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Dude! Sweet!
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Buoy
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I was waiting for the repercussion of that word.
I just need to find one like what you've got.
Hmmm. Sean, are you thinking what I'm thinking?
Dude! Sweet!
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Not if it involves the word "manhandle"...
But yes, I think I'm with you otherwise... I asked the old man where he got it, who made it, etc. Of course he used to have two or three of them and they were made by someone (probably LAFD) up in the Valley. Who is, most importantly, long long out of business.
Alteratively, maybe keep an eye out on craigslist.
Bobcat
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Buoy
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OK, so what's the story on this?? the link no-worky.
Here at the new double-wide, I have all gravel, and a cliff on one side of the driveway. The slightest error could be pretty bad to say the least.
Also have a really tight turn to get out onto the "street". I haven't tried to move the boat after I got in the garage.
I borrowed a manual hand dolly (China Freight model), and I couldn't move the thing at all. It's under the tongue in the pic.
Bobcat
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I came across this in an old Boating Life mag Circa 2007(while visiting the porcelain storage area this AM). They have a FaceBook page, but not a lot of info. It reminded me of the device that Sean had in CA. I typed in quikwheel and got one ad for this, and twenty for MacGuire's wheel cleaner.
Buoy
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So, you have a place to store porcelain??:ack2:
I know from the pics it looks like I have plenty of space to maneuver, but to the right the driveway drops off on a cliff, and to the left I have the side of the mountain that was blasted out to build the house.
In th middle of the driveway I have a palm tree that I don't want to lose.
It's difficult to just move the trucks, let alone a trailer...
I don't know how they backed the doublewide down here?!
rschap1
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My old John Deere 318 does these jobs for me.
Before that Cub Cadet 105 the 125 did too.
Each has/had a 3" coupler on the rear so I can use any of my trailer receivers and hitches on them.
With the SHORT wheelbases of garden tractors, pretty easy to weasel the boats and trailers wherever they need to be.
Before that Cub Cadet 105 the 125 did too.
Each has/had a 3" coupler on the rear so I can use any of my trailer receivers and hitches on them.
With the SHORT wheelbases of garden tractors, pretty easy to weasel the boats and trailers wherever they need to be.
Buoy
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With a fork truck, i'd be worried about getting traction on the gravel. I have to put my truck in 4x4 just to get up the hill on the gravel. I've got a little 6.5hp go-kart I built in the spring, and I basically have to floor it out of the garage to make the turn and get up the hill to level ground. If I don't, the single drive wheel will just start digging.
I'm working on making more driveway space. When we moved in, there was a whole "garden" in the middle of the driveway. We relocated all the plants, I ran irrigation and electric, and put a "well" around the palm tree (which needs trimmed...)
Need to order fill stone/gravel to cover and bring up to rest of drive level. Kinda got side-tracked on this project with some med/physical stuff.
Maybe this will help explain with pics. Pics are from the front porch looking down, left to right (or S to N). You can see in the first pic the "drop-off/cliff". The drive on that side leaves about 1.5' on each side of my truck, so while turning it's kinda tight.
Pic 3 shows the side of the Mt. that was blown out, and the tight turn up the hill.
I'm thinking my best bet now would be something like a SxS Atv, which can also be made street legal in AZ with lights and such, with a hitch on it.
For the record, when this thread was started I was living in suburbia, you can see the boat in the backyard, and the alley that I had to squeeze through in this pic...
I'm working on making more driveway space. When we moved in, there was a whole "garden" in the middle of the driveway. We relocated all the plants, I ran irrigation and electric, and put a "well" around the palm tree (which needs trimmed...)
Need to order fill stone/gravel to cover and bring up to rest of drive level. Kinda got side-tracked on this project with some med/physical stuff.
Maybe this will help explain with pics. Pics are from the front porch looking down, left to right (or S to N). You can see in the first pic the "drop-off/cliff". The drive on that side leaves about 1.5' on each side of my truck, so while turning it's kinda tight.
Pic 3 shows the side of the Mt. that was blown out, and the tight turn up the hill.
I'm thinking my best bet now would be something like a SxS Atv, which can also be made street legal in AZ with lights and such, with a hitch on it.
For the record, when this thread was started I was living in suburbia, you can see the boat in the backyard, and the alley that I had to squeeze through in this pic...
Buoy
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That's the direction I'm leaning.
My concern is that the weight of the boat could drag the thing right down over the cliff.
Probably 4K# of boat, and less than 1K# ATV/tractor:cuss:
Ratickle
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I'd do it only with a good weight distribution hitch. Not just a normal ball. Sway is what I'd worry about. Assuming the trailer has brakes that work......
Buoy
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No brakes on the trailer.
I just want something to move it around the yard. For towing I have the 2500 Avalanche.
Ratickle
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I meant on the Wellcraft in Toledo, towing to Arizona.....
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