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Offline cudadave72

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Rotisserie out of a boat trailer????
« on: January 08, 2011 - 01:18:06 PM »
I was talking to a good buddy of mine that told me I should buy a used boat trailer and make a rotisserie out of it. He said that way I could tote the car (shop to media blaster, etc...) around as I restore it. Anyone every done this before??? Pictures? :2thumbs:
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Re: Rotisserie out of a boat trailer????
« Reply #1 on: January 08, 2011 - 06:45:55 PM »
nevr heard of that one, but I bet you`ll break a leg or 2 when working inside a trailerframe with the car on it`s side  :2cents:  I`d rather build a solid one with some good wheels you can roll onto a flatbed
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Re: Rotisserie out of a boat trailer????
« Reply #2 on: January 08, 2011 - 07:38:00 PM »
I've heard about using the trailer crank winch to rotate the rotisserie.
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Re: Rotisserie out of a boat trailer????
« Reply #3 on: January 08, 2011 - 08:26:44 PM »
its a solid frame and gives most of the material to make one,,cut the nose off and some other modifications,,and its not to far a stretch,,just fab up some rear and front mounts and you in business,,i could see that easy
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Re: Rotisserie out of a boat trailer????
« Reply #4 on: January 08, 2011 - 09:10:58 PM »
When I built my rotisserie I considered the following:  The design of all the commercial built ones, The overall length, the ability to turn in it's own length ( full swivel wheels on both ends) and be able to crab into a work area, the work height and the ability to rotate 360 degrees.  A boat trailer would fail all these parameters.  PK
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