Why? All you need is a couple of inches. We didn't have any problems.

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"Bart Senior" .@. wrote in message ...
Any way you do it, there will be clearance problems removing
the trailer.

"Capt. JG" wrote

Make the stands the same height as the trailer so they barely fit under
the boat. Remove most of the air from the trailer tires, then drive away.
When you want to reverse the process, put the trailer back under the
stands, then fill the tires until you start to relieve the pressure on
the stands. Obviously, you want to be careful to get everything right
before you try it.

wrote
I would like to transfer a Pearson26 (draws 5400 lbs) from a trailer to
jack stands. I'm only getting temporary use of the trailer, so I will
have to get it on jack stands. Has anyone or anyone you know performed
this seemingly superhuman feat without the use of a helicopter or
crane?
Thanks.

I've done this twice with different boats and diff trailers. It calls
for some ingenuity but it isnt too hard. It is easy if the jacks can
go outboard of the trailer. Tie a rope to the toe rail (use a
carabiner) and tie the other end to a come-along and to a tree. Pull
the boat over a little sideways so you can get a jackstand under the
other side. Repeat on otehr side.
If the jacks must go inboard (within the footprint of the trailer),
then use stacks of cinderblocks and pieces of 2X6 stacked. You muist
stack them so you get weith off the trailer, then pull forward till the
axle almost hits a stack, restack on the other side of the axle.
Finally, replace your blocks with the jackstands.
Some boat movers have special trailers WITHOUT AXLES THAT GO ALL THE
WAY ACROSS just for this reason. Instead, the trailer has removable
sections in front and rear.

wrote in message
ups.com...
I would like to transfer a Pearson26 (draws 5400 lbs) from a trailer to
jack stands. I'm only getting temporary use of the trailer, so I will
have to get it on jack stands. Has anyone or anyone you know performed
this seemingly superhuman feat without the use of a helicopter or
crane?
Thanks.

If it's going to be an annual thing, consider building a steel structure
strong enough to support the weight of the boat (we have a lot of welders in
the family and we made a similar structure for my father's 30 foot cruiser).
We used heavy duty straps and several come-alongs to lift the boat out of
the trailer and then drove the trailer out. We didn't leave it hanging on
the straps of course, and put jack stands in the appropriate places. The
steel structure doubled as a storage building, and some cheap plastic made a
nice weather proof cover.
Scout

"Scout" wrote in message
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wrote in message

ups.com...
I would like to transfer a Pearson26 (draws 5400 lbs)
from a trailer to
jack stands. I'm only getting temporary use of the
trailer, so I will
have to get it on jack stands. Has anyone or anyone you
know performed
this seemingly superhuman feat without the use of a
helicopter or
crane?
Thanks.

If it's going to be an annual thing, consider building a
steel structure
strong enough to support the weight of the boat (we have a
lot of welders in
the family and we made a similar structure for my father's
30 foot cruiser).
We used heavy duty straps and several come-alongs to lift
the boat out of
the trailer and then drove the trailer out. We didn't
leave it hanging on
the straps of course, and put jack stands in the
appropriate places. The
steel structure doubled as a storage building, and some
cheap plastic made a
nice weather proof cover.


I'll bet that looked real nice next to his double wide.

Scotty

"Scotty" wrote in message
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"Scout" wrote in message
...
wrote in message

ups.com...
I would like to transfer a Pearson26 (draws 5400 lbs)
from a trailer to
jack stands. I'm only getting temporary use of the
trailer, so I will
have to get it on jack stands. Has anyone or anyone you
know performed
this seemingly superhuman feat without the use of a
helicopter or
crane?
Thanks.

If it's going to be an annual thing, consider building a
steel structure
strong enough to support the weight of the boat (we have a
lot of welders in
the family and we made a similar structure for my father's
30 foot cruiser).
We used heavy duty straps and several come-alongs to lift
the boat out of
the trailer and then drove the trailer out. We didn't
leave it hanging on
the straps of course, and put jack stands in the
appropriate places. The
steel structure doubled as a storage building, and some
cheap plastic made a
nice weather proof cover.


I'll bet that looked real nice next to his double wide.

Scotty

Technically, it was what made it a double wide.
Scout

It's a small boat, they should be able to crank the stands
up enough to move the trailer.

Seahag

"Capt. JG" wrote in message
...
Make the stands the same height as the trailer so they
barely fit under the boat. Remove most of the air from the
trailer tires, then drive away. When you want to reverse
the process, put the trailer back under the stands, then
fill the tires until you start to relieve the pressure on
the stands. Obviously, you want to be careful to get
everything right before you try it.

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"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

wrote in message
ups.com...
I would like to transfer a Pearson26 (draws 5400 lbs) from
a trailer to
jack stands. I'm only getting temporary use of the
trailer, so I will
have to get it on jack stands. Has anyone or anyone you
know performed
this seemingly superhuman feat without the use of a
helicopter or
crane?
Thanks.