Wood,
I had to build a temp platform to pull the ob off the boat cause the yard is not level, plus it's grass. That platform was a little sketchy to say the least. So the engine hoist worked great getting the ob off. But the other issue was getting the ob onto my stand. The hoist would not let me get under the stand which was lower than the legs of the hoist on the deck. I raised the ob as high as was allowed, installed it on the stand, secured the ob to the stand, I placed the stand on blocks and such. pulled out the hoist and installed the trailer jacks. They allowed xtra height from 0" to @8".
They allowed me to gain height above the hoist legs.
I built up it up higher while on the hoist. Then says I....now what? so what? I couldn't pull the engine hoist out from under the stand.
So unlevel ground, tricky temp deck, inches required to get the ob off the engine hoist and the stand free;
So I had to get creative;
Now I could pull the engine hoist out but needed a level platform to move it to. The trailer hitches let me raise the ob higher than the blocks, level it out and be able to move to the new level structural deck.
The stands really rolls quite well, I can level it out obviously in 3 different positions. I can also now block under the stand so now I can try to rebuild up the ob and fire up my little piggy.
Seemed like alot of work just for the ob but I did not see any other solutions. And the way I move with this restoration I'll probably have to get a mailbox and address for the deck.
