A buddy of mine needs to do some repairs to the hull of the boat.(scraped along some rocks and the fiberglass has taken a beating).
The Boat is a Stratos (fiberglass)Bass boat
150 Mercury Outboard
We were talking yesterday as we were changing the lower unit oil, and he asked me how to lift it off the trailer so he could do the repairs (trailer bunks are int the way). I was hoping that I would be able to ask the question here and someone may have an idea or two. What I thought was to use a forklift (that he has) and a strap to go under the boat about 2 ft in from the motor (from one of the forks), and another strap under the boat as far as the other fork spread will out.
Once this is up in the air, he will be able to repair the hull. Other than this being relatively dangerous is it possible? The thought was present to hang a couple of hoists from the I beams, but, they are 20 ft in the air.
We went to the flats too. I dipped a tire on the rental car onto it just to say I’ve been there,but it was still pretty soft from winter melt. After seeing some moron in a BMW suv get dragged out of the muck I had no intention of repeating his stupidity.
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A buddy of mine needs to do some repairs to the hull of the boat.(scraped along some rocks and the fiberglass has taken a beating).
The Boat is a Stratos (fiberglass)Bass boat
150 Mercury Outboard
We were talking yesterday as we were changing the lower unit oil, and he asked me how to lift it off the trailer so he could do the repairs (trailer bunks are int the way). I was hoping that I would be able to ask the question here and someone may have an idea or two. What I thought was to use a forklift (that he has) and a strap to go under the boat about 2 ft in from the motor (from one of the forks), and another strap under the boat as far as the other fork spread will out.
Once this is up in the air, he will be able to repair the hull. Other than this being relatively dangerous is it possible? The thought was present to hang a couple of hoists from the I beams, but, they are 20 ft in the air.
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