Hello Everyone, thanks for reading my post.
My parents have had a financial setback and I am trying to help them save money as much as I can. They currently own a 24 foot pontoon boat and a jetski for all their grand kids.
I am trying to save them money when it comes to storage. They are currently spending about 1,000+ dollars total on storage for both items per winter. I know how to winterize and will be winterizing both the jet ski and the pontoon boat, the jetski I will store in my garage.
The problem and advice I need is for their giant pontoon boat, I will winterize the 50hp mercury bigfoot but dont know where to store the thing. Many people on their lake keep their pontoons on their lifts over the winter, they have been doing it for over 10 years with no problem (as opposed to paying a guy to pull it out winterize and store it on his lot). So i went out and purchased them a pontoon lift, cantaliver style for around a 1,000 dollars as gift. Is there any alternatives to shrink wrapping? I have watched some videos and looks pretty hard to do, especially while it is in the water and on a lift. Some of you may wonder why don't I pull it out of the water, well the access they use is pay per use and have no where to store it, even after asking friends and family.
So basically, after winterizing the pontoon, and lifting it out of the water with winter coming, how do i protect it from the climate?
Paul
My parents have had a financial setback and I am trying to help them save money as much as I can. They currently own a 24 foot pontoon boat and a jetski for all their grand kids.
I am trying to save them money when it comes to storage. They are currently spending about 1,000+ dollars total on storage for both items per winter. I know how to winterize and will be winterizing both the jet ski and the pontoon boat, the jetski I will store in my garage.
The problem and advice I need is for their giant pontoon boat, I will winterize the 50hp mercury bigfoot but dont know where to store the thing. Many people on their lake keep their pontoons on their lifts over the winter, they have been doing it for over 10 years with no problem (as opposed to paying a guy to pull it out winterize and store it on his lot). So i went out and purchased them a pontoon lift, cantaliver style for around a 1,000 dollars as gift. Is there any alternatives to shrink wrapping? I have watched some videos and looks pretty hard to do, especially while it is in the water and on a lift. Some of you may wonder why don't I pull it out of the water, well the access they use is pay per use and have no where to store it, even after asking friends and family.
So basically, after winterizing the pontoon, and lifting it out of the water with winter coming, how do i protect it from the climate?
Paul