Steve Laume wrote:Okay, here is my set up for removing Raven's engine. You prbably couldn't get away with this in the average boat yard.
Steve,
Right you are, sir. Throughout the years, we have been using effective means and measures to get-er-done that OSHA, and other boat yards and marinas would consider highly unorthodox.
In the earlier days, we used a Linden tree limb to hoist. For real heavy lifting, we would scab 2x4s together and build a crutch to place under the end of the branch for support.
Years down the road, we became ultra sophisticated
and erected construction scaffolds above what we were lifting. This proved very effective. The scaffold sections can be erected and broken down for storage in a very short time.
We can adjust the scaffold legs to pretty near level. Each scaffold leg has an adjustable screw, something like a poppet on a jack stand. We have an 18' aluminum kicker like yours, but for short spans, we generally use 2" x 6"s on edge. (vertical). When in doubt, we sometimes place a steel angle iron on top of the 2x6s
We can get the scaffold pretty near level. Each scaffold leg has an adjustable jack stand, something like an adjustable boat poppet stand.
It's a small world that we live in. I, too, have a John Deere tractor. It's a JD-850. Mine has a loader bucket in front and a power take-off in the rear. If the load is low enough, we sometimes use the hydraulic bucket to lift with. I am presently working on a design to install a crane attached to the hydraulic front end bucket Hmmm, Rube Goldberg is alive and well.
The trailer is homemade. It is oversize for a Ty. The basic design is to transport various sizes, shapes and weights of other boats. When the phone rings, you never know what the job will entail.
I'm glad that I found these pictures in one of my magic shoe boxes in my fail safe photo file system.
This picture is of doing a rudder job on a Ty.
Enjoy,
O J
