www.iFourWinns.com

Kind of hard to describe. Friend of mine has a wood shop and also builds big steel cookers- smokers BBQ's. He sprayed the wood trim that goes around the counters and V berth on the boat and I mentioned my trailer and what I wanted to get done and he tells me he can do it. So I tell him "have at it". He realy takes pride in his work and wants everything right and he likes to weld. I'm real happy with the outcome.

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Inboard, outboard, onboard never bored
KUT 'N LOOSE
'99 258 VISTA

The trailer looks good! He did a good job!

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Troy
2008 Centurion Avalanche
1994 Four Winns Horizon 180 SE 5.0L OMC Cobra (Sold)
2002 Ford F150 Harley Davidson Edition (http://www.nhtoc.com) 378 hp & 465 tq at rear wheels
2008 Honda Accord EX-L w/Nav

nice trailer for sure - did you have it sandblasted or ??? how was it prepped?

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Guns kill people like spoons make people fat.
2007 Horizon 190 Gxi
97 Pathfinder SE 4x4
73 International Scout II

Actually he has restored some collector cars so he has all the equipment and experience to do this kind of project. He did'nt sandblast, just sanded primed and painted. Imron paint is a 2 part epoxy that is very hard and should hold up in this application.

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Inboard, outboard, onboard never bored
KUT 'N LOOSE
'99 258 VISTA

That trailer looks awesome! Uh, maybe FW needs to hire this guy as their chief fabricator?

I love the carpet guide bunks. I'll have to post a pic of mine someday. One side looks like a pasta noodle. Its been bent several times and is now clearly weak.

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Former owner of:
1996 Four Winns Horizon 200 5.8L VP
2006 Four Winns Horizon 260 8.1L VP
2007 Sea Ray 290 Sundancer

Current boat
2004 Sea Ray 290 Sun Sport Twin 350 Mags

nice indeed.

on the carpet subject, mine needs replacing. Is just ordinary marine carpet OK. The stuff at the boat shop seems a little stiff compared to the factory stuff...

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I bought a remant at a carpet store. Outdoor type. I had to get 10 yards to get th 14 ft length I needed. Monel rust proof staples cost about $15 a 1000 used 2 boxs. I found SS but they were only 3/8. I used 1/2.

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Inboard, outboard, onboard never bored
KUT 'N LOOSE
'99 258 VISTA

Scott,
I have rebunked my trailer mainly due to rusting bolts, the carpet used was the stripped carpet available from BAIS and works better than the original, if you need info fire away

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2005 Four Winns Sundowner (Sold)
350 MAG B1

In Oz, the traffic people do not allow this, so our brake lines on FW trailers come attached with thick cable ties to the axles (I think the dealer does this). Would be simple for you to do to your existing trailer, and best of all, only costs a couple of bucks...

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Alec

2006 Horizon 190
VP 4.3GL/SX, Sunsport

Scott
thats good timing. will send u a pm to find out what i'm in for !
cheers
Scott

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Another tip I came across for the bunks was to spray them with silicon spray (when the boat is in the water!). Man, the boat just glides on and off then - like it is on rollers!

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Alec

2006 Horizon 190
VP 4.3GL/SX, Sunsport

I've heard many people mention the silicone spray. Now the question for all of you is what kind of spray? Just simply silicone based lube? Or are we talking something else?

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Rob
2007 Four Winns 180 Horizon

AstroGlide works well. So I'm told.

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Paul
2007 Four Winns Horizon 220
Mercruiser 350 Mag MPI w/ Bravo III Drive
2004 Ford Explorer Limited (V8-AWD)
Pomme de Terre Lake (Southwest Missouri)

I am SO not even going to touch that

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Mike
2005 Four Winns 230/240
VP 5.7GXi/DP
1998 F-150 XLT
Boat Pic

Question: What type of environmental impact does the silione-based lubricants on bunks have?

You know that SOME of it is coming off in the water. What is the difference between this practice and summerizing your boat with green antifreeze in it when you're at the boat ramp? I realize there may be more green stuff, but 20+ dips of silicone-based lubricant into the water can't be that much better for the lake.

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Paul
2007 Four Winns Horizon 220
Mercruiser 350 Mag MPI w/ Bravo III Drive
2004 Ford Explorer Limited (V8-AWD)
Pomme de Terre Lake (Southwest Missouri)