ALTERNATE USES FOR AN INVESTIGATOR TRAILER

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Ozzie
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ALTERNATE USES FOR AN INVESTIGATOR TRAILER

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Im having a slow day with a crook back. SO , I'll bore you with this stuff.

As I a carry few other marine toys and cant be bothered hoisting them onto roof racks i have done a quick easy conversion to my otherwise idle trailer , which as I'm moored was sitting in the yard for 11 months a year. Everything was free or offcuts I picked up off the council bulk waste including the paint. These are the fruits of being 85% retired and of canny Scottish descent. ;)

Platform is a piece of construction ply being turfed out at the local school , the treated pine 4x2s were roadside rubbish as was the paint and Ive since added marine carpet strips , also roadside...ah the benefits of living in lake Mac. I did buy some stainless screws with countersunk heads to replace the first thing I used in the pics which I had on hand but would not have lasted and were too high for applying the carpet smoothly.
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The cross members are bracketed onto the bunks with longlong roof coach bolts and the platform can be lifted off with two people in about two minutes.
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Ozzie
Investigator #143 "SPRITZIG II"

The Mariner - “It’s too strange here. It doesn’t move right." ...
Enola - “Helen said that it’s only land sickness."
Waterworld (1995)
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Ozzie
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Re: ALTERNATE USES FOR AN INVESTIGATOR TRAILER

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Rear view
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I can carry my poly fishing canoe on this and even use the tilt and winch to retrieve if I want to save unpacking it before loading. Also takes a few kayaks and canoes on a big family rowing day.
Ozzie
Investigator #143 "SPRITZIG II"

The Mariner - “It’s too strange here. It doesn’t move right." ...
Enola - “Helen said that it’s only land sickness."
Waterworld (1995)
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Re: ALTERNATE USES FOR AN INVESTIGATOR TRAILER

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nice job Ozzie :)
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