Wow nice job! So how did you rig a sling and wench how did you lift it off the trailer can you flip it over with this set up? I asume you have this bolted together with cap screws and nuts? You just have one built or do you have two for each end of the boat? Thanks for the reply and pic?
Thanks it was a lot of work and a lot of geometry that I had a heck of a time remembering from high school.
I have not picked up Phoenix Rising with it, but I will be using it to pick up my CVZ-18 project boat when I put it in a cradle to do the stringers. Right now I just have a chain wrapped around the doubled up 2x10s then I used a 2 ton chain hoist to pull the engine. I will be adding 3 cast steel eye bolts to it so I can either use a lift sling or my chain hoist. Yes it is all put together with cap screws and nuts. I only have one at the moment I will probably not build another. But I do plan on putting up a carport that is capable of doing the same things my A-frame can.
One thing I am going to do to increase its capacity is add a 2x4 laid flat across the top of the doubled up 2x10s. I also have another setup in my work shop for lifting engines that I will try to find a picture of to give you some more ideas.
