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

[Wally Buck]

Bill,

I saved this, good suggestion. I plan on haulout later this year, this may 
come in handy.

Wally


>From: "Bill Effros" <bill@effros.com>
>Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
>To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
>Subject: Re: [ham] [Rhodes22-list] Getting Boat off trailer for painting.
>Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2003 16:16:12 -0500
>
>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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