My neighbor, Don, and I went to Wisconsin to recover the trailer from the '76 GT-150 today. Our plan was to remove the motor from the boat, pivot the boat on it's transom and set it on the ground next to the trailer, and pivot the trailer up and around, so we could load it on another trailer and bring it home. Easy, huh?
First of all, the motor didn't want to come off of the boat. The steering cable wouldn't come out of the motor. With the steering cable attached, we couldn't seperate it from the boat, making it far more difficult to move everything around. We did get the boat off of the trailer, finally. Now we were on to the trailer. We tried to lift the tongue so we could pivot it around the rear but the one wheel still attached was frozen in the ground. We tried to dig it out, but the ground was really frozen. We ended up taking the hub off of the axle and pulling it free. This worked. We loaded it on the trailer and brought it home. It seems like it is a really nice trailer and I can't wait to get the '79 GT-150 on it.
'76 GT-150 off of the trailer but with the motor attached
Ready to load up next
The GT-150 is set in a position so it should be easy to get out next time
Don attaching the trailer to the other trailer
Our nice little package
This trailer has really nice rollers
Here is the hub that we had to take apart
The other hub is fine and still spins
The tongue is in great shape
A view from the front
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