, got back to base and it was missing ?? .. have no idea where it fell off.Best I can assume is, I was almost t-boned at a traffic light, I swerved and he missed, I think the boat tilted enough to catch the fender on the tire and rip it off, ( you can see a mark on the upper right of the tire)
Also, one of the poles that help guide the boat onto the trailer on windy days fell off on the way back from the mountains somewhere. Go figure the pipe had a 1/4 in thick wall.
Stay tuned ... more to come ...
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