I would add cross bracing from the main frame to the where you welded that transom hoop to so that way it has more rigidity to it. The bouncing over time could twist and weaken that rear cross beam. And add a diagonal support from outside corner of stair to the frame of trailer so if someone rams the bump stop it won’t bend the stairs forward. Other then that it came out awesome!
Agreed with above. I would also add a cap of tubing from the tube inside each stair you welded to the trailer. Think of a cross piece if it does not interfere with the center toon. This will drastically increase the stiffness of the stairs and stop the drooping evident in the video when you climbed them.
The trailer looks awesome and totally worth the wait. I only have one suggestion. Would it be worth connecting the two upright supports on the stairs for some additional strength and rigidity? Just a thought. Trailer looks killer!
I concur, and also suggest maybe putting lights on the stairs and bump stops as well. Right now you don't really have a good indicator for where the stairs/stops are in the dark and your tail lights from your truck make the black stairs disappear. (At least on camera) Plus, if you're going to be loading/unloading in the dark, wouldn't lights on the stairs help everyone get on and off?
I agree, maybe a round stock going from the outside corners of the step to the frame. I seen little bit of bounce it would sturdy them up a lot, especially sense those are bump stops as well.
I enjoy your videos very much. Helped us rebuild a pontoon boat over the last year and a half. Wish you were in the northeast so you could rebuild a snowmobile. We could use the guidance! Thanks again, Matt from Boston.
Looks awesome. Love the LEDs. I’d paint the new equalizers and the rims black to match, but otherwise no changes. I really like the double stairs at the bow. Looks great and will be double the functionality. You do a ton of work. Keep it up.
I love those dual stairs. 12:26 The new box yoke you're installing looks more beefy than that T-beam cross member it's attaching to. Weakest link etc. Remember you're adding a cantilevered downward moment attached at the hollow face of the support. That T-beam is strong against force loading from its top but not so much against a torsion load applied from one side (the aft of the trailer) where you welded that box yoke thing plus whatever extra weight it is supposed to bear in turn. Plan to beef up that rear crossbar too. The all black trailer looks great when you're done.
@ ultimate rebuilds. Since you made the winch post curved back, I’d add a bottom leg to it for more support. That winch will be pulling a lot of weight and now you are relying on the welds. The Welds are probably fine but the added support is piece of mind for the alteration.
Bolting a brace between the steps at the top if there is clearance from the center toon will improve the stability of the steps. Adding a brace between the handrails will strengthen them as well. I am enjoying your videos. keep up the good work
Looks awesome! I’d probably add a horizontal bar to the top of each vertical stair mount post. It will make both sides stronger if you tie them together.
@@rosstulloch8100 I agree. What he has done is sufficient if he only plans to drive down the block to the neighborhood boat ramp, but I'd be nervous about hitting any kind of bumps at highway speeds.
Something i always notice in your videos are the Florida skies. I grew up in Largo and spent some time in Jacksonville one summer during college. The skies there are just so much more vivid or something. Keep up the great work! I'd love to update my bunks with some led lighting next time they need work.
I love how you go all out on your builds. It’s shaping up sweet as hell! Just two things though; I’d be concerned about the stairs not being properly supported and bending out and down over time. Also, I thought you shouldn’t attach/make contact between aluminum and steel. By no means am I am expert… just that I had heard or read that somewhere.
I really think that one of your strengths is the trailer rebuilds. Each one has been done really well. You may want to think of doing custom trailers. Don’t know the market, but your trailer game is strong.
Looks great. If you are loading at night as often as you say, you should get small led strips for your deck stops also(or somewhere at the front_. It gives you a visual on how far you need to pull onto the trailer. We never has anything as cool as your bunk lights, but we always had lights at the winch. Nice job.
Awesome work man and good ideas. Love the double ladder and black paint job. I agree, black looks the best. Keep the videos coming, love watching them!
Looks great I’d probably ad a longitudinal support or two from the last most aft side to side frame to stiffen the most rear ad on you did and maybe a cross one in the front to tie the stairs together
The trailer looks very good. Black really does look good. For the stairs maybe weld a horizontal support between the two, on top of the vertical supports you already have in place. It would help tie them together, and provide more support to reduce flexing.
