After researching the aluminum vertical lift market I opted for a Craftlander 4500lb 120" beam
Picked it up from an online retailer for what I felt was a very reasonable price, http://www.boatliftanddock.com/ their customer service was outstanding. They even upgraded my lift cable to stainless steel for free. Took about 7 business days to arrive after my order. Weighed in at 684lbs on the dual pallet. Definitely needed a forklift to unload and load onto the truck while banded.
Once we got it back to the house, we cut the steel retaining bands and walked the pieces individually to my shoreline. (which was just recently treated to 7 solid days of machete work) The area between my house and shoreline was overgrown with vines and various native and invasive plant species. So now it is mostly a bed of tree limbs and branches. (I'm working on it)
I started assembly promptly the following morning, which is fairly basic and straight forward. It took me approx 4 hours to assemble. (On level clear ground it can easily be assembled in less than 3 hours.) Once assembled I enlisted the assistance of 3 friends to relocate it into the water, which was not to bad 100% of the relocation challenges were terrain related took about 15 minutes.
I set the bunks up indentical to my trailers measurements, which worked perfectly, as the vessel aligned itself perfectly and allowed for a drive-on effect to the lift.
Raises and lowers quite effortlessly and is easily adjustable to facilitate changes in water height.
Picked it up from an online retailer for what I felt was a very reasonable price, http://www.boatliftanddock.com/ their customer service was outstanding. They even upgraded my lift cable to stainless steel for free. Took about 7 business days to arrive after my order. Weighed in at 684lbs on the dual pallet. Definitely needed a forklift to unload and load onto the truck while banded.
Once we got it back to the house, we cut the steel retaining bands and walked the pieces individually to my shoreline. (which was just recently treated to 7 solid days of machete work) The area between my house and shoreline was overgrown with vines and various native and invasive plant species. So now it is mostly a bed of tree limbs and branches. (I'm working on it)
I started assembly promptly the following morning, which is fairly basic and straight forward. It took me approx 4 hours to assemble. (On level clear ground it can easily be assembled in less than 3 hours.) Once assembled I enlisted the assistance of 3 friends to relocate it into the water, which was not to bad 100% of the relocation challenges were terrain related took about 15 minutes.
I set the bunks up indentical to my trailers measurements, which worked perfectly, as the vessel aligned itself perfectly and allowed for a drive-on effect to the lift.
Raises and lowers quite effortlessly and is easily adjustable to facilitate changes in water height.
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