The never-ending project to fill my hole in the ocean while bailing it out

The Trailer Decision - Page 3
(Apparently rebuilding a trailer . . . incrementally!)

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Next, I've got to cut off the old and near-worthless (welded-on) trailer jack and replace it.  (Oct. 8, 2005)

Up at his shop yesterday, my buddy Brad and I burned off the old trailer jack where it was welded to the tongue and replaced it with a new jack. The trailer is now ready to haul-out Chip Ahoy for the season, if the rain ever stops.  (Oct. 11, 2005)

I had U-Haul attach a new trailer hitch to my "new" '99 Chevy Blazer. I'm getting ready to move "Chip Ahoy" from the side of the house for the season and uncover it.  (March 15, 2006)

The ultimate solution was a new (2003) Load Rite trailer.  In the spring of 2007 I bought Wally Riddle's "Carpe Diem" -- boat, outboard, and trailer -- for $2,500 (what I paid for Chip Ahoy in 2003, but Carpe Diem was in far better condition; newer with many more upgrades).  I sold Carpe Diem on my old trailer (above) for $2,500 so got the Load Rite for nothing.  Wally had added his keel centering bracket to his trailer a year or two earlier, subsequent to this photo.