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gmcdent
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Initially Posted - 09/06/2004 :  21:55:01  Show Profile
I have a Catalina 25 fin keel. In a previous forum topic, it was suggested that I use a cradle for winter storage in my backyard. Does the boat have to be lifted into the cradle at the boatyard or can the hauler unload it by backing the trailer to the cradle and unloading it. (Do the cradle sides lie flat so the trailer that is hauling the boat can backonot (into) it.? Thanks.

George C. on At Last

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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 09/06/2004 :  22:08:17  Show Profile  Visit Frank Hopper's Homepage
George, I think we all missed the "in my backyard" part. If you want your boat in your back yard get a trailer. While I am not the brightest bulb in the drawer, I cannot imagine a scenario where someone would pay a transporter to place a boat on stands or a cradle in their back yard for winter storage. You need to push the reset button. If money is a huge problem maybe you should go the cradle on a flatbed route, its tacky but it works for a lot of people.

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dlucier
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Response Posted - 09/06/2004 :  23:31:46  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by fhopper@mac.com</i>
<br />George, I think we all missed the "in my backyard" part. If you want your boat in your back yard get a trailer...I cannot imagine a scenario where someone would pay a transporter to place a boat on stands or a cradle in their back yard for winter storage...<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">

When I bought my boat, it was on a cradle sitting in the owner's backyard. It probably wasn't there for just winter storage, but more longer term storage.

During the season, most marina's around here charge more if you keep the boat on land than if you put it in the water for the season and if one needs to do a lot of work to a boat over a summer, it would be cheaper to have the boat transported somewhere else rather than leaving it in the boatyard.

Most larger vessels are transported via cradle and flatbeds.


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dlucier
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Response Posted - 09/06/2004 :  23:44:05  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by gmcdent</i>
<br />I have a Catalina 25 fin keel. In a previous forum topic, it was suggested that I use a cradle for winter storage in my backyard. Does the boat have to be lifted into the cradle at the boatyard or can the hauler unload it by backing the trailer to the cradle and unloading it. (Do the cradle sides lie flat so the trailer that is hauling the boat can backonot (into) it.? Thanks.
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The transport company I contracted to move my boat used a split hydraulic trailer to lift both the cradle and boat at the same time, but the hauler was also capable of hauling just the boat without the cradle.

Last year, I talked to a gentlemen from Alberta, Canada who transports boats and he said that he moves a lot of boats from the east coast up into Canada and most of these transports involve larger boats. He uses a flat bed trailer and makes cradles from wood for the journey north.

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