Pontoon Boat & Deck Boat Forum

I'm thinking about taking my pontoon boat off of the bunk trailer and putting it on casters. Could I use four automotive engine hoists, one at each corner, hooked to the eyelets on the top of the pontoons? I could then roll the trailer out and carefully set the boat down on the casters.

Does this sound like it may work? I included a picture of the eyelets welded to my toons. They look strong.

That lifting method looks good, but I need the boat to be near the ground on casters. Blocking it that high would not work well. I am looking at this for winter storage in my garage.

When I had my pontoons bottom painted they lifted my pontoon from the same eyelets. Tried to post the picture but it's too big

a couple of my neighbors also store boats this way, the easiest thing would be to use a center lift trailer if you have access or can rent one. they bought the car dollies from harbor freight and built wood cradles for them to support the boat, it works good for them

They lifted both of my Manitou's from the eye's as pictured above. No problem...

Thank you!