[Rhodes22-list] A story of a boat

[Bill Effros]

Ed,

I've applied for entry into the witness protection program.  I suggest 
that Stan and Michael do the same.

I spoke with Elton just before he left, and suggested that he take along 
3 bottle jacks.  He rejected my suggestion.  I have removed 2 of 3 
bottle jacks from my truck that I was going to take with me "just in case."

Safely moving an R-22 from jack stands to a trailer takes around 20 
minutes and not a whole lot of effort if you have 3 bottle jacks.

Here is the outline of the procedure:

1.  Put a bottle jack on a piece of wood under the keel with another 
piece of wood between the piston of the jack and the keel itself.

2.  Jack up the boat (the boat weighs less than 2 tons--the bottle jacks 
can handle 5-10 tons--the entire weight of the boat is never on a single 
jack).

3.  Using cinder blocks and wood, build a support under the keel.

4.  Lower the boat onto the keel support.

5.  The boat will lean either port or starboard.

6.  Raise the jack stand on the side that is no longer fully supported 
until it again supports its side of the boat.

7.  Repeat this process, except while the boat is still being held up by 
the jack under the keel, raise the height of the lowest jackstand to 
keep them all roughly even.

8.  Once there is enough clearance for the bunks under the boat, slide 
in the trailer from the bow.  It is easiest to do this by hand, as you 
maintain more control.

9.  With the boat held up by 3 jackstands and the jack, add a fourth 
jackstand in front of the axle, or wherever it is needed.  Remove the 
jackstand behind the axle.  Lower the boat onto the jackstands, and 
repeat, moving one jackstand at a time into a position that allows the 
trailer to continue sliding back under the boat.  (This is easier to see 
than to say.)

10.  2 jackstands under the flat aft section and one V shaped jackstand 
under the bow make a very stable platform when the greatest part of the 
weight is resting on the platform under the keel.

11.  Why 3 bottle jacks?  -- If you have jackstands that are open on the 
bottom you can put hydraulic jacks under each open jackstand tube.  Jack 
up the jackstand, turn the rotating collar to lock it in position, do 
the same on the next one.  Build up the platform under the keel as you 
go.  It is fast and effortless.


Bill Effros

ed kroposki wrote:

>	Congratulations Michael!  Absolutely one of the best stories posted
>recently on the list.  Now only if you could get Stan to let Elton post to
>list without Stan censoring. 
>	I could see Bill E pulling up to the yard with his crumb snatchers
>and trailer wanting to get the boat.  It would be nice for Bill to be in
>Edenton when Elton got back. Although it probably safer for him not to be.
>	I could imagine Brad tying the ropes around it and making a big loop
>on the mast so he could fly one of those big birds he flies to grab it like
>the planes hook the banners down at Myrtle Beach.  
>	I had heard of Elton's experience delivering a boat in Florida which
>was supposed to be a quickie.  I believe Elton spent three days detailing
>the boat constantly communicating and discussing the situation with Sir
>Stanley on the Cell Phone.
>	Meanwhile, I think that Stan would have just hired a dozen Mexicans
>and moved it by hand.
>	Maybe we need to send Elton a bottle of Mt. Guy?
>
>Ed K
>Greenville, SC, USA
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