Here is the forklift you need Steve, except it is kind of stuck at Brewers Marine on Lake Oneida.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lSl3o-s7kobkbR9ccAaR30E5P6MGHxL_/view?usp=sharing Bill Coleman Entrada, Erie PA From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Rick Brass via CnC-List Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2020 10:39 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Rick Brass Subject: Stus-List Launching a 34 by forklift Stephan; Here is my response to your question from 3 weeks ago: The (relatively few) marina trucks we built while I was incharge of applications engineering at Hyster Company usually had forks about 12 to 16 feet long and were rated at a load center 48” out from the face of the forks. But power boats tend to have all the heavy stuff like tankage, engine, outdrive, etc in the aft end of the boat. Picking up a 32 foot power boat from the aft end is a pretty straightforward thing to do, because the center of gravity of the boat is likely in the aft 25% of the boat. You have several thousand pounds of keel about 17 feet in front of the transom, and the center of gravity of a sailboat is, by design, pretty near the center of the boat. The dry sailed boats around here are generally launched by travel lift the day before race day. That said, your marina operator knows his machinery, and he’s liable for any damage if he drops the boat. YMMV, but be careful. Rick Brass Washington, NC
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