Texasmark
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Re: Water level too low to get boat off lift - ideas to help?
Don't remember where I got them but I have plastic strips on my trailer that screw into the tops of the bunks...made for the purpose. Years ago Dilly made a tilt trailer where the main part of the frame pivoted at the root of the tongue allowing the boat to slip into shallow water.
With that thought in mind, if you had something like plastic strips and could operate the front and rear of your lift independently, it might work. Retrieval of the boat may require something like a winch mounted on the dock whereby you could winch the boat back on similar to winching a boat onto trailer bunks.
On dredging, if allowed be careful. I saw a tragic accident (for lack of a better word) whereby a guy built his bulkhead and covered boat dock with lift and then, due to low water, dredged out the center. Result was that the bottom of the support poles moved into the deeper water in the center, the whole shebang became unstable and fell over.
Funny, the other day were were out and noticed a lot of new covered docks, most with lifting devices. Most appeared to be professionally constructed and were first class. However, not one had any cross bracing. I found that odd, especially when you consider that something like a Ski-Nautique or similar somewhat heavy boat was suspended under the canopy.
Mark
Don't remember where I got them but I have plastic strips on my trailer that screw into the tops of the bunks...made for the purpose. Years ago Dilly made a tilt trailer where the main part of the frame pivoted at the root of the tongue allowing the boat to slip into shallow water.
With that thought in mind, if you had something like plastic strips and could operate the front and rear of your lift independently, it might work. Retrieval of the boat may require something like a winch mounted on the dock whereby you could winch the boat back on similar to winching a boat onto trailer bunks.
On dredging, if allowed be careful. I saw a tragic accident (for lack of a better word) whereby a guy built his bulkhead and covered boat dock with lift and then, due to low water, dredged out the center. Result was that the bottom of the support poles moved into the deeper water in the center, the whole shebang became unstable and fell over.
Funny, the other day were were out and noticed a lot of new covered docks, most with lifting devices. Most appeared to be professionally constructed and were first class. However, not one had any cross bracing. I found that odd, especially when you consider that something like a Ski-Nautique or similar somewhat heavy boat was suspended under the canopy.
Mark
