<div dir="ltr"><div>Progress! Good to see the boat on the new trailer. Where are you going to do the makeover on the boat? </div><div><br></div><div>Best Regards</div><div><br></div><div>Cliff</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 10:06 AM, Jon Wallace via Personal_Submersibles <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><div id="m_-4741438159546063324yui_3_16_0_1_1527603558182_7340"><span></span></div><div class="m_-4741438159546063324qtdSeparateBR" id="m_-4741438159546063324yui_3_16_0_1_1527603558182_7223"><div id="m_-4741438159546063324yui_3_16_0_1_1527603558182_7253" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,"Lucida Grande",sans-serif" dir="ltr">Moved the submarine yesterday (Monday 5/28) from the original 1979 steel trailer to the new aluminum trailer. Working alone, it took me 8 hours to build the gantry, lift the sub, and swap out the trailers. No issues however and it all went pretty smoothly. I have to admit I was a bit nervous about lifting the sub on wood beams, but I had used an online calculator (<a id="m_-4741438159546063324yui_3_16_0_1_1527603558182_7360" href="http://forestryforum.com/members/donp/beamclc_ctrpointload.htm" target="_blank">http://forestryforum.com/<wbr>members/donp/beamclc_<wbr>ctrpointload.htm</a>) </div><div id="m_-4741438159546063324yui_3_16_0_1_1527603558182_7253" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,"Lucida Grande",sans-serif" dir="ltr">to determine timber sizes and it turned out to be accurate. If there was any deflection in the beams it certainly was not noticeable to the naked eye.</div><div id="m_-4741438159546063324yui_3_16_0_1_1527603558182_7368"><br></div><div id="m_-4741438159546063324yui_3_16_0_1_1527603558182_7256" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,"Lucida Grande",sans-serif" dir="ltr">The submarine is completely stripped and is as light as it is ever going to get. I have no idea what the actual weight is but I calculated approximately 2500 pounds based upon the amount of steel in the various parts (main cylinder, heads, conning tower, battery pods, etc). I decided to split that weight between two beams rather than just one so I could use lighter material. Each beam was created from laminating two 2x10x10 full dimensional planks purchased from a local saw mill which provided a full 4x10x10 beam. Posts were created by laminating two 2x6x10 planks together to provide full 4x6x10 material. Lots of bracing here, there, and everywhere. Looks ugly, but is very solid.</div><div id="m_-4741438159546063324yui_3_16_0_1_1527603558182_7256" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,"Lucida Grande",sans-serif" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="m_-4741438159546063324yui_3_16_0_1_1527603558182_7256" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,"Lucida Grande",sans-serif" dir="ltr">I used two 2-ton "come along" manual winches attached to the fore and aft lifting rings then lifted/lowered equally between the two winches. Once free hanging, the sub did sway a bit since I had to lean on it to get to the winches. This also made me nervous since too much swaying could bring the gantry down but I was easily able to counter and damper the small sway. I probably would not have done this on a windy day.</div><div id="m_-4741438159546063324yui_3_16_0_1_1527603558182_7256" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,"Lucida Grande",sans-serif" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="m_-4741438159546063324yui_3_16_0_1_1527603558182_7256" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,"Lucida Grande",sans-serif" dir="ltr">The old and new trailers are the same height so I only needed to lift the sub about four inches so that it was free of the c-channel that it rests inside. Then it was simply a matter of pulling the old trailer out from underneath, backing the new trailer underneath with proper placement, then lowering the sub back down. Happy to have the sub on a road worthy trailer now.</div></div><div class="m_-4741438159546063324yahoo_quoted" id="m_-4741438159546063324yui_3_16_0_1_1527603558182_7238" style="display:block"><div id="m_-4741438159546063324yui_3_16_0_1_1527603558182_7237"><div id="m_-4741438159546063324yui_3_16_0_1_1527603558182_7236"><div class="m_-4741438159546063324y_msg_container" id="m_-4741438159546063324yui_3_16_0_1_1527603558182_7265" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,"Lucida Grande",sans-serif;font-size:16px"><br></div><div class="m_-4741438159546063324y_msg_container" id="m_-4741438159546063324yui_3_16_0_1_1527603558182_7265" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,"Lucida Grande",sans-serif;font-size:16px">Videos uploaded for your viewing pleasure</div><div class="m_-4741438159546063324y_msg_container" id="m_-4741438159546063324yui_3_16_0_1_1527603558182_7265" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,"Lucida Grande",sans-serif;font-size:16px"><br></div><div class="m_-4741438159546063324y_msg_container" id="m_-4741438159546063324yui_3_16_0_1_1527603558182_7265" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,"Lucida Grande",sans-serif;font-size:16px">Episode 3 - Trailer Swap - <a id="m_-4741438159546063324yui_3_16_0_1_1527603558182_10449" style="font-family:"times new roman","new york",times,serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLbbFUlKHkU" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/<wbr>watch?v=FLbbFUlKHkU</a></div><div class="m_-4741438159546063324y_msg_container" id="m_-4741438159546063324yui_3_16_0_1_1527603558182_7265" dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="m_-4741438159546063324y_msg_container" id="m_-4741438159546063324yui_3_16_0_1_1527603558182_7265" dir="ltr">Episode 2 - More Trailer Mods - <a id="m_-4741438159546063324yui_3_16_0_1_1527603558182_10530" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4d0nzWIgYo" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/<wbr>watch?v=e4d0nzWIgYo</a></div><div class="m_-4741438159546063324y_msg_container" id="m_-4741438159546063324yui_3_16_0_1_1527603558182_7265" dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="m_-4741438159546063324y_msg_container" id="m_-4741438159546063324yui_3_16_0_1_1527603558182_7265" dir="ltr">Episode 1 - Fender Repair - <a id="m_-4741438159546063324yui_3_16_0_1_1527603558182_10626" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zh3d5BI1vig" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/<wbr>watch?v=zh3d5BI1vig</a></div><div class="m_-4741438159546063324y_msg_container" id="m_-4741438159546063324yui_3_16_0_1_1527603558182_7265" dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="m_-4741438159546063324y_msg_container" id="m_-4741438159546063324yui_3_16_0_1_1527603558182_7265" dir="ltr"><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></div><br>______________________________<wbr>_________________<br>
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