Moving large quantity of outboards

[reelfishin]

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i need a lower unit or a complete parts engine if you have one kicking around collecting dust cant seem to find one its a 2003 50 hp johnson model number j50plstd please help

Nothing that new in a parts motor, I try to avoid newer motors that aren't in super nice shape, they cost too much to fix.

 

[reelfishin]

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How about using pallet racks for the main frame work and add cross supports to mount the motors on. Most of them a 4" deep so you could get two side by side in a container. Here's a quick drawing, viewed from above to give you an idea of what I'm thinking about.

I gave some thought to pallets like that, but they would have to be stackable, and the cost to build them would be high. If i weld the racks directly to the container frame I'll have a permanent storage solution once all are moved. The containers will become their own building once there. Every two will get a truss roof span between them forming an open storage area in between.
Many of the motors now are on rolling multi motor stands, some made from steel, others from hard wood. The problem is with a motor stand configuration is that it takes up too much room and they all have wheels.

My fishing tackle is all in one room of my one house, it's about 35'x15' or so and rods and reels are for the most part stored separately, the rods are in their OEM wood rod racks like at a tackle shop, the reels are on shelves or in display cases. Another room holds lures, line, and tackle boxes.
Moving this stuff will be easy, it all will follow me in a large enclosed trailer I bought just for it.

scud4984: Sorry no Merc parts, other than a few late model motors and a few super clean twins I sold off all the Mercury stuff. Never was a big Merc fan, I own a few but most came on boats.

 

[Ink1984]

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you could always use bisqueen and bubble wrap just try and lay them at an angle put like four or five tires at the front of the trailer to start them the weight would hold each row down .. Also if you're headed down south I would gladly purchase one or more lol hope this helps

 

[Beefer]

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[reelfishin]

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I've spent the past few days sorting and getting an idea how to lay out the containers, I put two levels of racks up on the walls, I left the front wall empty since I'd only gain two or four spaces there. I built three double row double high carts which will slide down the middle. Its looking like I'll be able to get between 475 and 500 medium sized motors in one trailer this way, plus any that can lay on the floor for the trip. The racks I made sort of remind me of the tire racks you see out front at the gas station.

I did unloaded almost all the older or antique motors, but I took a few newer motors in trade that I consider more useable, I sold off about 280 or so in all, but I gained 12 in trade and picked up 79 more at an auction, a few which appear to be new old stock motors missing some odds and ends. I'll pick and sort through those pretty fast, what can become a complete motor will get hung and stored, those that can't get parted out and cataloged in boxes. I bought the lot to get hold of a brand new 50hp Evinrude power head that was in the lot, what I paid for the lot was less than the cost of the gasket kit to rebuild my old one. I'll probably be able to build a complete new 1980's 50hp out of the lot, maybe a few of them. The best buy of the auction was a new in the box tilt and trim unit for my 135hp Johnson, it was buried in a lot of junk computers and went for less than $20. Somehow I forgot to load all the computer junk.

 

[nwcove]

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where are these auctions where you get 79 motors for less than the cost of a gasket set???? good golly!!

 

[LongLine]

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When you get a container loaded would you please post a picture of it? I simply just can't imagine what it's going to look like inside. Thanx

Tom B.
(LongLine)

 

[reelfishin]

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where are these auctions where you get 79 motors for less than the cost of a gasket set???? good golly!!

Do you really think I'd post that info here?

If I did, what are the chances I'd be able to bid unchallenged ever again?

 

[LongLine]

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Hey RF - Day or 2 late but how about something like this:

It's a bunch of boards (2x8) fastened to a beam (with bolted angles) held vertical with a couple uprights & cantilevers. Maybe every 3rd bracket having to go to the floor so beam doesn't twist. You'd have to figure out minimum spacing, maximum length etc for the motors you have. Maybe two levels - light ones on top, heavy motors on bottom. Put them longitudinal in container so you'd have 4 or more across the width? Maybe each unit on wheels?

Just a thought.

Tom B.
(LongLine)

 

[nwcove]

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Do you really think I'd post that info here?

If I did, what are the chances I'd be able to bid unchallenged ever again?

you dont have to post it here......just pm me!! lol im not interested in anything newer than 1959, or bigger than 15hp! id buy the lot , take the oldies, and you could have the other 75!!

 

[DanMC]

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This can't be for real...no way !, he's just pulling our leg. Afterall where is a snap shot to prove this.In this day and age when even a $50 phone has a digi cam build in...i think he's just having fun with us all.
Dan

 

[reelfishin]

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I don't think my phone has a camera? Does an i500 take pictures? If so how do I do it?

I have an old phone someone gave me with a 1.2 MP camera but I can't figure out how to get the pics on my computer.
The phone is for a different company service than I use and don't have a chip or card I can remove to copy pics from.

I mainly look for mid 80's motors, but will also buy larger big twins as far back as the late 50's. They don't show up that often in any shape I'd bother with. If it don't look like grandpa bought it and died the next day, I don't want it.
The mid 80's twins are my favorites. Anything from 10 to 60hp. I'll buy larger motors if their cheap or included in a lot. I usually sell those off pretty quick. I only save a handful of larger motors in case I need one for a used boat. They're just too much hassle to move around and store. Unfortunately right now I've got about 50 or so 4 and 6cylinder motors. I did get lucky and unloaded all the Merc inline sixes a few weeks ago all to one buyer, I was glad to see another lot of Mercury motors leave. I let them go cheap, less than $500 each just to gain some space and not to have to deal with fitting a tall motor into the racks.

