Help on hoisting a light boat level......

[hammersley]

I have a small 14 ft jon Boat (only weighs 140 lbs) that I want to keep under my deck - which is about 12 ft high..... I'm thinking about running some slings under it and having 4 points at each corner and then trying to run to one point so I can lift it level... ... with this guy... ...



http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=44006



Now I'm no expert on this - help..... I don't want to get into a zillion $$$ project - suggestions.....

 

[nickleinonen]

how about 4 of these http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=45076 that would be real low buck, and if you have tie off points, would let you level it off easy

 

[TowPro]

Just turn the boat over first, they weigh more then 140 lbs full of water!



I would just put a pulley in front and back, you could hook one line direct to the bow, and the other would attach to both sides of the stern. Run the lines through the pulley's then down to something you could tie them off on. 70 lbs on each line is not much. If you needed to, you could use 2 pulleys on each side (would require one double pulley) then you would only be lifting 35 lbs on each line.

 

[PSU-CE]

I would just put a pulley in front and back, you could hook one line direct to the bow, and the other would attach to both sides of the stern. Run the lines through the pulley's then down to something you could tie them off on. 70 lbs on each line is not much. If you needed to, you could use 2 pulleys on each side (would require one double pulley) then you would only be lifting 35 lbs on each line.

This is what we did with our canoe to lift it up into the ceiling in our garage. If you use this method use double pulleys, cause you will be lifting dead weight!! The four individual pulleys would be difficult to lift continuously. Using the winch and slings would work. I would probably use some kind of a spreader bar on top of the boat with the slings attached to both ends and the winch attached to the balance point.