<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>James,</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span>I hate that when that happens! You can salvage the system with four solid steel wheels.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><span>Hank</span></div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue,
Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> On Monday, July 28, 2014 11:03:29 AM, via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv6294215904"><div><font color="black" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><font class="yiv6294215904Apple-style-span" size="3">That will work.</font>
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<div>I can actually slide the boat along on the skids. With the wheels, nothing. At least I now don't have to make any ramps or anything. The trailer is going in the water. ive made a 4m pole extension and am just going to shove it completely under the water. The trailer will disintegrate in a year or so and then i'll re-think the launch system.</div>
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<div class="yiv6294215904gmail_quote">On 28 July 2014 14:58, via Personal_Submersibles <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none">
<blockquote class="yiv6294215904gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid;"><font color="black" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><font size="3">No-tech works best sometimes. In the old days, Vicker's Oceanics operated Pisces boats, which have big aluminum skids. The subs lived in a shipboard hanger between dives and were physically dragged in and out to the A-frame launch area using wire rope and a winch. The skids ran in deck welded channel, well greased, and they slid right along with no problem, even though they weighed 10-12 tons (depending on the sub). Agricultural as all get out, but it was cheap and simple and worked a treat, more or less.</font>
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<div>Fitted up my 10 wheeled skids at the weekend. They are a complete failure. I couldnt push the boat at all. The weight seemed to jam the axles solid and there was no shifting it all. The weight seemed to be all on the back 4 wheels on each side. Hopeless. After an hour or so of futile pushing, shoving and winching i gave up and put the skids back on. Ironically, its easier to slide the boat along on the skids with the winch! Anyway, I was quite surprised this didnt work, but there we go. Just got to put that one down to experience.</div>
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<div>I did drill, tap and fit plugs to my motors and the plugs do not leak, so at least some success there.</div>
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