Re: Moving large quantity of outboards
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.
Sorry, no Clinton anything. For the most part, when I get motors I don't want I've got a guy that buys up the odd brand motors in lots. I don't have time or space to keep something I would never likely use.
About 80% of the lot is Johnson/Evinrude with a few Gale motors here and there, the rest is split between Mercury and Honda motors. The largest motor after this weekend is 140hp. I sold the last 6cylinder and two V8s I had Friday to a used motor dealer for both cash and a few smaller motors ready to run.
One thing I'm realizing is that there are far more motors than I had first thought. Each store room down back is roughly 40x40', all the motors are standing up on their skegs in those rooms stacked in rows grouped roughly by size. Each sits on a 2x8 plank to keep the skeg off the concrete floor. There were four rooms this size filled to the point of not being able to walk in beyond the first few feet. The rest of the back building is stacked the same way, 75' from the back wall. The lack of lighting back there has made picking and sorting a bit of a hassle, for now I built a cart with two 2x12x8 rails on each side that I can stack various motors on to transport them to the front door and out to the containers. So far I've loaded three containers, I have a line on four more smaller containers that I'll most likely buy as well. The trailers will be used to haul the rest of the shop when the time comes. I definitely like the idea of using containers like this, even if it ties up all of my containers, its making every motor accessible when I need it. The way they are stored right now, I'm sure there's some that have been stored away for over 30 years lost in the mix or forgotten. As I'm loading them into each container, I'm logging them into a computer so I know where each one is. That's taking longer than moving them.
I wish my fork truck could be of use hear but there's just not enough room to move around. Its also a small hard tire model that can't leave the building. The containers are sitting outside on a stone parking lot. I'd get about 3' and it would be stuck outside. It also has fallen through the floor down back a few times so I don't risk it beyond the main part of the building anymore.
I do have a large four wheel pneumatic tire gantry crane that can move the carts to the containers which will go in the middle rows. That thing can traverse the loose stone drive just fine.
