I need to do some work on the bottom of my jon boat. Where it has sat on the bunks for so many years there is some pitting that is starting to be a pita. It leaks now
The motor is off now, So I need to turn it over to do the work, however I just cant roll it over because of the center console
I built some sawhorse type stantions out of cement blocks and 2x8’s to hold it up along the gunnels when I flip it over to do the work, that way its high enough off the ground for the center console to clear.
So my question is, how would you flip it over and get it on the blocks to do the work
Ive got access to a small track hoe and I have a tractor with a front loader bucker.
Do you think the holes in the transom that the motor attaches to would be strong enough to hold that weight,like putting an eye bolt in one and attaching to that?
Yes to eye bolt in one motor mount hole or cable thru 2, if the transom can’t take the concentrated weight of the hull alone then you got other problems
from what I can find on the www it’s between 1500 and 1750 pounds with the CC. Its got an aluminum floor so I’m not sure how they figure it
Maybe Ill just have a cook out and get 8 or 10 guys to just manhandle it?
I was thinking of a couple eye hooks in the stern with a short piece of cable to form a loop, then taking another loop to the bow eye and running a chain or come along from stern to bow. Picking it up with the track hoe and rolling.
MN might be onto something if I have to do it alone, if not Im still thinking.
I’d sandwich it between some 2x6’s with side and cross braces, basically a cradle. The boards will give you places to attach chain/rope for the mechanized equipment. Back the trailer to the support thing you made. Put a pile of sand/dirt there for the transom to hit. Then flip it end to end. I’ve never been a fan of lifting with the bow eye. It’s designed to withstand a lateral pulling force. It can take some amount of stress in other directions but testing to failure is bad. We always used wide nylon straps in the boat yard, never lifted with bow or stern eyes.
Laying it down easy and not wrecking the transom or gunnels is the goal.
Whatever MacGyvering you do, please take a video. Regardless of how it turns out it will be worth seeing. Playing this music video for background effects with some fat guys dancing would be epic. She made a nautical version just for you.
