I imagine not everyone lives near a club with a travel lift. At our club they hire cranes to launch and recover boats every year and the expense is considerable.
I built my trailer in June 2007. My boat was to arrive from Cape Cod in July 2007 on a truck. I wanted to have something ready to sit her in and launch her when I had the refurb done. Since that time I've been able to pull to clean the bottom, pull out for season, launch whenever I want, and I can pull for Hurricanes. It has already saved me in crane costs more than it cost to build it. Bought a FARM WAGON and turned it over to keep it low; they have external grease fittings for bearings and steering; very low maintenance.
If I have to pull for a hurricane in the next little while I'll take a video of the haul-out. It takes about 20 minutes from the time I go into the parking lot...the actual recovery from the boat leaving her dock until she is on the hard is about 3 minutes. The longest part is setting the trailer out deep enough.
-Tie small rope on pads so they don't move under water (will notice in video)
- put front pads 18 inches under water. If tide is low tie a rope on the trailer and let it go out until the pads are in place.
-Tie onto Dodge Cummins
-Drive boat into guide and keel will hit the stop rope
-keep boat in forward gear and increase throttle 1/4 to hold her in place.
-Wave for truck to pull and boat settles where she should be...perfect every time. Pull her staight out...no fooling to see if she is right...she will be.
I built my trailer in June 2007. My boat was to arrive from Cape Cod in July 2007 on a truck. I wanted to have something ready to sit her in and launch her when I had the refurb done. Since that time I've been able to pull to clean the bottom, pull out for season, launch whenever I want, and I can pull for Hurricanes. It has already saved me in crane costs more than it cost to build it. Bought a FARM WAGON and turned it over to keep it low; they have external grease fittings for bearings and steering; very low maintenance.
If I have to pull for a hurricane in the next little while I'll take a video of the haul-out. It takes about 20 minutes from the time I go into the parking lot...the actual recovery from the boat leaving her dock until she is on the hard is about 3 minutes. The longest part is setting the trailer out deep enough.
-Tie small rope on pads so they don't move under water (will notice in video)
- put front pads 18 inches under water. If tide is low tie a rope on the trailer and let it go out until the pads are in place.
-Tie onto Dodge Cummins
-Drive boat into guide and keel will hit the stop rope
-keep boat in forward gear and increase throttle 1/4 to hold her in place.
-Wave for truck to pull and boat settles where she should be...perfect every time. Pull her staight out...no fooling to see if she is right...she will be.
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