The side mounts on the stairs could be connected for support. Lay a piece of that metal across the top and weld them in. Then they would support each other.
The LED lights are frikin awesome! I love the newer boats that have them under the swim deck or under the entire boat - it's just cool as $hit too! Nice work!!!
The trailer looks absolutely awesome! I think I followed your explanation of the trailer bunk lights - I might add some LED lights on the rails of my utility trailer. I look forward to the Friday videos but this past Friday I was working late and wouldn't have had time to watch it anyhow so today was perfect!
I think you should tie the stairs together with another piece of steel across the tops of the pieces you welded in. It will also close them off so rain doesn't get in there since you left the tops opened. You can even put another bump stop on it right in front of the middle pontoon. It will all help transfer some of the bump energy when you are coming in and tie it all together better. It is just one more piece of steel lol. I work at a high performance boat shop and we custom trailers all the time
After watching jetski videos a couple days ago, the first episode of this boat rebuild series popped up on my recommended page. Im glad that I clicked on it, so interesting watching these videos! Keep up the great work man! :)
Nice work! You do a nice job not cutting corners and getting it done correctly! I love the first pontoon with the bar and captain helm. I thought about doing one myself but thought it might be easier to put a sign on the side saying "Look at my cool bar, please pull me over" Looking fwd to party boat 2.0
Consider adding diagonal gussets from the inside side main frames to the inside of the rear crossmember to which the transom hoop is welded to. This will prevent the transom crossmember frame rail from twisting due to load on the cantilevered transom hoop. Hope this makes sense.
Hey Zack, where you added the support on the back, you may want to add a transom saver, with where its mounted, coupled with the angle of transom saver, you can't go wrong, next time you have the toon on trailer, mock it up, you will see
Check your video of the disassembly and look at the spring hangers. I’m pretty sure they will ‘self correct’ (and scare you) but worth a look. Love the channel and how diligent you are with your projects.
I had them flip that way on my flatdeck when I jacked up one side by the frame to work on the brakes. It was surprising how difficult it was to get them to flip back with weight and a large prybar. And like you said, they do so with a surprising BANG!
it looks sweet man. it looks like the stairs are a little flimsy if that's the right word lol... i was thinking if you add a piece of steel across the two vertical post you made for the stairs, that would stiffen them up a lot. either way hell of a job the trailer looks amazing
Question! Those of us with pontoon boats, how we redo the floors when it's aluminum entire floors? I don't think my Suntracker has wood for floors. Thnx
I probably would have done a few things different, but you did a great job and made it a one-off, as always. Cheers to everyone who modifies/customizes everything they own! And, great video/project yet again! Looking forward to seeing what you do with the pontoon, man.
Great progress! Really like how it's shaping up. My family had a pontoon when I was younger and I absolutely loved it. Never thought about building a custom one until I found your channel.
Only suggestions is to add gussets to the back section. It would help tie in strength horizontally vs all vertically and I am sure you thought of adding grip tape to the steps. Looks great!
What a great job you did. This trailer is awesome. I wish you did your videos more frequently. Your work is very professional. Keep up the good work ad the great vlogs.
Looks really good. The only thing I might have done is add some diagonal braces between the stairs and the frame for some extra support since that's your bump stop and you don't want it moving. But that's me. I'm big on slightly overbuilding things so I never have to mess with them again. I also never use pressure treated wood for bunks. I use cedar instead. It's naturally rot resistant.
I would add cross bracing from the main frame to the where you welded that transom hoop to so that way it has more rigidity to it. The bouncing over time could twist and weaken that rear cross beam. And add a diagonal support from outside corner of stair to the frame of trailer so if someone rams the bump stop it won’t bend the stairs forward. Other then that it came out awesome!
Read my mind. Transom needs more weld support. Great job on this build so far.
