Had my port engine pulled last friday.
I used a tow truck to do the job.
Easiest way I've found to get the job done.
Cost me 40bucks........sweet huh?

I pulled mine out with a swing set looking thing I made. 12 foot long 4x4s for legs, 3 10 foot 2x8's nailed together for a cross piece and bolted all together with 1/2 carrage bolts, and a 1 ton chain fall. I cost about 50 bucks to make, but I used it to pull them and put them back in. It worked great but was an SOB to stand up.

I'm over here on Lake St. Clair, the new 6th Great Lake!

It's sounding like the Tow Truck idea is the best, easiest & most reasonable. Time to start getting aquainted w/local towing companies!

Okay! Well, Dyno is going to have fun with that one. I guess it's apparent that I don't make it to the East side of the state much.

One of the guys I work with used a standard "portable" engine lift to lift the engine out of his boat. He set the engine lift in the bed of his pickup truck (to get the extra height) and weighed the lift down with "numerous" concrete blocks. It worked, but I'm not sure I would try that, myself. (By the way, he said if he did it that way again, he would use more concrete blocks, so I think that speaks to what almost happened.)

I used a forklift to lift the engine out of my 24 Outlaw. So did a buddy of mine. I think that's the most secure.

Good luck!
Mike

Kaama you got to use the profile function Dude!!!I know its a stretch but you know me always trying to help!!!!! I like the Cherry picker in a truck bed idea you could fabricate some hold downs pretty easy and nix the blocks.....

1stINSTIGATOR, Do you have the black Sonic with blue stripes?

We have a big oak tree next to where the boat is stored in the yard. Took a 20 foot lenght of 1 1/2" pipe and rigged it for pure compressing (support wire rope or chain from tree to same point on pipe as vertical lift point). Used an eye bolt pivot to attach bottom of pipe to tree. Then chain hoist or come-along for lifting.

I used it for heavy GM 292/Merc 200 6 cyl engines. My son found taking GM 350s out his car was a breeze.

We have a big oak tree next to where the boat is stored in the yard. Took a 20 foot lenght of 1 1/2" pipe and rigged it for pure compressing (support wire rope or chain from tree to same point on pipe as vertical lift point). Used an eye bolt pivot to attach bottom of pipe to tree. Then chain hoist or come-along for lifting.

I used it for heavy GM 292/Merc 200 6 cyl engines. My son found taking GM 350s out his car was a breeze.

I've done this twice. The first time I used a tow truck. I was a little worried about the reach with a regular truck, so I used one of the larger ones like used for a semi. The second time I used an excavator with the chain attatched to the bucket. Both worked great, I wouldn't hesitate for a second to use either one. I was lucky enough to have access to both but imagine the tow truck would be easier and cheaper.