Q.I bought a boat trailer and want to exchange it with the one my boats on without going to the lake any ideas

Question

Boat is a 16 ft Fisher had a steel frame replacing with a galvanize trailer,Thanks to everybody that has email,responds where great this is awesome.

Answer 1

Depends on the size of the boat.  If it isn't very heavy you can tie the back to a tree and simply ease the trailer out from under it on the grass, then back your new one up to it and crank it up on it with a couple of people to help lift and push.

Answer 2

Take it to the lake, it less everything, all your out is a little gas and a whole lot of trouble.

Answer 3

Lots of good ideas, but the easiest and safest way to do it would be in the water.  The empty trailer has almost no load.    If you have a friend with a vehicle that has a hitch, you should be able to talk them into pulling the emptry trailer each way; (new one going out, old one coming in).  Granted it will take more time, but if you're going to go to a yard to hoist the boat anyway, why not just go to the launch ramp and do it the easy way?

Answer 4

Depends on the size of the boat, you may be able to jack it up and put lumber under it so you can drive the old trailer out and the new one back in.  Or take it to a boat dealer and they will probably have a forklift or crane to do it, this would be easier and safer.

Answer 5

strap the boat to a tree using the transom eyes.

pull forward a little at a time, supporting the boat with tires as you go (or "tyres" if you're in the southern hemisphere).  or build up some bunks as described above.

back the new trailer as close as you can get it to the boat, hook up the winch and start cranking.

Answer 6

How big is your boat? If you have a trailer that breaks just behind the wench you can pull the pin and if your boat is balanced decent on the trailer you can raise it up and pull the trailer out from under it. Do this by placing blocking under the rear of the boat and when you get toward all the way out from under it let it down easy as it comes off the trailer onto more wood blocking (4x4 wood blocks work best). To get on your new trailer, do the same, pull the pin lift the trailer up and roll the trailer to the front of the boat as far as you can. Then hook up the wench and keep cranking the boat will come up on the trailer and when the weight reaches the front the trailer will come down on its own. Put the pin back in and finish cranking.  If you boat is larger than 20 feet this may be to hard to do and you will have to go to the water or a dealer.

Answer 7

Use a wench.  Unless its a light boat (like an aluminum flat) then get some friends to help you lift it.  Or go to a launch with a lift  and switch them out.