red kneck engine hoist

Is there a patent on these or is this an original?

A piece of wood under the bell housing would be a lot easier wouldn't it?

This here is a redneck hoist:



Before you give me a hard time about the boat in the picture, please review this post

Thank you,
Mike

rip....you better be changing that ugly damper too...pull it off, you will regret it if you dont....punch in dampers on the search feature and read the causes and effects of a bad damper

69 Mustang wrote: This here is a redneck hoist: Before you give me a hard time about the boat in the picture, please review this post Thank you, Mike

Looks like they're going to have to put some cement blocks under the legs if the engine's going to come out.

Is that boat a special anniversary addition?

Nice hoist job. I especially like the can of cheap beer in the photo! PBR is my beer of choice of working on boat projects

Next time, it may be easier to use 2 bottle jacks underneath the exhaust manifolds. A few guys on here swear by that method (never tried it myself).

-Brad

real men such as myself lift the engine by hand and block it,lol if you believe that one I'll tell you another, sometimes it is possible to lift by hand it depends where the front mounts are and the balancing point

i miss schlitz and p.o.c, last resort which is what id do on v-12 cats and it works on these boats as well is to remove the back mount adjusting nuts on the top of the trans bracket, loosen the front pinch bolts and use the back remaining adjusting nuts, the ones underneath the mounts to raise the trans by turning them cc and then block the trans and bring the nuts back down....learned this method accidentally because i forgot my come alongs. works very well

for a minute Pete i thought someone contracted you to build them an a-frame

does the name farmer have anything to do with this? lol I'll post some pics tonight of how i am lifting a 25 bayliner, your gonna ***************, compared to your feat of engineering, you will change your opinion of me

Brad,the staging idea should work great.A couple of braces to the ground like I used or an X brace between the staging would be good.

Eric,I look forward to your engineering mastery unveiled for all to admire.

                             Farmer

Farmer, it really is safe i think the way i do it, everyone says it isnt but i go under the boats all the time. I put the transom on my car lift and will lift the front with a forklift and go as high as i can. the Bayliner was pushung it though cause it weighs 7500lbs

BTW for you guys that paint thier bottems if you notice the copper paint on the boat bottem, it is a high teflon content bottem paint, it is actually smoother than the gel and sprays on as smooth as the gel. the actual color is blue and will turn color when submerged.

nothing a hundred dollar bill couldnt take care of

I think the number of employees needed at a workplace is 10 before OSHA can come in so you probably have nothing to worry about. If you do ever run into a OSHA inspector, DO NOT consider the 100 bill trick! We would end up getting a collection of money going here with our members to bail you out of a federal jail!!