Hoist

[evil0ne]

Long story short, would you spend $4,500 on a hoist for your boat?

There is only one dealer allowed to install hoists at any of the marinas on the entire lake. He wants $1,500+tax to move and install a used one if I bought it from someone else or $4,500+tax for a used one he is selling.

[Jeff T]

The short answer is YES. I did the trailer thing for half of a summer. I quickly realized the benifit of having the boat on the water all the time. I will personally get MUCH more use out of my boat by having it on the water. It took me going out with a buddy, who has a lift, one time to realize that it was a wise investment if you have the cash to do it. I now have the flexibility to go out during the week after work if I want to. Trailering didn't allow me that freedom just because of the amount of time it takes to get out of storage and onto the water. Also, weather will become less of a factor...meaning...if it rains until 2:00, I don't have to figure out if the time it takes to get onto the water is worth the amount of time I'll have on the water. I can just drive straight to the marina, hop in and go. Also on that note, if we are out on the water and a storm blows through...we can zip over to my slip, get up out of the water and keep the boat dry, and head back out when it passes. W/o the slip, I will have to make a call on the weather, get it on the trailer and to a dry area...and hope the storm actually hits so that I don't feel as though I wasted the day. Hope that makes sense.

Our marina only allows one brand of lift to be installed. It is definitly a monopoly. For the size needed, it is somewhere around $4600 + tax. I believe that is installed...but not 100% on that. You cannot bring in a lift from the outside. You either have to buy one that is used and already installed, or a new one.

I paid $2600 for a big, used lift and then had to pay $450 to have the bunks adjusted and the lift repositioned in the slip to accomodate my boat. With that said, I was going to buy a new one and not think twice about it. I chose to save a little money by buying a used one that came available.

[Dan and Christy]

Evil - Where are you looking at gettin a slip? Here at Mead?

[evil0ne]

Evil - Where are you looking at gettin a slip? Here at Mead?

I have one at Echo. The guy that is selling a used one has a covered slip at Calville that he could transfer but it is $310 a month.

[knelems]

We have Hydrohoist lifts in our boathouse, the only way to go. Most of our customers buy the lifts instead of a trailer on our lake. I think our 4200 lb Hydrohoist was a few hundred dollars cheaper at the boatshow than your quote but that sounds about right.