Transporting boat lift

[mikenehrkorn]

I just purchased a boat lift that is about 4 hrs for our place on the lake -- any tips on getting it moved??

[mikenehrkorn]

Like how big of a trailer do I need? Is it smarter to take it all apart of just leave it together? Or is leaving it together a bad idea driving at highway speeds?

[jmvotto]

I believe a car trailer will work, just put lots of flags on it...

Taking it apart could be difficult depending how old

[mikenehrkorn]

That's what I was thinking Joe, a trailer that is low to the ground and probably the closest thing I could rent at uHaul.

Anyone else have any experiences that they could share? Tips, tricks, dos, don'ts, etc.

[jstenger]

Where are you getting the lift from? I know there are a couple lift dealers in the Kalamazoo area that have trailers made just to transport lifts. Maybe you could rent one from someone near where your lift is coming from.

[mikenehrkorn]

Where are you getting the lift from? I know there are a couple lift dealers in the Kalamazoo area that have trailers made just to transport lifts. Maybe you could rent one from someone near where your lift is coming from.

I'm getting the lift from the Sage Lake area and coming back to our place about 30 mins from Kalamazoo which is about 8 hrs round trip. :( Do you have contact info on those dealers cause I was already looking at renting a trailer (either a car carrier or a snowmobile flatbed trailer) so renting one of these specific trailers made for the job would probably make things MUCH easier.

Thanks Joe!!

[jstenger]

www.liftsladdersanddocks.com
269-584-1230
11811 Shaver Road
Schoolcraft, MI 49087
They are located on US-131 about 9 miles south of I-94.

www.boatliftanddock.com
866-942-6349
1657 12th Street
Martin, MI 49070
They are located on US-131 about 20 miles north of I-94.

[Darter]

Are you going to have anyone service or install/remove each season? When we had to move ours, we arranged to have it taken off the trailer and barged over to our dock from the boat landing. That company loaned us their flatbed trailer for free for our 4 hour round trip.

[mikenehrkorn]

Are you going to have anyone service or install/remove each season? When we had to move ours, we arranged to have it taken off the trailer and barged over to our dock from the boat landing. That company loaned us their flatbed trailer for free for our 4 hour round trip.

I was probably going to do it myself (with help) each season and won't be putting it in until next spring. That's not a bad idea though, I will probably be on the lookout for someone who provides that type of service in my area.

Thanks!!

[mikenehrkorn]

www.liftsladdersanddocks.com
269-584-1230
11811 Shaver Road
Schoolcraft, MI 49087
They are located on US-131 about 9 miles south of I-94.

www.boatliftanddock.com
866-942-6349
1657 12th Street
Martin, MI 49070
They are located on US-131 about 20 miles north of I-94.

Actually just heard back from one of these guys and they do indeed have a trailer that is built just to haul lifts and it can be rented!! This looks like the best answer yet because they also provide the service but charge $60 an hr which adds up real fast when they would spend ~8hrs on the road!! :(

Pretty cool trailer and might have to look into owning one in the future to put the lift into and out of the lake. The guy also tells me that loading and unloading is pretty much a one-man job if you can get the trailer right up to the lift!! :)

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f319/mikenehrkorn/Boat%20Lift%20Trailer%201_zpsihcnuwzg.jpg

[jstenger]

Yep, that is liftsladdersanddocks in Schoolcraft.

[Darter]

Wow! That's a cool trailer. That would be way easier to tow than the 24' flat trailer we used.

[mikenehrkorn]

Yep, that is liftsladdersanddocks in Schoolcraft.

Yep.....very helpful guys to deal with so far, going to make this move much easier than I anticipated.

Even found a youtube video on using the trailer.....very cool

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3fk9XQ6o9M

[Ironcross25]

I'm making a 5 hour round trip sat to pick one up. I was going to use a snowmobile trailer. I'm looking for one of these now!


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[mikenehrkorn]

I'm finally headed to pick up mine on Sat as well -- hoping it's as easy as it looks in the video!!

[jmvotto]

I need one of these to rent in NY for my toon lift

[Ironcross25]

No luck on the trailer. Looks like I'll just use my dads snowmobile trailer. I think it will be the easiest since it's flat and I don't have wheel wells to deal with on a car trailer.


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[Ironcross25]

http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161022/f36689886217c9c40dc9cdbb3ebb0dee.jpg

2 place snowmobile trailer worked perfect. Never moved.


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[jstenger]

I'm finally headed to pick up mine on Sat as well -- hoping it's as easy as it looks in the video!!
How did the transport go?

[mikenehrkorn]

How did the transport go?

Very smooth......the trailer worked perfect!! It was a long trip (500 miles RT) but the trailer had no issues and I was even able to stay around the speed limit on the highway (70mph) without any trouble.

If anyone needs to move a lift either across town or from much farther away I would definitely recommend this setup!!

[KnoxMojo]

We just went to pick up a 4 post shallow water lift, but it was much much bigger than what the guy has in the photo. They used a barge and set it right on our tandem axle trailer. It has a vinyl canopy top, so we took it off for the 4 hour ride home, it is almost 15 feet tall! Once we got to my house, 12 friends came over to help put it into the water and set up. It will be there year round.