how to get boat off trailer

[garrett61]

i have a 19' deep v looks very heavy id like to take engine off then get the boat off the trailer anyone have any simple cheap ways to do so?

 

[roscoe]

Re: how to get boat off trailer

float it off, push it off, or lift it off.<br />Lower the front and block up the rear.<br />Then raise the front and block it up. Then lower the front halfway, and pull the trailer out.

 

[imported_Curmudgeon]

Re: how to get boat off trailer

Tie the boat to a tree and slowly pull the trailer out from under it.

 

[umblecumbuz]

Re: how to get boat off trailer

To take the engine off, you're gonna need a hoist of some sort - be it a tractor arm, a rope and pulleys over a tree limb, or whatever.<br /><br />Then tie the boat and pull the trailer out from under. Use a few tires as cushions for the hull. <br /><br />Offering a few beers around might help.

 

[rwidman]

Re: how to get boat off trailer

Originally posted by garrett61:<br /> i have a 19' deep v looks very heavy id like to take engine off then get the boat off the trailer anyone have any simple cheap ways to do so?

Are you planning to put it back on at some point or are you junking the boat?

 

[budlin00]

Re: how to get boat off trailer

I haven't tried this, (and probably won't!) but a man I know who has owned a boat for some 50+ years now, ties a rope to the bow, and another to his bumper. He backs up and considerable speed and breaks at a certain point, in which the boat floats off into the water by itself. It doesn't get far, but he'll drive back up a bit, take the rope off his truck and ties it to the dock. Then drives off and parks. He started this method due to him going off alone all the time, but it sounds like one day if he has too much force, the rope could snap or he could hurt the boat.

 

[Dhadley]

Re: how to get boat off trailer

Why does he back up fast? That doesnt make much sense. Lots of folks do that but all ya gotta do is back up slowly and when it floats, pull out - slowly - a bit. <br /><br />I'd like to be there to see the look on his face when -- like you mentioned -- the rope pops.

 

[sergioy]

Re: how to get boat off trailer

Like Dhadley said I would like to see the look on his face when the rope snap. <br /><br />I have gotten very proficient at unloading the boat by myself also. I tied the rope to the bow eye and then to the trailer winch. Once the boat starts floating I pull out enough to get the rope without getting wet. And yes I do it slowly.

 

[garrett61]

Re: how to get boat off trailer

hah the problem isnt off the trailer to water its trailer to land and back to trailer<br />yes id like to winch it back onto the trailer once i fix it also im thinking wooden blocks as i pull the boat off trailer?