Boat Off Your Trailer
 

actually, my comment about "making one" was sort of a rub in. it's
cheap,a nd anybody with some mechanical common sense, some automotive
jack stands and some square stock can make one at a fraction of the
cost. I really cant see that it's that unstable. I've lookedon some
auctions and you see some pretty big cruisers 35+ ft, sittin on thae
hard, and they're prop'd up on some flimsy jack stand like
contraptions that look like they'd poke right though the hull!

I can't really see a reason to take one of my boats off their trailers
(except for use)
When I park mine, for the winter, I do jack the trailer and boat up,
oil the springs, do wheel maintenance, and block the whole riggings
up. If I actually DID need to work on the trailer (rollers, bunks
etc) i can always slide the boat off into my brothers pond for a while
and moore it to his swim dock.




On Feb 4, 11:50 am, JLH wrote:
On Sun, 4 Feb 2007 11:04:28 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:

"JimH" wrote in message
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Boats are winter stored here (those without cradles or trailers) on a 3
point system........a tower of wood blocks at the forward keel and a
jackstand pad at both the port and the starboard stern area.

Blocks supporting the keel is one thing. Hanging from the bow hook, like in
this guy's "invention" is another.

Eisboch

He needs to get a couple manufacturers to state the device is safe. Maybe
he'll have some luck with it then. I agree with your statement above. I'd
never do it with my boat!
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