Shore station

I ' m growing tired of trying to round up my few friends when it comes time to move the lift twice a year. Go for a ski in September no problem, help w lift 2 weeks later and the water is cold...weak excuse. Any clever ideas for low man power floating of lift in and out? What are you guys doing?

The going rate on our lake to have the hoist lifted out is $65. Well worth the money. You can leave the boat in longer with no lingering worries that you'll need to round up your friends, feed them, provide beer, and then listen to the complain about how cold the water is.   

Toeboat wrote: I ' m growing tired of trying to round up my few friends when it comes time to move the lift twice a year. Go for a ski in September no problem, help w lift 2 weeks later and the water is cold...weak excuse. Any clever ideas for low man power floating of lift in and out? What are you guys doing?

I'll get a pic for you tommorow morning.

Tim

The lake I'm on is part of a river system that is dam controlled, so there is a bit of a ice flow in the Spring, but the biggest issue is in early winter, after the ice is on the lake, they seem to drop the water/ice level about 3 feet. That ice will do some real damage. If they would drop the water level before it freeze, we would be able to leave the hoist in place.

We make a party out of it. We have 5-6 hoists between our crew. We pick a date that works for most, make sure there is plenty of beer, and remove the lifts on that day. We move all the lifts in about an hour. We also help with any of the dock work that any of the guys need help with. Not to be chauvis....cheuvan.....sexist, but the wives usually have something warm cooking. It's actually a fun day, and usually full of jabs and laughter, especially when Tom trips over a dock post and fills his waders with water.

Threadjack;
Furno, Where are you in Clarkston? I know I can get a crew together to do your hoist if you buy a round at the Union. It can be a r ound of beers , or a few orders of Mac-n-Cheese.   

Instead of inner tubes we use 2 rowboats under the cradle and winch it down to the frame. It is a 1 man job.

Tie her up to the back of the tahoe, put it in 4 low and remove your foot from the brake is my favorite removal method.

Wheel and tow bar kits are great. Otherwise, the local water crew for about $65.00 (no canopy) is a great deal. I do it!! Since I have a abrupt shoreline (16 steps up from the dock) They put it on a work boat and take it down to a neighbors beach. Put the wheels on it and pull it up.

No, a lift in a boathouse is subject to the same damage as leaving it out on shore.

turningpoint84 wrote: 8122pbrainard wrote: No, a lift in a boathouse is subject to the same damage as leaving it out on shore. Thanks, I'll keep this in mind, i figure i can just lift it onto the boathouse piers with the boat hoists we still have attached if we ever get one. I know i'm going to look into purchasing one this summer.

Why do you need a lift when you have hoists in the boathouse? Those things on a boat called lifting rings do have a purpose!!

I store two of my boats for winter in the boathouse by setting them on beams across the wet slips. The two beams on the left are for spaning the slips. The two on the right are setting up top to spread the load out to multiple floor joists.



Of course depending on what part of the country you are in, the term "boathouse" can mean different structures. Up here, a boathouse is a fully enclosed structure. I know down south, they call a roof only a "boathouse"!!! That's a joke!!! Where are you and what is your boathouse??

My neighbor used to store his CC Mustang in his boat house until he sold the boat. I actually don't know if he even had a trailer for the boat. It never left our lake until he sold it.

He pretty much built the boathouse to accommodate that particular boat. So, it was built from the ground up with strong enough joists etc. to lift it from overhead.

Oddly enough, I don't think he used the lifting rings. I'm pretty sure he some kind of cradle made with heavy straps, where it would spend it's winter slumber. He didn't lift the boat regularly during the season, as the water by his boathouse was very calm.

Move south? or pay someone? Nothing is easy- with boating.

8122pbrainard wrote: Peter, WTH are you talking about regarding "footers"?? Is the boathouse on cribs, pilings or concrete? If the later, you had better check with the DNR since they have some pretty tough restrictions even though Walker relaxed them. I find it hard to believe that your uncle has a problem with storing boats in it. Fill me in more on his concerns.

It's a seperate Massize concrete footer that supports the front of the boat house. It's 3ftx75ftx apparently 4ft deep. My Uncle has no say really on storing in the boathouse, he just thinks it's unsafe because this massive footer rises up in the winter according to him. I call him out on a lot of his BS, but it's very frustrating dealing with him, plus I'm never there in the winter, my goal is to take pictures of everything when i go up this winter and see how it reacts.

He tried "fixing" the boathouse about 10 years ago, charged my grandmother 100K, and the fix failed in 2 years it was crazy. The problem was the boat house was deattaching from the foundation that's up against the ground of the shore, plus a few other issues.


Feel free to ask away with any more questions. I can answer them as best I can, I really would love to store my 1970 in the boathouse every year.


Yes the DNR concerns me, we have one of the biggest and nicest pure boathouses on the chain and not being able to spend certain amounts to fix it is beyond crazy.

O and I built some concrete pilings myself, so support the rotting floor in spots, i then replaced the floor in spots as it was sagging. I wish i could redesign the whole damn thing, Poor a solid Rebar foundation.

HOLY great news, i had no clue that was possible, our boat house was only built in 1968(yes my Grandpa won in court to have it built right after they were outlawed) so probably a no go on the histoircal society, also IDK about moving that sucker, it's MASSIVE.

Would love to look into getting a permit to move it, you know the correct avenue to go?

Thanks for making me feel right at home, Peter. I see your boathouse almost every day in the summer. Maybe next summer we can get together with Andy up on Rest Lake and his red Mustang and have a Mustang parade over to the Tiki Bar.

Some years ago I found the most expensive way to move a Shore Station. At the time I had one bad arm and a bad knee. I picked it up with a sling over my shoulders and my one good arm. I moved it to where I wanted it, a total of about 3'. The aftermath? The shoulder surgery to my one previously good arm was enough to buy a really nice ski boat and pay a crew to move the lift for years.