Hey Everyone, posting up some pics of my attempt at fixing my boat trailer. Its for a Skeeter ZX-180 and originally came with a single axle trailer. At some point one of the previous owners decided that he wanted a tandem axle trailer so it now has 2 axles under it. Whoever did the work did a pretty crappy job and its been rusting pretty bad (things rust in my driveway for some reason). We're talking, bad welds, bad paint etc. Trailer used to be red but they painted it black. I'm by no means a fabricator or welder, i'm teaching myself as I go and unfortunately work full time so only get to work on it at night or on the weekends.
So far I've removed all the bunks, cut the 3 bad bunk mounts off and welded new ones on. Ground down all the good ones and coated to keep them from rusting. Cut the old fenders off and welded new ones in. My new ones were 3 inches taller and didn't realize it so had to do an awful lot of grinding to make them fit. I've also removed all the suspension/ axles and have cleaned them up and coated to prevent future rusting.
Next steps are to finish cleaning up the the passenger side leaf springs, grind off remaining rust from main trailer frame, prime and paint everything (open to suggestions on what to use, thinking rubberized under coating), install new wiring and put the boat back on.
Pics from the progress so far