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Is there a lift out their that I could pull my engines out of a Fountain with.

From my boat storage, so an A Frame won't work

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Go to a tool web site like Harbor Freight or Northern tool and look into a gantry. depending on the height of your boat this might work. Hope this helps

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Most the Harbor Freight / Northern Tool Gantrys dont have enough height ... we went to a local marina and rented the lift . 65.00/hr included the operator .. we had every thing loose ...it took 35 mins ... was like 40.00 .. I gave the operator a 20.00 .... Also you can have a Wrecker come over and pay them to lift em out ...m

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what about a fork lift?

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i vote fork lift i made a boom for my forklift goes out 10' out of 2" x 8" x 1/4 works perf. you can rent them at most heavy eq. ( contractor ) rental stores nice thing is you can have 5 or 6 feet of chain to the engine tilter comes in handy on cats that are tucked under the sides

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describe the boom ? pics ?

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I am lookin for something I can use in the storage and not have to move the boat to pull the engine :cool:

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I envisioned fab'ing something like a swingset or one of those 10x20 canopies, but obviously stronger tubing for the legs, and maybe an aluminum square tube or I-beam on top.
How much does an all-iron big block weigh fully dressed with iron manifolds...1,000lbs? It wouldn't take much of a decently gusseted top tube/beam to hold that weight.
1.5in x 0.125 round tube is used in lots of car roll cages and they take a serious load before bending.
How about a 3x12 trailer bunk for the top beam?
I've been toying with ideas knowing that I'll have to pull mine some day and will ***** and moan at the $750/each they get around here...
Thanks,
Michael

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How much ceiling height you have ? Are the trusses exposed ? I have thought about an Ibeam suspended across the trusses or better yet below them ...suspended .... then you could attatch some uprights to form a "H" beam to bear the load ... 6x6's .... they could be removed when the IBeam is not used ..... The key is having the Ibeam below the trusses so you can have a trolley to adjust from side to side.... and I guess move the boat for forward/aft movement ... In my case the beam will parallel the trusses ... so it can mounted above the trusses with 4x6's across the trusses to support the Ibeam .....Then the legs installed when required ....m

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thats about the price of a forklift :eek:

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A gantry is expensive....a forklift is a dangerous way to change engines

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I've used forklifts numerous times and as long as the lifting assembly doesn't put all the weight at the end of the forks they're safe.....

I too am looking for a gantry or something that I can assemble in my driveway to pull the engines etc. I'd have to measure but I figure I need at least 6-7 ft. of lift to pull the motor, plus the height of the motor to the top of the gantry/come along and about 9-10 ft. width...

There's a guy down the street that has one, I need to knock on his door and see where he got it. I've seen him lift boats with it and the steel beam is about 12-14 in. thick! :cool:

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Here you go. I see these in use at Bayway Refinery.

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I use the same u-shape boat lift to pull my engines out. Not too expensive and I can lift the boat from the trailer quite easily, plus it is made with bolts so I can store it when I don't need it. To mount it I need someone else, 2 man is enough... pictures to come tonight...

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that's exactly what I'm looking for.

Did you buy it or fabricate it?

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Had it made to my spec to fit in my garage. a customer of mine I sell truck to did it. He has a welding shop. I think it was around 850-900$ canadian funs so a little less for you I would say...

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how can you lift the boat up with that??

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with a sling that is in a u-shape underneath the hull attached to 2 chain block on each end of the H-Beam on top of the boat, just like they have in marina.

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Tom, call me. My lift is done in my shop and I'm right down the road from you. I pulled my engines last month and it worked great. I'll have to pencil you in between Colter and Big Andy.

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Pencil? Thats nice. Or is that a "TOPPS" member only privledge?

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TOPPS only....better hurry up and join.:drink:

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don't be a hater............all the cool kids are doing it:cool: :evilb:

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when are we pullin Colters junk:evilb: :evilb: March is right around the corner

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Who knows...Colter can't ever decide on anything. That's why he named his boat what he did.:D

What do you want to do to yours? Are you pulling all three?

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OSO member 'excursion' just built one like this. I have seen it, and it is SHARP and a lot nicer looking.

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It's all ready back in, we are putting heads on tonight. He is just planning for the next 3 engines.

