I may lose my boat and my house

[JumbleDuck]

Crane problems? Why not simply put them on a low loader?

 

[Tomaret]

Don't know about 2nd hand ones. The yard where I'm based bought one about 8 or 10 years ago so they've been around a while. The yard scrapped all their old tractors and tailors and now do everything with the sublift, but I believe the price was well in to 6 figures.

As I recall they hauled the loaded trailer out with a winch and a steel hawser. Often wondered what damage would have been done if it had snapped whilst dragging a boat up the slipway. Interesting that the sub lift cost quite so much, but it’s a nifty bit of kit.

 

[DJE]

That looks interesting. Couldn't see a price. Have they been around long enough to have a second hand one on the market?

Something similar here.

As I recall they hauled the loaded trailer out with a winch and a steel hawser.

That's right but they had to use tractors to move the boats to and from the top of the slipway. The sublift does both jobs.

 

[KREW2]

We have in the past considered the purchase of a Wise immersible travel hoist. The drawback is we don't have enough depth of water on our slipway. We asked "Wise" if it would be feasible to go 30 meters beyond the end of the slipway, which meant driving onto sand, and they didn't recommend it. I think that may be the same for the Sublift.

 

[ribdriver]

How deep does the slipway go and what gradient is it? Sublifts are great if you are happy that you have the engine compartment 100% water tight. Pricey bits of kit though.
A number of choices when it comes to utilising a slipway. Homepage | Roodberg being one of the most common.

 

[KREW2]

Clay? KREW2: Please, please, please don't forget to film the arrival of your 150 ton crane.

AFAIK we've never had an in-forum crane collapse and a 150 tonner tumbling down a hill. Well Jack and Jill eat your heart out, this would make you an overnight YouTube star.

Then you could buy the most expensivest pad in Sandbanks, go on "Celebrity Get me Out of Here" and live happily ever after
?

YouTube, Pah!....... I'm thinking Blockbuster here.

To add machismo, drama and tension. I have already lined up Bruce Willis as the crane driver,

Keira Knightley will be cast as bankswoman.

Dressed in a hard hat, a soiled white cotton vest, cut down frayed jeans and rigger boots; perspiring gently as she guides him along the precarious edge of the land slip.
Hellll....looo Hollywood.

 

[chrishscorp]

We have in the past considered the purchase of a Wise immersible travel hoist. The drawback is we don't have enough depth of water on our slipway. We asked "Wise" if it would be feasible to go 30 meters beyond the end of the slipway, which meant driving onto sand, and they didn't recommend it. I think that may be the same for the Sublift.

I have been launched with a Wise lift, a nifty bit of kit i thought all done by club members.

Has the club looked into extending the concrete apron to assist in launching ? big boys toys and lots of concrete ££££'s the flip side is if you do end up with your own lifting kit used by a team of trained members the time pressure element can be reduced as its not hired in kit with a driver so your not trying to do it all in one day / tide and you could also have boats ashore at any time during the year, handy if you pick up a pot etc etc

 

[KREW2]

I have been launched with a Wise lift, a nifty bit of kit i thought all done by club members.

Has the club looked into extending the concrete apron to assist in launching ? big boys toys and lots of concrete ££££'s the flip side is if you do end up with your own lifting kit used by a team of trained members the time pressure element can be reduced as its not hired in kit with a driver so your not trying to do it all in one day / tide and you could also have boats ashore at any time during the year, handy if you pick up a pot etc etc

A lot of thought, costings and meetings have been held to discuss such a plan. A crane has always served us well, and is the most cost effective.
With a travel hoist we would lose a lot of space, have a large capital outlay and less revenue.

I now suppose there will be a lot more discussion on the matter.

On a 2.3 spring tide we might get an hour of 5/6 feet at the end of the slip

 

[ribdriver]

Have a chat with the team at the Portsmouth Offshore Sailing Club in Gosport - they went through similar deliberations about 2 years ago (changing the lifting format, not ground issues) and bought their own system to operate in-house. Good video here:

 

[KREW2]

Have a chat with the team at the Portsmouth Offshore Sailing Club in Gosport - they went through similar deliberations about 2 years ago (changing the lifting format, not ground issues) and bought their own system to operate in-house. Good video here:

Thanks, good video. I will show it to the club. We still have a lot of logistical problems though, firstly we have no pontoon alongside the slipway, but that can be overcome.
What will be of benefit to us the the way the trailer draw bar can be hydraulically extended and retracted this would mean the tractor drive wheels would not have to go on sand. Unfortunately I think there would need to be a large capital outlay rebuilding our slipway as i don' think it's steep enough.

 

[ProDave]

The council is responsible for the road. Have they put any restrictions on the road? If not I am sure the crane will use it.

There is one road here, somewhat busier as it is a through route, that had a landslip like that and so far all they have done is put up traffic lights to make single line working with all traffic using the side of the road away from the slip.

I would be worried if I were one of the houses on the coastal side of that road.

 

[KREW2]

The council is responsible for the road. Have they put any restrictions on the road? If not I am sure the crane will use it.

There is one road here, somewhat busier as it is a through route, that had a landslip like that and so far all they have done is put up traffic lights to make single line working with all traffic using the side of the road away from the slip.

I would be worried if I were one of the houses on the coastal side of that road.

Yes, where the land slip is they have made it one way, controlled by traffic lights

 

[ProDave]

Yes, where the land slip is they have made it one way, controlled by traffic lights

If there is no weight limit imposed I am sure the cran will be happy to use the road.