I've got an aluminum Shore-Mate boat hoist that I bought used to store my
17' fishing boat. The gears are now slipping and the thing is not working at
all. Has anyone replaced the manual winch on a small boat hoist? I saw a
2000lb rated manual winch for $30 on the web. It doesn't have a big wheel to
wind it but it looks like it might work. Is there anything special about
boat hoist winches?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

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Dana Farrell
Telecommunications Specialist
ITCommunications Services
University of Michigan

I'm not sure what a Fulton winch is. I'm pretty inexperienced in all of
this.

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Dana Farrell
Telecommunications Specialist
ITCommunications Services
University of Michigan

"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 20:06:58 -0400, "Dana Farrell"
wrote:

I've got an aluminum Shore-Mate boat hoist that I bought used to store my
17' fishing boat. The gears are now slipping and the thing is not working
at
all. Has anyone replaced the manual winch on a small boat hoist? I saw a
2000lb rated manual winch for $30 on the web. It doesn't have a big wheel
to
wind it but it looks like it might work. Is there anything special about
boat hoist winches?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

You mean trailer winches?

Nothing special, but I'd stick with Fulton and pay the extra bucks.

Dana Farrell wrote:
I'm not sure what a Fulton winch is. I'm pretty inexperienced in all of
this.

Well known brand name. Ii have their trailer tongue jack.

I'm guessing you mean to lift your boat, not to pull it on a trailer. Some
of the cheaper automotive ones tend to be sort of liberal with their
ratings. Read the fine print and make sure it's capable of lifting your
boat.

"Dana Farrell" wrote in message
...
I've got an aluminum Shore-Mate boat hoist that I bought used to store my
17' fishing boat. The gears are now slipping and the thing is not working
at
all. Has anyone replaced the manual winch on a small boat hoist? I saw a
2000lb rated manual winch for $30 on the web. It doesn't have a big wheel
to
wind it but it looks like it might work. Is there anything special about
boat hoist winches?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

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Dana Farrell
Telecommunications Specialist
ITCommunications Services
University of Michigan