Toon lift
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waldosmith
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Toon lift
I want to lift my toon inside my boathouse with 4 manual hoists with straps going under the toons goint the beam of the boat and then putting 4 by 4's under the toons? For a week at a time. Whatcha think?
Re: Toon lift
HUH??????????????????
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Re: Toon lift
I agree. HUH ?????????
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Re: Toon lift
Welcome ! also, huh x3.... 
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Re: Toon lift
Welcome and draw us a picture of what your trying to do, the straps I understand are you saying you want to mount the 4x4's to the strap for the toon to sit on?
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Re: Toon lift
You didn't mention if you have a floating dock or not.
One concern that I would have is that running straps under the tubes is going to place a huge side load that they may not be designed to handle. You'll be squeezing them inwards, regardless of the 4x4's.
Another concern is having 4 manual hoists. You would need 4 people to raise/lower the boat at all times.
You may be better served looking for a way to raise/lower a lift that the boat sits on.
Assuming your boat house is on piles, one could look at some thing like this - http://www.hewitt-roll-a-dock.com/lifts07/pontoon.html There are other similar types out there.
One concern that I would have is that running straps under the tubes is going to place a huge side load that they may not be designed to handle. You'll be squeezing them inwards, regardless of the 4x4's.
Another concern is having 4 manual hoists. You would need 4 people to raise/lower the boat at all times.
You may be better served looking for a way to raise/lower a lift that the boat sits on.
Assuming your boat house is on piles, one could look at some thing like this - http://www.hewitt-roll-a-dock.com/lifts07/pontoon.html There are other similar types out there.
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Re: Toon lift
depending on how long your boat is, you should consider more than two contact points on each toon.
either run bunks along the toons and lift them, or build a frame with 3 or 4 crossmembers that all
touch the toons. also, i wouldn't mess with 4 winches. i would layout some cable pulleys to come
up with a combined single pull that i would drive with one electric winch.
if you're going to lift the toon, you really need to keep an eye out for leaky toons. if you get a lot
of water in a toon, you might break your lift. it's more common than a lot of people think.
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either run bunks along the toons and lift them, or build a frame with 3 or 4 crossmembers that all
touch the toons. also, i wouldn't mess with 4 winches. i would layout some cable pulleys to come
up with a combined single pull that i would drive with one electric winch.
if you're going to lift the toon, you really need to keep an eye out for leaky toons. if you get a lot
of water in a toon, you might break your lift. it's more common than a lot of people think.
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