[frers-list]Replacement or repair of spreader.
Neal Melanson
frers-list@lists.frers33.com
Fri, 26 Aug 2011 18:27:04 -0400
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You may be able to get a stock spreader from Hall. I can't believe it was
custom for the Frers 33.
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 3:49 PM, FRANCIS ALBERT <fxalbert@prodigy.net>wrote:
> Courtney,
>
> Depends. The spreader has mostly a compression load on it from the mast
> and the attachments at the deck. I don't recall but I'm guessing they're
> aluminum. You can get aluminum welded. I actually had the same thing with
> my first boat only they hit the base of the mast and took a big slice out of
> it with the lawnmower blade. I had it welded and you couldn't even see
> where the weld or the gash was. It was fine for the life of that boat.
>
> If it's just a slice out of the spreader you can get that fixed. If the
> tip of the spreader has been destroyed then you're going to need a new
> spreader. I wouldn't change the size of the spreaders (ones chewed up at
> the end so just make a new end only shorter and then match the other side).
> I think that would change the load patterns and could be dangerous.
>
> I'd find a place that can do aluminum welding and then take it in to them
> and see what they say, or to a rigger.
>
> Frank
>
> --- On *Fri, 8/26/11, Courtney Thomas <courtneycthomas@bellsouth.net>*wrote:
>
>
> From: Courtney Thomas <courtneycthomas@bellsouth.net>
> Subject: [frers-list]Replacement or repair of spreader.
> To: frers-list@lists.frers33.com
> Date: Friday, August 26, 2011, 9:33 AM
>
> My recently acquired Frers33 has a spreader that was hit by the previous
> owner's lawnmower blades while stored in his back yard, which chewed up one
> end.
>
> Can this be reliably repaired and if so by whom, and if not where can a
> least cost replacement be had ?
>
> Appreciatively,
>
> C.Thomas
>
>
> -- "Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the
> right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one
> that suits them better.This is a most valuable - a most sacred right - a
> right, which we hope and believe, is to liberate the world."
>
> Abraham Lincoln
>
> "Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force! Like fire, it
> is a dangerous servant and a fearful master."
>
> George Washington
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Neal Melanson
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978 948 7189
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<div>You may be able to get a stock spreader from Hall.=A0 I can't beli=
eve it was custom for=A0the Frers 33.</div><div>=A0</div><div>=A0</div><div=
><br><br>=A0</div><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 3:49 P=
M, FRANCIS ALBERT <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:fxalbert@prodigy.=
net">fxalbert@prodigy.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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tch: inherit;" valign=3D"top"><div>Courtney,</div>
<div>=A0</div>
<div>Depends.=A0 The spreader has mostly a compression=A0load on it from th=
e mast and the=A0attachments at the deck.=A0=A0I don't recall but I'=
;m guessing they're aluminum.=A0 You can get aluminum welded.=A0 I actu=
ally had the same thing with my first boat only they hit the base of the ma=
st and took a big=A0slice out of it with the lawnmower blade.=A0 I had it w=
elded and you couldn't even see where the weld or the gash was.=A0=A0It=
was fine for the life of that boat.</div>
<div>=A0</div>
<div>If it's just a slice out of the spreader you can get that fixed.=
=A0 If the tip of the spreader has been destroyed then you're going to =
need a new spreader.=A0 I wouldn't change the size of the spreaders (on=
es chewed up at the end so just make a new end only shorter and then match =
the other side).=A0 I think that would change the load patterns and could b=
e dangerous.</div>
<div>=A0</div>
<div>I'd find a place that can do aluminum welding and then take it in =
to them and see what they say, or to a rigger.</div>
<div>=A0</div>
<div>Frank=A0<br><br>--- On <b>Fri, 8/26/11, Courtney Thomas <i><<a href=
=3D"mailto:courtneycthomas@bellsouth.net" target=3D"_blank">courtneycthomas=
@bellsouth.net</a>></i></b> wrote:<br></div>
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: rgb(16, 16, 255); border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid;"><br>=
From: Courtney Thomas <<a href=3D"mailto:courtneycthomas@bellsouth.net" =
target=3D"_blank">courtneycthomas@bellsouth.net</a>><br>
Subject: [<span><span>frers</span></span>-list]Replacement or repair of spr=
eader.<br>To: <a href=3D"mailto:frers-list@lists.frers33.com" target=3D"_bl=
ank">frers-list@lists.frers33.com</a><br>Date: Friday, August 26, 2011, 9:3=
3 AM<br>
<br>
<div>My recently acquired Frers33 has a spreader that was hit by the previo=
us owner's lawnmower blades while stored in his back yard, which chewed=
up one end.<br><br>Can this be reliably repaired and if so by whom, and if=
not where can a least cost replacement be had ?<br>
<br>Appreciatively,<br><br>C.Thomas<br><br><br>-- "Any people anywhere=
, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake=
off the existing=A0 government, and form a new one that suits them better.=
This is a most valuable - a most sacred right - a right, which we hope and =
believe, is to liberate the world."<br>
<br>Abraham Lincoln<br><br>"Government is not reason; it is not eloque=
nce; it is force! Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master=
."<br><br>George Washington<br>_______________________________________=
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ar=3D"all"><br>-- <br><div>Neal Melanson</div><div>89 Central St.</div><div=
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