TOPIC: Removing Boat from Trailer.

We've talked about it before. Here is how I do mine by myself. My boat is only a 14 but you might be able to employ it on a bigger scale. I lift the back of the boat off the trailer and hang it from an A frame built for a wooden porch swing. I slowly pull the trailer ahead and push the boat back when needed. When the bow is on the last keel roller I put something under the boat for support and drive away. It takes just a few minutes. I'm working on the Tee Nee right now. It will be in the trailer section.

Robert,
Nicely done, I like it.

Bob

Great idea. I could use the kids swingset for my boat - if I can weave the trailer back there???

An engine crane works great too. Best thing is it also easy to put back on.

Like that swingset idea, lot of people around here have something like that for hanging up deer. Myself I use my tractor and a boom attachment to just pick it up with some chains.. I dont have a trailer for the one I am working on so I made a kind of cradle for it although it sort of sucks having it so low to the ground as its hard on my back.. thinking of maybe putting an old mobile home axle under the rear part and some legs or something in front, then I can wheel it around. I saw an old boat with some good looking fins today next to an old barn and its on a trailer, I may stop in there sometime soon and see if they will let it "follow me home".

John Gibson has a great rolling platform on here somewhere.

I do like the swing set setup.

heres how i got my 21 foot beast off its trailer by my self and into the garage .

Here's the Rolling cradle I use when the boat's off the trailer. Easy to roll it around when I need to FIND THE SHADE!!!!

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thanks joe for the compliment.
here is the rack i built ,it has 10 inch air filled tires on swivel castors,mostly because my drivway isnt paved.
the way it is i can make a cradle for most run a bouts,its 5 feet wide at its widest point ,4 foot wide on top,and 10 feet long,i used it lately as a table for my compound miter saw when we were building the porch roof/room,i just threw a sheet of osb on it for that, now i will take that off,so i can configure it any way i need too.john