[ham] [Rhodes22-list] Getting Boat off trailer for painting.

[Bill Effros]

Bob,

I use the jack stand method, and it works like a charm.  It's safe, and
easy.

I use three jack stands:  two with flat pads, one V shaped.

The screws on the jack stands will lift the boat.

Try to get stands with tubes that are open on the bottom.  Then, if you want
to be truly lazy, get three hydraulic jacks.  Place the jacks under the
posts attached to the pads.  Raise or lower the boat to suit.  (Obviously,
you could do this with a single jack, but they only cost about $20.00
apiece, they're useful in other applications, and placing a jack under each
post makes the process ridiculously simple.)

Move the position of the handle on the screw of the jack stand every time
you move the post.  This will ensure the jack stand remains stable.  It also
allows you to reset the hydraulic jack.

Put cinder blocks, bricks, and pieces of wood snugly under the keel after
each lift.

Around here, boats much larger than ours are left on three jack stands,
sitting on their keels, for half the year.  Personally, I'm much more
comfortable once my boat is safely back on its trailer, but, at the same
time, it's nice to know you can safely work under it whenever you need to.

This jack stand method can also be used to position the boat exactly where
you want it for trailering.

Bill Effros


----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Meltzer" <mjm@michaelmeltzer.com>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2003 2:58 PM
Subject: Re: [ham] [Rhodes22-list] Getting Boat off trailer for painting.


not bad, depending on the form of the trailer, two stands in the back.tilled
down, then using a 2 ton+ floor jack with a peice of
wood bolted on the match the keel should work, remember to chain the rear
jacks together and make sure they do not shink into the
ground(like 2x12x2 wood peices/pads), also watch the angles you only need
enought room to get the roller in(i.e do not till to
much), 6 inches +clearance, you wnat to make sure the boat does not move
during the seond lift and if something gooes wrong the
trailer will chace it, not get crushed by it, remember to pad the
floorjack(heavy wood and cinderblocks). BTW do not leave the boat
like this longer then you need, not great for it, like paint what you can,
wait a day,, then lift for the area under the bucks/keel,
let dry(1/2 day) and get is back on the trailer.


MJM


----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Weber" <ruba1811@hotmail.com>
To: <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2003 2:19 PM
Subject: [ham] [Rhodes22-list] Getting Boat off trailer for painting.


> Hi all,  I am looking to do some bottom painting and i am too cheap to
rent
> the "Lift" at the marina.  The boat is on the trailer now and the areas
that
> need painting the most is the area under the bunks.  I got a plan in my
head
> that should work but I have never been accused of being very smart so I
> thought I would bounce it off a couple of people on this list that I know
to
> be smarter than the average bear.  Assuming I can procure 4 stands I
planned
> to lower the nose wheel of the trailer its full range thus putting the
> stearn in the air.  Place a couple stands under the stearn and raise the
> nose wheel all the way place a couple more stands under the bow and then
> lower the nose wheel and viola I should have enought clearance to fit a
> paint brush.  Sanding might be a little difficult though.  If anyone has
> tried this or has aonther meathod .... I am alll ears.
>
> Bob Weber
>
>
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