Trees or no trees

[Priority1]

Rick, A warm welcome to the GLF site. Holler if you need any help.

[Killin' It]

I have the spring loaded tree's and love them

I need move them in the spring and re mount them, minor details.

[1 old guy]

Dave, New to the vertical rod trees. You said that yours are spring loaded. What brand are they?

Thanks in advance.

[MY2SONS]

Dave, New to the vertical rod trees. You said that yours are spring loaded. What brand are they?

Thanks in advance.

I believe the one's Dave is talking about is the new Bert's trees. They have spring loaded bases that allow you to swivel them out of the way. You pivot them by lifting up on them, and then turning. Pretty sweet. I just bought on for my boat so I wouldn't have to worry about hitting them on the dock pilons when I left my slip.

[Killin' It]

That is correct the base of the tree is sring loaded. so you can turn them to the back, or you can have them out to the side. I love it because then I can turn them to get into the dock.

[Markd1]

Tree's are a great addition as long as you can remove and/or rotate them. To keep costs down I built mine using galvanized electrical/mechanical tubing (not conduit) easy to weld, light weight and plenty strong enough. Created the base's using 1/4" plate 4X4 and mounting the plate to the boat and securing the tree's using pins to allow rotation and removal. The challenging part was to create the center dowel pin the correct dia. to put the tree on. Total investment $50.00, I did call in two favors for cutting and welding. I hope this helps...Yankee Crew