Agreed with above. I would also add a cap of tubing from the tube inside each stair you welded to the trailer. Think of a cross piece if it does not interfere with the center toon. This will drastically increase the stiffness of the stairs and stop the drooping evident in the video when you climbed them.
Don't forget a drain hole at the bottom of the upright stair support or it will fill up and rust
You really got a lot accomplished this week, the LED's look dope!
Worth the wait. Assumed you’re busy when I didn’t see my sat morning video here in Australia 👍😊
No rest for the weary. Love your work Zach
The trailer looks awesome and totally worth the wait. I only have one suggestion. Would it be worth connecting the two upright supports on the stairs for some additional strength and rigidity? Just a thought. Trailer looks killer!
Totally agree with that! I mean it is simple physics! Still think the build is awesome!
I concur, and also suggest maybe putting lights on the stairs and bump stops as well. Right now you don't really have a good indicator for where the stairs/stops are in the dark and your tail lights from your truck make the black stairs disappear. (At least on camera)
Plus, if you're going to be loading/unloading in the dark, wouldn't lights on the stairs help everyone get on and off?
I agree, maybe a round stock going from the outside corners of the step to the frame. I seen little bit of bounce it would sturdy them up a lot, especially sense those are bump stops as well.
I enjoy your videos very much. Helped us rebuild a pontoon boat over the last year and a half. Wish you were in the northeast so you could rebuild a snowmobile. We could use the guidance! Thanks again, Matt from Boston.
Looks awesome. Love the LEDs. I’d paint the new equalizers and the rims black to match, but otherwise no changes. I really like the double stairs at the bow. Looks great and will be double the functionality. You do a ton of work. Keep it up.
Why rebuild something the simple way when you can go ultimate? Love this build.
Zachary,your a machine,excellent job sir.Thankyou for sharing.
wow, vry nice.. Luckily I followed u frm the beginning. U hve potential.. continue to grow.. keep it up.. from malaysian fans 🇲🇾
I love those dual stairs.
12:26 The new box yoke you're installing looks more beefy than that T-beam cross member it's attaching to. Weakest link etc. Remember you're adding a cantilevered downward moment attached at the hollow face of the support. That T-beam is strong against force loading from its top but not so much against a torsion load applied from one side (the aft of the trailer) where you welded that box yoke thing plus whatever extra weight it is supposed to bear in turn. Plan to beef up that rear crossbar too.
The all black trailer looks great when you're done.
I love seeing a young man like you. Doing something so creative. With your time. God bless
Great work dude!...love your content, respect from Zimbabwe 🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼
@ ultimate rebuilds. Since you made the winch post curved back, I’d add a bottom leg to it for more support. That winch will be pulling a lot of weight and now you are relying on the welds. The Welds are probably fine but the added support is piece of mind for the alteration.
Looks great. The wiring looks like a/c colors for your house. Black is the load and white is the neutral.
Bolting a brace between the steps at the top if there is clearance from the center toon will improve the stability of the steps. Adding a brace between the handrails will strengthen them as well. I am enjoying your videos. keep up the good work
I just found this video- excellent job on the trailer and pontoon as well as all of the videos!!!
led lights on the bump stops and the stairs would be a cool addition
I might have put a few more lights on the sides of the trailer but you've got the trailer looking GREAT !!!!!!!!!!!!!
More pontoon videos!!!! Luv em
Wow. When you do something, you really do it right. Great job
Dude.. you should put led lights in the bump stops as well. Might make loading at night a little easier.. great job man it looks awesome ..
What am i missing here? Are you on the crack?
@@401Impala Not sure how to answer or take that to be honest..
BEAUTIFUL work, this is awesome stuff
You gots the skills! Looks amazing. I’m watching you work and all I can think is you are a machine. Fun to watch you kill these projects.
Can't wait to see what you picked out for the seating!
Looks GR8!!! May just have to do that to my boat bunks! Should make it a lot easier in the evenings or at night to load up!
Enjoy this very much. Only thing is I would add leds for the steps as well as the bump stops on each side. Another awesome build.
I am SUPER impressed with your videos...Great ideas, Great work ethics. Need more part numbers and links for items you use please.
