Storing Pontoon

djnordeen

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Hello, Should I store my 24' pontoon on blocks or leave it on the scissor trailer?
Thanks,
 

GA_Boater

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Both. Lower the toon until it rests on blocks to take the weight off the trailer. Why, I don't know, but it answers your question. :smile:
 

ahicks

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I am one of half a dozen that share a scissor trailer left to us by a fellow neighbor that passed quite a while ago (he had been sharing it for a good 10 years or longer prior). We store it under the last boat pulled, but as a courtesy to others, that boat will be resting on blocks so the trailer can be accessed easily.
 

Scott Danforth

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this time of year, a scissor trailer will print money. My buddy uses his to pull about 30 pontoons around the lake at $50 each. His 'toon is the last out and first in every year.
 

ahicks

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That's the beauty of a scissor type. With one of the newer ones, you can set a 'toon right down on the ground and pull the trailer out from under it. You can't do that with a float on, not easily anyway.
 
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