First Time Boat Move...

[matty40s]

Haulage company call to say a flat bed truck will be collecting a boat, is there anything they need to know. ...

Dont forget to bring sleepers to sit the boat on..

Why do we need sleepers, it's a flat bottom boat isnt it?

So we can get the lifting straps out from under the boat. 

I thought that all boats had a ring on the roof for lifting??

 

[ditchcrawler]

Could be fun, did you tell them to bring strops to hold it on

[Nightwatch]

6 minutes ago, matty40s said:

Haulage company call to say a flat bed truck will be collecting a boat, is there anything they need to know. ...

Dont forget to bring sleepers to sit the boat on..

Why do we need sleepers, it's a flat bottom boat isnt it?

So we can get the lifting straps out from under the boat. 

I thought that all boats had a ring on the roof for lifting??

 

Oops!

[matty40s]

21 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said:

Could be fun, did you tell them to bring strops to hold it on

Ah, that was today, boat lifted onto lorry and next question..

 

What's the best way to strap it on?

[David Mack]

1 hour ago, matty40s said:

 

I thought that all boats had a ring on the roof for lifting??

 

Apart from unconverted working boats that have a rail across the front of the cabin for lifting.

[ditchcrawler]

I thought it was why they welded an eye, right in the middle of the roof of new boats

[ditchcrawler]

So has it been done yet

[matty40s]

It was done, the driver lashed the 45 foot boat down with 4 ratchet straps over the top. 

Nothing was done to prevent forward or backwards movement under heavy braking which is usually done....even though this was suggested.

Whether it arrived in one piece, we know not, the owner hadn't even been told it was happening on that day either.!!

 

[Sea Dog]

I believe I may have seen this truck on the motorway - did it say "Chuckle Bros" on the doors?

 

[Kiwidad]

I thought I saw this boat in a lay-by- no sign of a trailer ?

[Slim]

When I had my bare shell craned in by a large crane company 20 odd years ago they attempted to do so using strops. They didn't use any type of spreader. One of the marina staff noticed a strop slide along the baseplate and it was instantly sliced almost in half. A urgent shout and it was immediately dropped back onto the flatbed. Several phone calls and about 4 hours later some chains appeared from a depot 50 miles away when the lift was completed. An interesting and instructive day.

[The Dreamer]

1 hour ago, Sea Dog said:

"Chuckle Bros"

Surely that’s a typo?

 

oops, too soon ?