DSK wrote:
Richard Devereux wrote:

I have a boat that is on an old trailer that I would like to repair. I
am not comfortable towing the trailer with the boat. A visual
inspection & my engineering background suggest that would not be a
smart move.

Does anyone have a suggestion as to how to get the boat off the
trailer in the backyard so I can move the trailer into my workshop &
do the repairs. Obviously I would also then need to get the boat back
onto the trailer.

I do not have the luxury of an area of water or small dam nearby to
launch and leave the boat.


How about two trees? Park the boat & trailer between them, use tackle or
come-alongto lift the boat off the trailer & support in slings. Perhaps
a better idea is to use an engine hoist (if the boat is within
size/weight limit).

I've seen a boat trailer jacked up with a car jack, and sawhorses put
next to it, beams run under the boat, then the trailer let down.
Whatever works!

Fair Skies
Doug King

Depending on how heavy the boat is...I'd try to borrow the 'large pad'
screw jack stands you see at yacht clubs. Should be lots available until
haulout time next month.