Thanks I'm not concerned about the lifting structure jsut the boat. I built a gantry for lifting this and other heavy objects, my wife is a blacksmith and the iron gets heavy!
> [Original Message] > From: Stan Winarski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 12/28/01 1:20:50 PM > Subject: Re: M_Boats: Suspension > > The M15 weighs 750# right out of the shower - that's (at best - when > everything is equal) 150# at each point of suspension but it can and > does go a lot higher on a single point if she swings out of balance. > > I've got a one car garage and little weight on the floor above it so the > joists can handle that. > > You might do as I did the first time, lifted her a few inches above the > trailer and slept on in (not in it!). The next morning she was still > handing and there were no stress marks at any of the suspension points > so I took her all the way up. > > The first time I ever had her raised at a boat yard, they used slings, > did not secure them properly, and I almost lost her. That's when I > decided I could do as well if not better on my own. > > Stan > m-15, #177, Carol II > > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats --- Thomas Howe --- Service Integrity Results --- J.C.Nichols Residential, ACRES Realtors --- Your Link to Real Estate in Lawrence, Kansas ---785-550-1169 --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- http://www.home.earthlink.net/~thomashowe/ _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
