Need to pull motors on trailer in driveway.
 

I've got to pull my engines for the winter. The INSTIGATOR is in my driveway in New Baltimore, MI on it's trailer. I want to pull the engines to rebuild them over the winter. Does anyone have/know of a cherrypicker or something to help? It's got to reach up about 10'. Thanks!

You might find an "A" frame hoist to do that but, it would be easier to rent a fork lift for the day....chain from the forks.....easy lift, carry to the truck, loak in the bed.... go get the send one...:D

ive tried to pull my motor with a big cherry picker and i came up about 3" to short, pain in the a$$. formula's got the right idea i ended ip using a buddy's bobcat but you can rent em cheap. good luck

10' kinda high for a cherry picker. no chance of a good limb with a come-a-long, might work in pinch.

my luck id get it out of the boat and right when i was pulling the boat out from under it the weight would bring down the tree on my boat and truck:D :D :D

One guy from here on the board uses his buddies tow truck....

if your only 3" short let eth air out of your trailer tires or remove thema altogether and block your trailer. That will lower the engine 6 inches or so.

I bought a cherry picker out of mc master carr and came up the three inches short (as usual my wife says :D ). I then designed an extension that fits on the end of the ram, between it and the boom. It was made on a lathe out of a 5" dia piece of 4140. I made it at work, but any machine shop could make the part for cheap. If you have autocad, and if I can locate the drawing, I could email it to you. Works great for me.

BT :cool:

Best bet is to get the motors ready, loose and all unbolted. Get a tow truck with a long boom and pull them both at the same time. Should be no more than a half hour and cost about 100 bucks-50 if it's a cash deal:cool:

Unless you have a buddy with a boom truck, then it's all in the cooler:D

PUDER ; THAT WAS THREE INCHES WITH THE WHEELS OFF ON THE DRUMS:(

removing a motor
 

first: it's going to take a while.
second: measure carefully. i pulled a 350 out of a "superboat" very easily. i put the cherry picker from the local shop up on cinderblocks...raised up the motor, moved the boat out, backed in the truck...and gently placed the motor into my p/u....take your time..having a motor hanging 8 feet over the pavement could make anyone jumpy.....go slow...
you can do it....

One problem with the cherry picker approach I have to deal with, is that the boom rotates around a pivot point. This means as the engine is lifted, you must keep pushing the hoist toward the boat, and away from the boat when lowering. This sometimes can make it impossible to elevate the cherry picker, unless you have a large platform tha can extend under the trailer frame.

BT

Call Sparky at Vicious Marine (586) 598-4077 he is located at M-59 and Jefferson. If you have everything ready to pull I'm sure he would only charge a very reasonable amount to pull and set them in a pick up and you can use my cherry picker to take them out of the truck.

pulled mine last night with a buddies hilo...Kaama has a hilo at his shop and so does JimV give them a call!!

Hey Dyno, the man lives in New Baltimore!!! :rolleyes:

Thanks for all the great ideas. I know Sparky well, but I was hoping to pull the motors right in my driveway, where the boat is, and put them on the stands right there.
Advantage_Rob has offered some special setup he has, so we'll try that first. If it doesn't pan out, we'll do the tow truck thing.
Thanks again! Will keep you updated on the progress!

Call a sign company they have boom trucks that can do it. I had one come to my home had problems getting one of my motors out he was there a little over an hour cost me $125.00.

Rich

Kaama your the one who pulls his boat to St. Joe to sea trial when you live 15 miles from lake Mack!

Dyno,

Yeah well, that's a heck of a lot closer than New Baltimore dude! :p :D

1stInstigator, just stop on over here to Michigan---Dyno says it's a walk in the park, and me and Team Chaos AKA Double D engines will yank'em right out for ya! :rolleyes: :p :D :)

super picker
 

We used a cherry picker straped down into the bed of a pickup, slid a long piece of larger box steel over the boom to extend enough to reach over the motor. It worked well but I would of liked to of had a bobcat or a forklift.

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?
:D :p :p

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.

New Baltimore IS in Michigan . . . DUDE!
 

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! :o Well, Dyno is going to have fun with that one. :D ;) :D 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.

I was looking into doing the same. I talked to a local boat mechanic who gave me a price of $250 to remove engine in the fall and then reinstall it in the spring. I was goimg to remove all the hardware and have it ready to pull when I take it to him. This was a single engine boat. If you figure in the cost and the possibility of damage to baot or engine, I think its worth paying for.