Stormrider

looks good chris... now i remember the boat.
keep up the work... should be an a$$ kicker.

tomcei

Cool pics.... keep up the good work

duunoit

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I've got most of the motor (540, cam by rmbuilder, should be about 625-650ish) together. still lack the accessories and the plumbing.

I also got most of my a-frame for my electric hoist put together today.

tomcei

When your done you can put a bench swing up for the wife

duunoit

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the hoist is done now...


the 2x4s at the bottom are just to square it up while I was standing it up. I'll take the front one off to back the boat under.

duunoit

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and here it is weather-proofed

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Yes, it's 2-2x10s. I won't have the exhaust manifolds on when I do it. When I bought the motor, I had it shipped by Forward Air and in the crate it weighed 860. the crate was probably about 70lbs, so just the motor is less than 800lbs. I had an engineer at work check out my drawing. I was worried about the span (the 2x10s are 12' wide). It's supported at about 11', so the span is actually about 10'6", but the braces (the 4-2x6s that angle to the legs) make the span distance 2' by spreading the load. I'm personally no engineer, but he said that it would work. Of course, I plan to be extremely careful testing it out, raising/lowering a couple of times before I put the boat or anybody under it. I can just imagine dropping a 800lb motor into the bilge from 9 feet.

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I found this picture on SW. These look like 2x8s and thats a big block hanging from it. Sorry about the link, posting pictures here at work doesn't work too well.

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well


here's some progress...