Looks awesome! I’d probably add a horizontal bar to the top of each vertical stair mount post. It will make both sides stronger if you tie them together.
I'm a little worried about the torsion on that rear support, too. Zack does great work, but I think he's underestimated the stresses here.
@@rosstulloch8100 I agree. What he has done is sufficient if he only plans to drive down the block to the neighborhood boat ramp, but I'd be nervous about hitting any kind of bumps at highway speeds.
I'm 44 years old and I wish I had a friend like you growing up.
Something i always notice in your videos are the Florida skies. I grew up in Largo and spent some time in Jacksonville one summer during college. The skies there are just so much more vivid or something.
Keep up the great work! I'd love to update my bunks with some led lighting next time they need work.
Your work ethic is very impressive. You are not afraid of hard work. Keep at it !
I love how you go all out on your builds. It’s shaping up sweet as hell! Just two things though; I’d be concerned about the stairs not being properly supported and bending out and down over time. Also, I thought you shouldn’t attach/make contact between aluminum and steel. By no means am I am expert… just that I had heard or read that somewhere.
Shouldn't the leaf springs mount above the equalizer for proper function?
Great job looks spot on
I really think that one of your strengths is the trailer rebuilds. Each one has been done really well. You may want to think of doing custom trailers. Don’t know the market, but your trailer game is strong.
Looks great. If you are loading at night as often as you say, you should get small led strips for your deck stops also(or somewhere at the front_. It gives you a visual on how far you need to pull onto the trailer. We never has anything as cool as your bunk lights, but we always had lights at the winch. Nice job.
Great built brother. Looking forward to the final product
I love the outcome of your trailer. I wouldn't change anything ! Awesome job !
Brilliant set up!
You sir are smart above your years!
dope idea with the stairs
That looks suprisingly good. Great content
Awesome work man and good ideas. Love the double ladder and black paint job. I agree, black looks the best. Keep the videos coming, love watching them!
Suzuki 4-strokes are AWESOME!!
Very nice! You’re doing a great job. Thanks for sharing.
Love the videos bru! Big ups from Cape Town 🇿🇦
Looks great I’d probably ad a longitudinal support or two from the last most aft side to side frame to stiffen the most rear ad on you did and maybe a cross one in the front to tie the stairs together
Do you think having the handrails mounted in the center will get in the way of hooking up the winch hook to the boat
The trailer looks very good. Black really does look good. For the stairs maybe weld a horizontal support between the two, on top of the vertical supports you already have in place. It would help tie them together, and provide more support to reduce flexing.
First time I've seen the light up bunks and I love it looks really cool and will make landing at night a little easier.
The side mounts on the stairs could be connected for support. Lay a piece of that metal across the top and weld them in. Then they would support each other.
The LED lights are frikin awesome! I love the newer boats that have them under the swim deck or under the entire boat - it's just cool as $hit too! Nice work!!!
The structure is very helpful Thank you ^ ^
Nicely done! Those LED strips would look awesome on the underside outer edge of the pontoon deck.
Hold that thought... LOL
The trailer looks absolutely awesome! I think I followed your explanation of the trailer bunk lights - I might add some LED lights on the rails of my utility trailer. I look forward to the Friday videos but this past Friday I was working late and wouldn't have had time to watch it anyhow so today was perfect!
I think you should tie the stairs together with another piece of steel across the tops of the pieces you welded in. It will also close them off so rain doesn't get in there since you left the tops opened. You can even put another bump stop on it right in front of the middle pontoon. It will all help transfer some of the bump energy when you are coming in and tie it all together better. It is just one more piece of steel lol. I work at a high performance boat shop and we custom trailers all the time
After watching jetski videos a couple days ago, the first episode of this boat rebuild series popped up on my recommended page. Im glad that I clicked on it, so interesting watching these videos! Keep up the great work man! :)
Great idea on the front of the trailer Zach! You really have a mind for engineering!
