Ideas for fitting my boat in my gargage.

74Wind wrote: One of the Lanier CCFans does this at a big hi-tech place that even has a "launch app" where he just selects a time......

That would me and it was OK. Only problem is the hrs of operation...so for this season I just reserve3d a slip at a marina (covered) and will have a HydroHoist installed. Since we don't get ice here and I can do all maintenance on the hoist, that seems to be a viable option... might even sell the trailer ;-)

Frankenotter wrote: My garage will not fit it length wise, and it is also 6" too wide.

How wide (inside and out) is your Prestige? The beam of the 176 is 88". What is the width at the chine?

TRBenj wrote: My '80 on it's original #3 is 90" wide

It was presumed #2 and 5-lug #3 fenders were the same, but they must be wider. 90" - 9" - 9" = 72". Tim measured 68.75" inside clearance on his 5-lug #3.

TRBenj wrote: Original fender from my '78 #2: Dimensions:

The 176 will fit on the 6-lug #3.

TRBenj wrote: I actually lined up my fender with Brad's '86 today and they're similar, but definitely not the same. His were 1" wider

Surprisingly I cannot find the width of a 6-lug #3.

Quigs85SN2001 wrote: My '85 Width is 8' from the outside edges of the fenders. I have an original type 3 trailer.

Unfortunately 85's were a changeover year on the lowboys. Could be a 5-lug #3 or a 5 or 6-lug lowboy. Quigs doesn't have a Diary entry to verify. He was at the mini MI reunion in 2007 but I doubt anyone remembers how many nuts were on his wheels. The 5-lug #3 lowboys don't appear any narrower than the later 80s trailers though. I believe Correct Craft was simply borrowing the heavier axle.

And they say an 88 #3 (all were low-boys by 86) won't fit through an 8' door, so it is at least 96".

lewy2001 wrote: I have a 89 on original CC "Type 3 trailer". It was also a tight squeeze getting it through the 2.4m door.

Call Lewy's 95" after the conversion. So, sounds like a 6-lug #3 is right at 96", and may or may not fit through an 8' door depending on how it's trimmed out. 96" - 10" - 10" = 76". Here is a Ski Nautique (91" beam) barely squeezing on a 6-lug #3. 91" - 76" = 15"/2 = 7.5" taper. Tough to tell how big the gap is here. Call it a 9" taper?


I can't believe this wasn't mentioned, but what is your maximum parking width?

The math indicates the 176 will not fit inside the fenders of a 5-lug #3 '80 model. You'd have to taper in over 10" on each side. I don't see or have reason to believe the 176 would taper any harder than a Ski Nautique. I'm wondering if an 82-84 5-lug #3 (non lowboy) trailer is any wider than Tim's '80. The beam of the 2001 did grow 6" wider. Who's got an 82-84 tall #3 to measure? A little closer for comfort going over the tops of these fenders.


If a 6-lug #3 is too wide take the fenders off a 5-lug #3!

I'll measure accurately as soon as I get home.

Hollywood wrote: fabricating that post was exhausting. i think i wore out my F12

Dude, that has to be one of the best technical analysis with annotations and illustrations EVER!!!

TRBenj wrote: '80 and '83 (standard, non delux, non lowboy) trailers I have are the same dimensionally.

Are you sure all the dimensions are the same? The wishbones may be the same, which would warrant moving the axle forward since the 2001 doesn't appear to hang off the back any more than a second gen. However, the 2001 does looks like it has more hull hanging over the sides while maintaining a proportional overall width on the trailer. Since it is a wider boat, I'd assume something has to give, which may be a narrower fender but that doesn't appear to be the case either.

TRBenj wrote: Fenders may be shorter on the 83- does a 2001 on an early trailer fit between the fenders or will the hull clear (vertically)?

I don't know.

Kevin and Tim......you guys are on fire. We have reached the world series of correct craft nerd talk. Very cool.

I just measured the garage.

21' x 95"

Why do I feel like that 95" dimension just screwed me?

Is there a trailer that will fit in a 95" door?

If not

I will move to the next option, which is finding a trailer I can't get as short as possible to fit straight in the garage I've been using. Maybe that's were a #3 would come into play. I can add a swing hinge and removable platform so I don't have to park it sideways in a 2 car garage.

Steve and I did some measuring on my hull last week. It turns out the brochure's number for the beam of my boat (88") is from rub rail to rub rail.

The hull is tapered inward from the rub rail and the width of the actual hull is only 78".

Ideas?

Chris - Just go buy this thing, if it doesn't fit then sell it.

BFN Trailer

Honestly though, I don't know how a 78" wide hull fits between fenders that are 68" apart. I guess you could build up the bunks so it fits on top? End your going to have to fabricate a bow stop, that appears to be gone.

As Hollywood mentioned I did manage to fit a #3 through a 8' garage opening (94.5") ended up with about 1" clearance on each side so trailer width was 92.5".

I have a rough sketch of the #3 trailer frame somewhere. I cut off guards and hubs from axle as my goal was to fit the 8' door. Originality was not even considered.

The inside of guards were enclosed and carpeted the 89 SN2001 fitted tight to the guards.

Not sure of the year but it was a #3 in very rough shape. It had 6 lug hubs with drop axle if that helps. The guards had already been cut off so that method of ID is impossible.

Doesn't match my '91

That's a late 80's #3 that would have come under a 2001. We've seen a few TSC's on those, check hw's pic above. Not sure we've confirmed the width on those trailers though, marks measurement seems narrow (same width as a non-delux?). I would have guessed they'd not fit through a 8' wide door like the mid-83 and earlier non-delux (non-LB) #3's do.

HW he was too busy making up some goofy test to see if I was from Wisconsin or not. Something with bubblers vs water fountain and soda vs pop   

I think he did mention he copied Alans Hurricane trailers swing tongue so he might be all set with that.