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Originally Posted by Rlbol
What is the easiest and safest way to transfer my 23 cc from the trailer to blocks? I have never done this before. What is the best material to use for the blocks? I do not have a Crain or fork left. Thank you
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Don't need a crane, just a little ingenuity! Your best bet for supporting hull is to try to find/borrow/rent some boat stands or big jackstands. I was able to borrow some from Don Herman. Next best would be 8x8 timbers. You can also built up a pyramid support using 2x4's pretty cheap. Check out photo below of these that the boatyard used where I had my boat soda blasted.
Be VERY careful with concrete blocks . . . they're very weak especially if not oriented correctly (with webs facing up)!
Here are a couple of slide shows I put together when I removed and reloaded my boat from/on trailer to paint the bottom. I have a roller trailer with nearly frictionless rollers that made it easy, so it'll be harder with a bunk trailer, but this might be a good time to install some plastic skids to reduce friction. I have a pulley with a snap hook on winch line that normally snaps to the bow eye. I just pulled the winch line way out, attached the end of it to the truck hitch, and then snapped the hook to the trailer. I lowered the nose wheel on trailer all the way, cranked winch to pull trailer out a bit, then put boat stands under transom and cranked the nose wheel back up. Then I just cranked the winch to pull the trailer out from under the boat (after making sure boat was tied to some fence posts!) I put a big jack stand under keel about 1/3 of way back from front of boat. (I had painted the areas where I was putting supports while boat was still on trailer!) It helps to have a big floor jack that will lift up a couple feet when doing this. Kept getting invalid file in trying to attach slideshows, so here are some direct links to my photo bucket folder:
http://s188.photobucket.com/albums/z...t=7f2fa4fb.pbw
http://s188.photobucket.com/albums/z...t=5c0b90a9.pbw