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clayC
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Initially Posted - 11/08/2005 :  19:09:52  Show Profile
Has anyone removed a boat from the trailer with out a crane? Safely? On porpose? Out of the water? (I am trying to answer all the "wise" responses before I post) Maybe even mostly safe.

Clay C
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Response Posted - 11/09/2005 :  10:48:04  Show Profile
Yes I Have, and I do it every year. Here is a list of things you will need
1. Two 5000lb lift jacks. You can buy the at any Tractor Supply store, better known as "Farm Jacks", they are the old lever action jacks.

2. Two 4x6 or 4x8 10 foot long pressure treated beams. Found at Home Depot.

3. At least 16 mason blocks 8x8x16 for stacking beams on top of.

4. Built craddle or boat stands.

5. Four boat fenders.

6. At Least one friend to help.

Find a level surface where you can safely park the trailer. Lock and block it. Lower the bow of the boat on the trailer to the lowest position your trailer will allow. Then take one beam and block it up at the stern to where it just touches the underside of the hull. Using your two boat fenders, place them equal distance away from the keel to provide ballance.

Next, using the trailer tounge crank/the lifting wheel crank the trailer as high as you can to apply pressure to the stern of the boat as it lowers down on the beam (Be sure to loosen the bow cable for expanssion. Make sure every thing is well ballance and even. The fenders will not collapse if they are used as a wedge. The beam takes all the weight, Make sure the Cinder Blocks are no more than seven feet appart with the beam on top.(Beam on edge, not flat)

After you have cranked the trailer all the way up, take the second beam and place it as far back from the bow as you can, just before the nearst trailer roller. This is where the two jacks come in, place the beams on the jacks. You may have to block up the jacks theselves to get enough hight. Once you have the beam in place, place additional fenders on each side of the hull. You can connect them with line through the holes to help hold them in place. With one other person, jack up the beam so that it just puts pressure on the bottom of the boat and the beam and jacks will stand on thier own. Then go forward and lower the trailer tounge jack, this will lower the trailer to a neutral position. If you have too you can now jack the bow up enough to clear all the rollers. Un hook the wench cable from the bow and pull/push the trailer out very slowly. I forgot to tell you that the bow beam must have the jacks outside of the fenders and tires so that the trailer will roll free. Also make sure if you have a swing keel as I do that when you lower the boat on to the craddle or boat stands that you do not rest the swing keel on the ground or as a support to hold the weight of the boat as this will or could bend some important connecting bolts. Once you have removed the trailer, use additional blocks to rest the beam on and take what little bow may be on the beam out. You can just leave the boat on the beam as long as there is pressure on the keel for more support. Swing keels need more bracing because you cann't put weight on them.

Remember, plan a head, must have great crew coordination, and if you think you have enough of something bring just a little more with you to do the job.

Bill Meinert
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Response Posted - 11/09/2005 :  22:26:01  Show Profile
Thank you Bill
That is just what I needed.
Clay C
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