Don't try this at home folks!
I live alone, in the woods, in the middle of nowhere... I am in the middle of a boat rebuild, and came to the point of working on the underside of the hull...
I initially thought I could just set the boat on the ground and flip it over by hand (didnt seem "that" heavy on the trailer as I could lift one end or the other)...
Well I got the boat off the trailer on the ground and gave a heave-ho and UGH!@
This was way heavier than I thought it was going to be (400+lbs.?)
I can pick up the OB (77, 70hp @250lbs) so the boat itself has to weigh at least that.
Well that left me in a pickle... I have no one to help me, so I decided to build a redneck boat flipper!
Basically built 2 2x4 frames at each end, and connected them together along the ground.
Jacked the boat up as high as I could get it with a floor jack, and put some tow straps on it, jacked it some more, tightened, etc, (you get the idea).
Well when the weight of the boat started pulling on the frames they were coming up off the ground, so I pulled my two trucks at either end, and strapped the frames down to the hitches to counter pull the frame assembly.
This worked, and i was able to get the boat high enough to flip it over... but WOW what a pain!!! It was a lot harder than I thought it was going to be to flip, then I had the hassle of trying to get the supports under it, while holding it upside down (all by myself).
The whole thing swayed like no tomorrow, and I thought it was just end up coming crashing down, but it held, and I got the boat upside down. (Now I'll have to flip it back when im done, should be just as much fun).
thought I would share a few pics for everyone's enjoyment...
I am sure some will think I'm crazy, but with a very limited budget, this was the best I could come up with (if not the most safe) You can see the frames kinda bowed in a bit from the weight of the boat, but it all held together! (surprisingly)
I had all the 2x4's and straps already, and it only took me a couple hours to put the assembly together.
Enjoy!
Side view of the whole assembly:
Front view:
Aft View:
Now its flipped!!!
Side view:
and front view:
Hope you got a good smile from all this!
I live alone, in the woods, in the middle of nowhere... I am in the middle of a boat rebuild, and came to the point of working on the underside of the hull...
I initially thought I could just set the boat on the ground and flip it over by hand (didnt seem "that" heavy on the trailer as I could lift one end or the other)...
Well I got the boat off the trailer on the ground and gave a heave-ho and UGH!@
This was way heavier than I thought it was going to be (400+lbs.?)
I can pick up the OB (77, 70hp @250lbs) so the boat itself has to weigh at least that.
Well that left me in a pickle... I have no one to help me, so I decided to build a redneck boat flipper!
Basically built 2 2x4 frames at each end, and connected them together along the ground.
Jacked the boat up as high as I could get it with a floor jack, and put some tow straps on it, jacked it some more, tightened, etc, (you get the idea).
Well when the weight of the boat started pulling on the frames they were coming up off the ground, so I pulled my two trucks at either end, and strapped the frames down to the hitches to counter pull the frame assembly.
This worked, and i was able to get the boat high enough to flip it over... but WOW what a pain!!! It was a lot harder than I thought it was going to be to flip, then I had the hassle of trying to get the supports under it, while holding it upside down (all by myself).
The whole thing swayed like no tomorrow, and I thought it was just end up coming crashing down, but it held, and I got the boat upside down. (Now I'll have to flip it back when im done, should be just as much fun).
thought I would share a few pics for everyone's enjoyment...
I am sure some will think I'm crazy, but with a very limited budget, this was the best I could come up with (if not the most safe) You can see the frames kinda bowed in a bit from the weight of the boat, but it all held together! (surprisingly)
I had all the 2x4's and straps already, and it only took me a couple hours to put the assembly together.
Enjoy!
Side view of the whole assembly:
Front view:
Aft View:
Now its flipped!!!
Side view:
and front view:
Hope you got a good smile from all this!
