Need some ideas.......

Steve McCullough

Steve McCullough

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I would like to make some room in my shop, and store my small boats up off the floor. Last year, I tried a pulley system with my layout and it didn't go so well..... Some epoxy and glass work and she was ready to float again.....

I saw this and am not sure of the physics of how this works. The price seems steep, and I think I could put together the components myself. I am not sure how to set it up. A word from the engineers out there??!!!!

http://www.jerseypaddler.com/shop/iproduct.asp?category=m_acc:acc_stora&catid=hvyhst_ba2

Thanks in advance,
Steve McCullough
 
well here is my two cents worth :) the pull idea to hang layouts is good but you need to spam a cross brace in the rafters and secure them that way I disturbs the load , The lift area I would not strap around like that picture shows with a boat of weight but rather have a set of lift bars under teh bboat to hook the straps to
 
Steve, I mounted a 600lb boat winch to the end wall of the garage. I offset the center point of a 1/4 in rope the distance I wanted the lifting pulleys apart and ran the rope straight up the end wall to a double pulley (1 pulley, 2 wheels side by side)the ropes went through the trusses to single lifting pulleys at each end of the "boat". I tied each of the winch ropes to the middle of a 10 ft piece of rope (2-10 ft pieces). The ends of the 10ft pieces go through holes in the ends of 2 - 3 ft 2X4s to set the boat on. I just tied a knot under the toba to level the boards. Off setting the winch rope lets both sides lift at the same time. Just DONT LET GO OF THE DAMN HANDLE until it's latched. Have fun... We should have Harker draw a picture of this, with a hat on it, of course. (depending on the weight of your boat you may want to use light cable)

George
 
Steve - I store my MLB layout in the top of my garage on the same contraption you show and it works just fine. I bought mine from L.L.Bean for $50.00...........
 
Steve
I've used a system similar to what George describes and have been very happy with it. I do prefer using lifting straps as opposed to a board under the boat. The kayak dealers all use straps for storage as straps do a better job of distributing the lifting pressures. (Boards result in a hard contact point) I drew a quick picture of the system.
winch.jpg
 
Steve, my experience is similar to that of Jerrie's. I hang a 17-foot canoe and a Fat Boy DP from the rafters using the gizmo in your link. Piragi's sells the same 150# model for $120 but mine are both the 100# version ($54 each) and work just dandy. Pretty sweet to just pull on a line around the center of either boat as it's being lowered and load it directly on to the truck roof rack or trailer.

http://www.boundarywaterscatalog.com/browse.cfm/2,114.html

I do like the above suggestion of maybe making a couple of (preferably carpeted) crossbars rather than using a strap on the wider and flatter DP to minimize the pinch.
 
Steve, Steve, Steve EASY !


Tell Krissie to load them in the freight elevator , then roll them out on the 2nd floor !!!
geeeezzzzzzz

I have seen that shop , Isn't the freight elev. back by the loading docks ?


seriously, why not a small winch instead of the hand crank? Trying to look out for ya Kristian !
 
Steve. What you're looking at will work. Just make sure you use nylon straps around the boat so that the stress isn't concentrated. I also like the idea of using lumber under the boat to support it. Then there's no chance of anything biting in to the layout's hull.

P.S. I just bought the same contraption from eBay for something like $15 for my layout.
 
I always figured the ultimate would be to adapt a standard mechanical boat lift to the garage or pole barn. You can get used ones for pretty cheap..they are readily available and with some fairly simple mods and design you could easily put one in so that the boat would crank right up or you could use an electric winch version. By adding a rack for certain boats you could put an entire fleet on the rack and cherry pick the one you need for a given hunt.
 
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