Hello All,
I live in middle TN. near Nashville and I've only been here a short while.
Does anyone know where I might acquire used or new boat stands? I need to
lay my 26' sailboat on the hard for a while. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Rick

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"ex_squid" wrote in message
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Hello All,
I live in middle TN. near Nashville and I've only been here a short while.
Does anyone know where I might acquire used or new boat stands?

A short conversation at your local welding shop should produce some
reasonably priced stands.

reader wrote:
"ex_squid" wrote in message
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Hello All,
I live in middle TN. near Nashville and I've only been here a short while.
Does anyone know where I might acquire used or new boat stands?


A short conversation at your local welding shop should produce some
reasonably priced stands.



It's almost impossible to make them cheaper than they are sold.
Brownell is the company that makes them (I think). They stack tightly
for shipping. A search for "boat stands" will probably get you them.

Evan Gatehouse

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reader wrote:
"ex_squid" wrote in message
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Hello All,
I live in middle TN. near Nashville and I've only been here a short
while.
Does anyone know where I might acquire used or new boat stands?


A short conversation at your local welding shop should produce some
reasonably priced stands.



It's almost impossible to make them cheaper than they are sold.
Brownell is the company that makes them (I think). They stack tightly
for shipping. A search for "boat stands" will probably get you them.

Evan Gatehouse

Thanks reader, thanks Evan,
I am aware of Brownell and I think their prices are reasonable but I
thought I'd try to find them locally first to avoid the shipping. I'm also
looking into the cost of having them built for an "overall" comparison.

Thanks

"ex_squid" wrote
Thanks reader, thanks Evan,
I am aware of Brownell and I think their prices are reasonable but I
thought I'd try to find them locally first to avoid the shipping. I'm
also
looking into the cost of having them built for an "overall" comparison.

You are probably only going to need 6 or 7 stands. I doubt you will find a
welding shop that can make them cheaper than Brownell. I have all the
equipment to build them myself so I looked into it once and figured that the
material alone to build a 50" stand would run about $75. The 1 1/4" Acme
threaded rod for the top will cost about $12/foot and you will need
18"/stand. The wing nut is another $40.

You will have to absorb a lot of tooling cost.. A welding shop will have to
make a jig in order to keep
the angles right and we haven't even started talking about the swivel heads.
I doubt you could build them in small quantities for under $140 each
including labor.

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Glenn Ashmore writes:

The 1 1/4" Acme
threaded rod for the top will cost about $12/foot and you will need
18"/stand. The wing nut is another $40.

$6/foot with free shipping from use-enco.com. Nuts are $4.29.

But you're right, the make-or-buy analysis sez "buy".

"ex_squid" wrote in message
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"Evan Gatehouse" wrote in message
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reader wrote:
"ex_squid" wrote in message
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Hello All,
I live in middle TN. near Nashville and I've only been here a short
while.
Does anyone know where I might acquire used or new boat stands?


A short conversation at your local welding shop should produce some
reasonably priced stands.



It's almost impossible to make them cheaper than they are sold.
Brownell is the company that makes them (I think). They stack tightly
for shipping. A search for "boat stands" will probably get you them.

Evan Gatehouse

Thanks reader, thanks Evan,
I am aware of Brownell and I think their prices are reasonable but I
thought I'd try to find them locally first to avoid the shipping. I'm
also
looking into the cost of having them built for an "overall" comparison.




I'm also
looking into the cost of having them built for an "overall" comparison.

Smart man. 'Chinese prison labor' makes 'em pretty chinsy.