moving boat on/off blocks

[4everafloat]

Im posting this just to tell everyone to please be careful and don't go at it alone. My dad and I recently moved a pretty big boat from blocks onto a trailer, and we took our time and, aside from it being a little nerve-racking, we got the job done safely. Several days later, there was an unfortunate article in the paper about someone who got killed from his boat falling on him while trying to move it himself.
If you're gonna do it, be smart and safe and don't rush it. If you need advice, I only did it once, but I am sure this forum has a lot of folks who can help better then me... Just food for thought.

 

[tashasdaddy]

Re: moving boat on/off blocks

you are 100% correct. it is a slow and a very nerve racking experience, until you get use to doing it. still safety first!!!!

 

[tboss]

Re: moving boat on/off blocks

I need to remove my boat from the trailor and I am trying to figure the best and the safest way to do it. I will have some help . my boat is a c/c scorpion 226 and the trailor is not carrying it right. and it sits to low to the ground which makes it a pita to unload at the ramp. The trailor is to flimsy to haul the boat to the ramp when I bought it I had to haul it abt 4 miles and I was on pins and needles all the way its to far to try to haul it to a ramp for removal sooooo I have to do it in my yard I plan to jack up the aft end and set it on stabilizer jack like you use on a automobile now here is wher it gets tricky I am gone to place a large timber 90 degreese to the keel on the bow abt 3/4 of the way from aft to bow I will jack up the boat and raise the timbers as I go the timber will have a prop on each side from the timber up to the hull on the straits and at a 45 degree angle. to the timber. the props will work as a normal boat stand will. I hope. I will run two 2x4s from the boat hook eye to the timber and secure it to both ends to keep the timber from trying to slide up th curvature of the keel. how did you lift yours tks tboss

 

[tashasdaddy]

Re: moving boat on/off blocks

i have posted this many times, works with all boats.

Getting Boat Off Trailer

you don't need stands.

1/you can lower the tongue to the ground. i would get some 6x6 or old railroad crossties cut the +- 12 inches, now block up the transom. 2/

Raise the tongue of the trailer the back of trailer will drop away from trailer. this is the tricky part. between the cross braces of the trailer block the keel lower trailer, boat will be suspended on the blocks.

3/ pull forward, lift bow again, and reblock i a different place. repeat until trailer is out from under the boat.

4/ to reload, just reverse the procedure.

if you were just working on the bunks, or painting the bottom. you could just do the first 2 steps.

 

[reelfishin]

Re: moving boat on/off blocks

I've done a few much like TD describes only instead of the repeated jacking to clear each cross member, I use a long beam across the bow and two jack stands out past the width of the trailer fenders. This method also means that the boat be jacked high enough to clear the fenders in order to roll the trailer out past the front cross beam.
I've done it so often that I've actually made up a steel I beam with a wooden V fixture bolted to the middle for better support. If you place the beam far enough back and have the boat somewhat level it doesn't tend to slide.

I also have a 12' tall gantry crane too which I use to lift the bow on smaller boats, (anything up to about 19'), I simply use a wide lifting strap under the bow and a chain lift on each side. Its by far the easiest way and safest way since at no time are you under the hoisted boat trying to place stands and there's no worry about being able to clear the trailer fenders as you move the trailer in or out. The only concern I have is on trailers wider than 96" which can come close to the gantry frame on each side.

 

[mthieme]

Re: moving boat on/off blocks

I need to remove my boat from the trailor and I am trying to figure the best and the safest way to do it. I will have some help . my boat is a c/c scorpion 226 and the trailor is not carrying it right. and it sits to low to the ground which makes it a pita to unload at the ramp. The trailor is to flimsy to haul the boat to the ramp when I bought it I had to haul it abt 4 miles and I was on pins and needles all the way its to far to try to haul it to a ramp for removal sooooo I have to do it in my yard I plan to jack up the aft end and set it on stabilizer jack like you use on a automobile now here is wher it gets tricky I am gone to place a large timber 90 degreese to the keel on the bow abt 3/4 of the way from aft to bow I will jack up the boat and raise the timbers as I go the timber will have a prop on each side from the timber up to the hull on the straits and at a 45 degree angle. to the timber. the props will work as a normal boat stand will. I hope. I will run two 2x4s from the boat hook eye to the timber and secure it to both ends to keep the timber from trying to slide up th curvature of the keel. how did you lift yours tks tboss

I saw a neighbor once put a 6x6 beam across the bottom with a 4x4 on top of that like you describe on a Searay SRV240. The beams bent like a bow being drawn. I'm talking they dropped a foot under the keel. Why it didn't snap, I don't know. I strongly discourage you from doing this.
Support each side of the transom and one under the keel 3/4 toward the bow just before the keel starts to make her arc. This would be a minimum configuration. Fortunately there is a set of boat jacks here in the 'hood.

 

[1970SearayTwinIO]

Re: moving boat on/off blocks

Hello,

I know this is an old post but I am going to be trying to take a SRV 240 off blocks and onto trailer. I will post pics of the current situation in the next couple days. Any advice or ideas would be great!

http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=516833

- Travis