Thanks for everyone who has replied in my post.

Seem like as long as the storage area is flat and paved, I should be
able to move the boat with the help of a trailer dolly.

Currently, that area is level, but is not paved. This means I need to
pave that area. Or may be I can put some concrete blocks and pressure
treated wood on the ground for the wheels of the trailer dolly to ride
on.

Sound like I will be able to find a way to move the boat in that area
with man power alone. Thanks again.

Jay Chan

Seem like as long as the storage area is flat and paved, I should be
able to move the boat with the help of a trailer dolly.

Currently, that area is level, but is not paved. This means I need to
pave that area. Or may be I can put some concrete blocks and pressure
treated wood on the ground for the wheels of the trailer dolly to ride
on.

Sound like I will be able to find a way to move the boat in that area
with man power alone. Thanks again.

This is a follow-up on my initial post.

I used manpower alone to move the boat into final location on a paved
surface two days ago without the use of a trailer dolly. This "kind
of" worked. But this required two adult men and this was very
exhausting. I cannot imagine how we could do this in a un-paved
surface.

The main problem is that the front wheel of the trailer is very small
and doesn't turn that well. This means we needed to hand turn the
front wheel to point to the right direction. The other problem is that
the combined weight of the boat/motor/trailer is around 2500-lb that is
quite heavy to be man-handled (at least to me).

What this means to me a
- I have decided to leave the boat on an already paved surface
on my driveway instead of trying to pave the area that I
originally intended to park the boat with bricks or something.
- I will "definitely" get a trailer dolly. If it works well enough,
I may choose to move the boat myself alone instead of
requiring another person to help me.

Thanks for all the suggests that I have received.

Jay Chan

wrote:
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What this means to me a
- I have decided to leave the boat on an already paved surface
on my driveway instead of trying to pave the area that I
originally intended to park the boat with bricks or something.
- I will "definitely" get a trailer dolly. If it works well enough,
I may choose to move the boat myself alone instead of
requiring another person to help me.

Thanks for all the suggests that I have received.

Jay Chan


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Don White wrote:
wrote:
snip...
What this means to me a

- I have decided to leave the boat on an already paved surface
on my driveway instead of trying to pave the area that I
originally intended to park the boat with bricks or something.
- I will "definitely" get a trailer dolly. If it works well enough,
I may choose to move the boat myself alone instead of
requiring another person to help me.

Thanks for all the suggests that I have received.

Jay Chan



Too bad, you just missed a sale on following...
http://tinyurl.com/b9elz

correction...appears the sale is still on. Regular price $ 499.00
saale price 399.00

Too bad, you just missed a sale on following...
http://tinyurl.com/b9elz

Thanks for the suggestion of an electric-powered trailer dolly. It may
be just the ticket for one man to move a 2,500-lb boat.

I am just hoping that a man-powered version is good enough to move my
boat for a short distance -- like moving the boat 5 feet horizontally
to the side of the driveway. Because of the fact that you have been
using your man-powered trailer dolly to move your 1,800-lb boat, I
would like to know whether you think that man-powered trailer dolly is
good enough for moving a boat in such a short distance. Thanks in
advance for any info.

Jay Chan

wrote:
Too bad, you just missed a sale on following...
http://tinyurl.com/b9elz


Thanks for the suggestion of an electric-powered trailer dolly. It may
be just the ticket for one man to move a 2,500-lb boat.

I am just hoping that a man-powered version is good enough to move my
boat for a short distance -- like moving the boat 5 feet horizontally
to the side of the driveway. Because of the fact that you have been
using your man-powered trailer dolly to move your 1,800-lb boat, I
would like to know whether you think that man-powered trailer dolly is
good enough for moving a boat in such a short distance. Thanks in
advance for any info.

Jay Chan


On the level...should be doable for one person. My driveway slopes to
the back, so not only is it hard to get the boat started (especially if
it's been sitting for a while), but you could lose control backing it
down. If you are reasonably strong, I'd try the manual model at a
fraction of the price.

On the level...should be doable for one person.

Good to hear that a single person should be able to use a
manual-powered trailer dolly to move a boat.

My driveway slopes to the back, so not only is it hard to get the
boat started (especially if it's been sitting for a while), but you could
lose control backing it down. If you are reasonably strong, I'd try
the manual model at a fraction of the price.

Actually the area where I want to park the boat is also slightly
slopping down (just a little bit). I will make sure I put the
wheel-stop-block in the intended location ahead of time -- just in
case.

I am wondering if there is a device to trigger the brake in the trailer
without having the towing vehicle attached to the trailer. Then I can
hit the "brake" button on that device in case the trailer started
gaining momentum and I cannot stop it (and I put the wheel-stop-block
in the wrong place). Any idea?

Jay Chan