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Junk? Last I remembered my boat did make it through the whole summer. Did yours?:evilb: :evilb: :evilb::blaster:

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BIP!:D

Aren't all of you beak boys supposed to stick together?

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I can't let Mr. RColter's misinformation and misguided arguments about irreligionism go by without comment. Before I start, however, I should state that to understand what RColter's particularly morally repugnant form of neopaganism has encompassed as a movement and as a system of rule, we have to look at its historical context and development as a form of nasty politics that first arose in early twentieth-century Europe in response to rapid social upheaval, the devastation of World War I, and the Bolshevik Revolution. While perhaps offensive to some readers, only a direct quote can fully convey the biggety nature and content of RColter's paroxysms: "Attention, foot soldiers! Your orders are to persecute the innocent and let the guilty go unpunished, and to do so at any cost." RColter likes to brag about how the members of his retinue are ideologically diverse. Perhaps that means that some of them prefer Stalin over Hitler. In any case, I don't need to tell you that RColter's position that embracing a system of negativism will make everything right with the world is based upon a specious argument without any substantive basis. That should be self-evident. What is less evident is that he does not tolerate any view that differs from his own. Rather, RColter discredits and discards those people who contradict him along with the ideas that they represent. Nature is a wonderful teacher. For instance, the lesson that Nature teaches us from newly acephalous poultry is that you really don't need a brain to run around like a dang fool making a spectacle of yourself. Nature also teaches us that RColter's reinterpretations of historic events are like a Hydra. They continually acquire new heads and new strength. The only way to stunt their growth is to comment on his activities. The only way to destroy his Hydra entirely is to provide more people with the knowledge that RColter attributes the most distorted, bizarre, and ludicrous "meanings" to ordinary personality charcteristics. For example, if you're shy, he calls you "fearful and withdrawn". If, instead, you're the outgoing and active type, RColter says you're "acting out due to trauma". Why does he say such things? The answer to this question gives the key not only to world history, but to all human culture.

RColter keeps telling us that human life is expendable. Are we also supposed to believe that our unalienable rights are merely privileges that he can dole out or retract? I didn't think so. Far too many people tolerate his apothegms as long as they're presented in small, seemingly harmless doses. What these people fail to realize, however, is that RColter would have us believe that merit is adequately measured by his methods and qualifications. Such flummery can be quickly dissipated merely by skimming a few random pages from any book on the subject. Tell him that there is a certain Burkean prudence that animates people like me to take action, and you'll hear a loud "clang!" as his mind slams shut. He doesn't want to hear that. He doesn't want to believe that on several occasions I have heard him state that materialism is the key to world peace. I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a comment. What I consider far more important, though, is that you may be wondering why execrable apostates (especially the flippant type) latch onto RColter's smear tactics. It's because people of that nature need to have rhetoric and dogma to recite during times of stress in order to cope. That's also why we find among narrow and uneducated minds the belief that RColter's flock is looking out for our best interests. This belief is due to a basic confusion, which can be cleared up simply by stating that RColter operates on an international scale to flush all my hopes and dreams down the toilet. It's only fitting, therefore, that we, too, work on an international scale, but to shine a light on RColter's efforts to delegitimize our belief systems and replace them with a counter-hegemony that seeks to impale us on the pike of obstructionism. In short, Mr. RColter treats serious issues callously and somewhat flippantly.

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:stupid:
WWHHAATTTTT?????

Tom Have you been mixing your pills again? We are all dumber for having just read what you wrote.

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HHooollllyyy Shiiiitttt!:eek:

Tom you have way too much time on your hands. I now know that I must revisit college to even begin to contemplate what you just said.

I think I just heard a clang! It wasn't Rcolter's mind slamming shut...It was his head exploding because he actually read that whole paragraph.

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No my mind slammed shut! WTF was that all about. Tom you have way too much free time. Are you a home builder? Seems that they have all the free time.

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Tom, get to work on putting that boat together, and stay out of the thesaurus. Ryan, quit crying - everyone knows you spend more time at lunch than at work. By the way, Mom called and said dinner is ready. Wade, that was not Ryan's mind, that was you dropping a wrench, because you are always trying to get that thing running.

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Those beaks are supposed to make them lighter than air, havn't you heard. I just put red bull in the gas tank for mine.

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as if I typed all that chit..........come on


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