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Old 12-01-2005, 03:40 PM
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There was a company advertising in the classifieds a few weeks back that had a real nice hydraulic lift for outdrives that made it real easy for one person to remove and install an outdrive.

Does anyone know who this was or how I would get in touch with them to buy one.

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Yard arm makes the nicest ive seen

http://yardarm.com/
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There is one that a local company in kawkalin,Mi is making that looks like a adapted engine stand that lifts the drive quite high for 700 or 800$ . This is the one I use(a yardarm) and it works great,but it doesn't lift the drive as high as the ones that your talking about,Smitty
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Thanks guys.

Those look very nice and I plan to look into them. The guy I saw here on OSO was in Michigan. My concern is height. The boat sits on a Myco trailer that puts it up higher then most. Although I'm sure you could modify the arms if needed for the extra height.
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You could allways use a cheaper one and if hight is a problem just use a palet and a pice of plywood to gain hight.For me the problem is not the removel but the install is where the takeing you time is my main goal. My .02
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I always lift the front of the trailer. That brings the back down to a workable height.
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I always lift the front of the trailer. That brings the back down to a workable height.

??? 40 foot long triple axle trailer. That ain't going to work, plus you would then have the bolt on swim plaform in the way if you could do that.

I have pulled drives many times by myself, just cannot get them back on without help.

I called Yardarm and they are very nice people. I gave them or order, if you have a business they will give you an extra 10% off which brings it under $700.00. But after we completed the order, they then told me they could not ship for 8 weeks.

Still looking for the company in Michigan if anyone has their name.

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If you have access to a forklift they work very well for installing drives. Just put the blades real close together and slide them inbetween the upper and lower housing. Wrap the ends on the blades so you don't scratch your drive up. Once you get close the drive will slide back and forth on the blades and you can put the drive shaft into the bearing and push the drive the rest of the way on. It's not too complicated by yourself with a forklift.
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Originally Posted by articfriends
There is one that a local company in kawkalin,Mi is making that looks like a adapted engine stand that lifts the drive quite high for 700 or 800$ . This is the one I use(a yardarm) and it works great,but it doesn't lift the drive as high as the ones that your talking about,Smitty

Have more picture with some spec ?? ....why i don`t find this thread before ...cause right now i look to made one for two of my friend ...and realy like your idea
Thank`s in advance
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Old 04-19-2007, 08:35 AM
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We bought a motor cycle jack and welded a stand to the top of it to hold a drive. Roll it right up to the back of the boat and jack it as needed.....PERFECT!!! (I think the jack was less than $100 at Northern Tool)
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