The way I'm setting this up, the only wood will be lateral runners on which I'll hang the motors from. The stand offs from the container frame will be 3x4 tubing with two angle iron supports to attach to. There will be a support every 7.5 feet. The middle racks will be all steel with wood bolted to angle iron to add thickness to clamp smaller motors too. All motors will sit in a row front to back, those in the middle will be alternated in each direction on each beam on the rack to save space. The worst case scenario is that I'll have to remove the motor above to unhook one on the lower level. The wheels will be pinned into the track on the floor with 3/4" bars on each end of each cart, each cart will that way be secured from moving and from rolling fore and aft.
If the weather holds out this week I plan to get more work done outfitting the rest of the first container, if all works out as planned, I just need to duplicate the first set up three or four more times.

The motors I most want to unload would be the larger models, but for the most part those that are here, other than a select few are staying and are already hung in the first container. The next containers will hold more since the remaining motors are all smaller, nearly all of the V4 and inline 3 cylinder motors are hung.

 

[reelfishin]

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Hey RF - Day or 2 late but how about something like this:

It's a bunch of boards (2x8) fastened to a beam (with bolted angles) held vertical with a couple uprights & cantilevers. Maybe every 3rd bracket having to go to the floor so beam doesn't twist. You'd have to figure out minimum spacing, maximum length etc for the motors you have. Maybe two levels - light ones on top, heavy motors on bottom. Put them longitudinal in container so you'd have 4 or more across the width? Maybe each unit on wheels?

Just a thought.

Tom B.
(LongLine)

This is more like what its going to be laid out like, the outer rows hung directly on lateral boards, those in the center on carts about 10' or so long each with 6 wheels sitting in a C channel track bolted to the floor.
This is about what one level will look like from overhead, give or take variances for individual motor size.
In containers with smaller motors, I think 450 plus will be doable counting laying some on the floor down the isles and around and under hanging motors. The result should be well organized storage in the end as well. Anything is better than the domino method of storage in use now in parts of the building here. Of course though, what I'm finding is that there's more motors here than I originally thought if I count complete parts motors.
Then there's items like Bimini tops, seats, and other bulky items. I counted over 50 new Bimini tops stored in just one room in among the outboards and laying on top in boxes.
Part of the mass clutter was due to letting hired help do the stacking and putting away of some loads, items just get lost in a big building when the boss isn't there to give orders or keep tabs on what goes where. At this point, after two weeks of sorting and rearranging, and loading only a handful into the first container, I am able to get back into four rooms where I've not been able to walk for over 5 years. To some extent it's like finding treasure, there's things I forgot I had or things I bought that had no value then which do now.

 

[Frozen]

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why don't you just pack them like you have in the storage room? On the ground leaning against them. Run a strap or load bar every few rows.

 

[Fishing Dude too]

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Where are you moving to?

 

[nwcove]

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you should look for a mattress auction, you could get a bunch of king size mattresses, and make outboard sandwiches. if you can get 75 motors for the price of a gasket set, enough mattresses should be cheap!!!

 

[reelfishin]

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Mattresses would be cheap, I see them all the time, however, the thought of handling used mattresses from a source like that would make me steer well clear of that idea. No telling what may be living in them.

Besides, mattresses would take up too much room.

 

[Home Cookin']

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Container, not trailer. Stronger and can be set down at your new site for unpacknig over the next couple of years.
lay down a layer, build a floor above them, lay down another layer. By then you are at your weight limit, and have to statr with a new container, but you can probably lie 1000 fishing poles on top of that.
If you stand them up, you have to go buy 1200 transom savers to keep them from flopping around! Although I see racks as the best way to go, built in the center going length-ways--maybe 2 aisles of them.
Hurts my back to picture you lifted all 1200 into the containers one at a time.
Hope you have a couple months for building the racks.
Apparently you don't sell your stuff. Therefore the value of the purchases is not profit but unrealized. But every month the rent/mortgage payment on your warehouse depletes the unrealized profit down to 0.


FTR I don't believe this question is real. But it's fun to mess around with.

 

[reelfishin]

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I own 6 40' containers and 6 20' containers, plus a trailer to haul each size. On top of that I have four older road worthy 45' box trailers. I normally just rent a tractor when needed.
As far as loading the trailers, I have an outboard mover, sort of a stand up walk behind fork lift, plus a small hydraulic crane.
Weight capacity won't be an issue, especially on the smaller motors. Luckily, most are small.

I thought about the flopping around problem, I figured that the best solution was just a few thousand black rubber tie downs.

I have thought about an upper level to stash lighter items but the containers are only 8' tall, with the motors hanging upright, the upper level just fits as it is. The center carts are in pairs, there will be four C channel tracks on the floor. What I came up with is to just put wheels on one end, the other end has legs which engage the pins through the track better.

I rent the building for other ventures as well, the space used for my toys is only a small section of it. Rent is cheaper than owning it since taxes and upkeep would far exceed what I pay in rent. There are 7 other companies who rent space in the same building. I also have two other storage buildings which I rent in other locations for seasonal or long term storage.

Part of the idea of the move is to get everything under one roof and to be in an area where I can boat and fish year round.

 

[RugaRuga]

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Use a 2"x6" or 2"x8" if there standing on edge they will be plenty strong.... Just by chance, do you know where I can get parts for an old clinton 7.5 hp K751? Maybe you have one laying around... I just bought this one cause its Mint for its age. Not a scratch on the thing.. I need the Stater and points and coil or whatever is under the flywheel or hub or what ever its called... Where do you sell your stuff? Give me your web address if you have any online store.. Thanks.