Love your work brother keep it going
Nice work! You do a nice job not cutting corners and getting it done correctly! I love the first pontoon with the bar and captain helm. I thought about doing one myself but thought it might be easier to put a sign on the side saying "Look at my cool bar, please pull me over" Looking fwd to party boat 2.0
Trailer looks great,love the videos,.
Consider adding diagonal gussets from the inside side main frames to the inside of the rear crossmember to which the transom hoop is welded to. This will prevent the transom crossmember frame rail from twisting due to load on the cantilevered transom hoop.
Hope this makes sense.
Hey Zack, where you added the support on the back, you may want to add a transom saver, with where its mounted, coupled with the angle of transom saver, you can't go wrong, next time you have the toon on trailer, mock it up, you will see
Looks good 👍... maybe put some LEDs up on your bump stops so you're not ramming that center pontoon into the railings at night.
Awesome video as always! I want to see grit tape and another aluminum support bar on the trailer steps.
THIS MAN IS AN EXPERT!!
Great job so far!
Looks good! I would make some side bunks. It will help out tremendously with loading the boat on those windy days.
Love your videos keep up the great work
Love watching you work.great channel
Nice job looking good. Can't wait for more. God bless
Check your video of the disassembly and look at the spring hangers. I’m pretty sure they will ‘self correct’ (and scare you) but worth a look.
Love the channel and how diligent you are with your projects.
I noticed the same thing. Glad someone commented on it!
I had them flip that way on my flatdeck when I jacked up one side by the frame to work on the brakes. It was surprising how difficult it was to get them to flip back with weight and a large prybar. And like you said, they do so with a surprising BANG!
Great job Zach!
The magic at 6:04! Lots of work went into that little 1 inch jump!!
love this great work man!!!
it looks sweet man. it looks like the stairs are a little flimsy if that's the right word lol... i was thinking if you add a piece of steel across the two vertical post you made for the stairs, that would stiffen them up a lot. either way hell of a job the trailer looks amazing
Stairs stiffens up when the boat is on it.
You should make a custom off road trailer for the beetle!!!
Well done once again. Thank you for the great content Zach.
Beautiful! Congratulations!
The LED's look great, nice work.
Love the channel! Thanks and keep posting!
Question! Those of us with pontoon boats, how we redo the floors when it's aluminum entire floors? I don't think my Suntracker has wood for floors. Thnx
I'm loving your welding Crocs 😉
I tried welding in flip flops once.. only once.
What kind of paint are you using to paint the trailer and toons?
It looks awesome!
Always hard at work man. Great job! 👍🏼
I probably would have done a few things different, but you did a great job and made it a one-off, as always. Cheers to everyone who modifies/customizes everything they own! And, great video/project yet again! Looking forward to seeing what you do with the pontoon, man.
That looks good dude
Great progress! Really like how it's shaping up. My family had a pontoon when I was younger and I absolutely loved it. Never thought about building a custom one until I found your channel.
Well done young man, I watch all of your videos. Kudos. 🇬🇧🙏
Only suggestions is to add gussets to the back section. It would help tie in strength horizontally vs all vertically and I am sure you thought of adding grip tape to the steps. Looks great!
Looks great, but the rear transom support needs 2 struts tied to the next crossbar forward to have strength, the stairs have been covered by others.
What a great job you did. This trailer is awesome. I wish you did your videos more frequently. Your work is very professional. Keep up the good work ad the great vlogs.
Looks sick man!! Great job! Maybe add a couple amber lights on top step or somewhere close so you can see where the boat will stop ??
I feel with all the extra weight you’ll be adding you’ll need to upgrade the axles wheels and suspension for a higher payload
agreed
Great video, really took that trailer to the next level!!
Looks really good. The only thing I might have done is add some diagonal braces between the stairs and the frame for some extra support since that's your bump stop and you don't want it moving. But that's me. I'm big on slightly overbuilding things so I never have to mess with them again. I also never use pressure treated wood for bunks. I use cedar instead. It's naturally rot resistant.
WOW! Another incredible trailer rebuild and excellent wiring tutorial, as always, GREAT BUILD QUALITY...and it looks FANTASTIC, great content Zach!
This is sweet, man.