Hi Rick
Nope, the cradle lift I refer to is essentially a trailer shaped like a
U that they back up around the cradle. They then fit cross bars under
the cradle, attaching them to the trailer, and then hudraulics lift the
whole thing up in the air. It can be moved by a small tractor (bobcat
or similar). It is only a few feet high, and only for moving cradles.
Properly done stands are indeed effective, but I think a cradle is much
more idiot proof.
Graham Collins
Secret Plans
C&C 35-III #11
On 2013-08-02 11:38 PM, Rick Brass wrote:
May thru October was about the same as Michigan, and Mid-April to
mid-October was the norm in Philly.
I much prefer it down here when you only haul for maintenance or when you
need a bottom job - about every 3 or 4 years with good bottom paint.
The club I belonged to in Philly had an old travel lift trailer pulled by an
even older Oshkosh or Owatonna spotter truck. Most folks owned their own
jack stands, I purchased a cradle because a used shipping cradle was less
expensive than new stands - but it was a PITA to move around.
By "cradle lift" I presume you mean a big forklift capable of picking up
cradle and boat from the side? I am only familiar with the term as a type of
boat lift used to lift a boat out of the water at a dock or in a boat house.
In so far as a perception that a cradle is superior to stands, I can only
say that my 38 has weathered direct impacts from Hurricanes Isobel and Irene
( and a couple of nor'easters when it was out for refit for well over a
year) on 6 stands - though I personally made sure the stands were chained
together and sitting on largeish squares of 1/2" plywood intended to keep
the gravel under the stands from getting washed away by high water.
Rick Brass
Washington, NC
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At Mark's club (and mine) we do not have a travel lift. So the options are
either:
1) use jackstands and go in/out with the big crane
2) buy a cradle, and be able to move with the cradle lift and launch with
the club crane
You have to remember also that where we are a bit further north than you we
end up having our boats out of the water about half the year normally.
Launch in early May, haul in October. So a solid cradle is an asset.
Graham Collins
Secret Plans
C&C 35-III #11
On 2013-08-02 8:11 PM, Rick Brass wrote:
I wouldn't factor the cost of a cradle into the deal. As a matter of
practicality, why do you need one?
Does the yard where you would lay up the boat for the winter give you
a substantial discount for not using their cradle or stands? Do you
belong to a club that requires you to provide a cradle or stands (my
club in Philly did require this)?
If you need them, 6 new stands will be less than half the cost of a
new cradle - plus they are a lot easier to move and to store than a
cradle. And you can frequently find used ones for even less.
When I needed stands or a cradle to store my 25 (at the club I joined
in
Philly) I bought a used shipping cradle from a large boat dealer. It
was half the cost of new stands, and worked just fine. If I ever do
sell my 25, the cradle will be included with the boat - it hasn't been
used in over a decade and there is no market to sell one here in the
south.
Now a trailer does make some sense if you plan to store the boat at
home over the winter to save yard fees - and you have a truck big
enough to pull a 10,000 pound boat and trailer. But do a little
research before you plan on doing that. In one city where I lived, it
was OK to store a boat or RV (or empty trailer) in your drive, but it
had to be behind a line extended out from the front wall of the house
(and I did not have a suitable concrete pad next to the house on which
to put the boat I had, so it ended up in a yard anyway).
Rick Brass
Washington, NC
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Cradle alone is 1500.
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