[Rhodes22-list] Motor Lift

[Ric Stott]

Thanks for that info. 
I might stick with aluminum U channel. 
Ric

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> On Nov 4, 2020, at 9:41 AM, Steven Alm <stevenalm at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Ric. The lift always had some side play and years ago I added both
> plastic and wood strips in the tracks to try to mitigate that. The round
> ears that run in the tracks originally had bushings that deteriorated and
> this season the mount popped out of the tracks while I was sailing (I had
> to call for a tow to get back to my slip in the marina. Luckily the 6:1
> tackle prevented the whole shebang from falling off into the lake!) hence
> the new sliders cut to fit without the need for the strips and eliminating
> the side play. The aluminum tracks are side mounted to the black strips you
> can see in the photos of some sort of composite material, ( I don’t know
> exactly what it is — maybe HPDE) and that material is through bolted to the
> transom. The 30 year old aluminum tracks are still fine and haven’t warped
> or anything so the overall system is solid. With the new, slippery UHMW
> sliders the lift works better than ever before.
> 
> “Slim”
> Fandango
> 
>> On Wed, Nov 4, 2020 at 5:38 AM Ric Stott <ric at stottarchitecture.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Steven
>> Nice work!  I have plastic inside the aluminum (1984)channel. It’s about
>> 3/8” thick. I don’t see any plastic in your channel. I’m about to replace
>> my channels as well and thinking of using stainless steel instead of
>> aluminum.
>> Any thoughts?
>> Also do you know how your 2 channels are attached to the hull and what
>> kind of backing you have in the laz if any?
>> Ric
>> Dadventure.
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>>> On Nov 3, 2020, at 5:50 PM, Steven Alm <stevenalm at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> ...Also I should mention I think I got lucky that the stopper at the
>> bottom
>>> starboard side came out easily and not through-bolted in the transom. I
>>> could slide everything in from below. Otherwise the tackle assembly at
>> the
>>> top would have to come off to slide in from the top.
>>> 
>>>> On Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 4:43 PM Steven Alm <stevenalm at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi Jesse. I've never really worked with either but from what I've read
>>>> UHMW is more slippery and likely to slide better in the tracks. It
>>>> certainly was a challenge to get it clamped down nice and tight in
>> order to
>>>> make my cuts. It kept sliding around in the mitre box! Maybe Roger P.
>> will
>>>> give us the lowdown on comparison.
>>>> 
>>>> On Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 4:26 PM Jesse Shumaker <
>>>> jesse.laten.shumaker at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Nice work Steven.
>>>>> 
>>>>> This is the first time I have heard of UHMW.  Some brief googling (see
>>>>> link
>>>>> below) shows that this is similar to HPDE, which I am more familiar
>> with.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>> https://www.curbellplastics.com/Research-Solutions/Plastic-Properties/HDPE-vs-UHMW
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> I'm curious, how did you decide to use UHMW rather than HDPE?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Jesse Shumaker
>>>>> S/V Zephyr
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 4:10 PM Steven Alm <stevenalm at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> New UHMW slides on my old GB 6:1 motor lift. Cut the pieces by hand on
>>>>> an
>>>>>> old mitre box but had to buy the stock and a 1 1/8" drill bit off
>>>>> Amazon.
>>>>>> Also replaced the tackle cover mounts with new UHMW as well. (not
>> shown)
>>>>>> Total cost about $50. The motor slides up and down much easier than
>>>>> ever.
>>>>>> Just in time for snow!
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