lifting equipment complication
Thanks for the details Corky. I did as well search the archives, but was particularly interested in alternatives to employing heavy equipment for the job considering this is Fort McMurray Alberta... I did find the "crazy" guys reference to "not event think about lifting from the trailer". The problem being, it would almost be cheaper to buy a new boat than try to hire equipment in this town, it all being tied up in either oil sands projects or housing developments. Without going into detail, to hire anyone for anything pulls their resources away from corporate commitments which they will only do for exorbitant prices, if at all. I was thinking it feasable to design a jig that would attach firmly to the trailer frame and lift the boat the minimum required distance. I hear you about the length of the assembly, but looking at the dimensions of the trunk I would think you could slide the board aft while rotating the assembly forward as you gained the clearance. Maybe I don't have a clear picture of the details? I can weld, can dance a bit, but have been told I'm a lousy singer. Seeing how high the fixed keel boats are suspended off trailers, I don't understand what the safety issue would be given a sensible means of lifting the boat, on the bunks. I guess if most people are handy to a boat lift or other means it would have precluded any efforts to the alternative... such alternative may well be far more plausible in my case. Ideas? cautions? precautions? Hauling it 400 miles to a more reasonable economic center has it's own logistical issues, but again, depending on how complex an independant solution would be would have to be evaluated against such alternatives. I'll keep you all posted. Thanks. Greg of the North.
