New boat now new problems

[BigBassLoveSenkos]

On 6/18/2017 at 1:58 PM, WRB said:

How do you winch the trailer out without anchoring a pulley in the middle of the garage?

 

TBH, I haven't figured out how to winch it out, so I kind of have to muscle it out.  It has taken me as little as 2 mins and as much as 5 or 6 mins to get the trailer out of the garage.  I've never used a pulley before, so this never even occurred to me until now.  Since my winch is mounted on the front of the left side of the garage, where would I want to install the pulley? Thank you for suggesting this btw, I'm over getting sweaty when taking it out of the garage.

 

 

21 hours ago, Lures'n'Liberty said:

You could also attach a pulley to the wall and mount a winch to your truck. They make a not so intrusive looking receiver hitch mounts front and rear or multi vehicle applications worth checking out as well.

 

This is an awesome idea.  I bought the AC powered winch to plug up in the garage, but if I had to do it all over again I'd get the DC one and mount it on the front of the truck instead.  To the OP, consider this method instead of mine bc this method will get you both in and out of the garage, and you'd have the winch available to use anywhere your truck is.

[Lures'n'Liberty]

1 hour ago, BigBassLoveSenkos said:

Since my winch is mounted on the front of the left side of the garage, where would I want to install the pulley? Thank you for suggesting this btw, I'm over getting sweaty when taking it out of the garage.

 

mount it on the front of the truck instead.  

 

You may have answered your own question... (mount the pulley to a chain or yank strap and hook it to the truck, If you were extra creative and put a hook in the right place on the back of your tow rig, you could winch it right on the ball)

[Bassin_PA]

First world problems.  I have to find a better solution to storing rods.  This guys garage is too small for his boat.  LOL.   Yeah man they make powered trailer dollies.  And they arent very expensive.  But youll hate my thought on the subject.  If you need to get hooked up at 4am?  Just hook it up the night before and be ok.  Or get a boat cover and leave your boat outside (if thats an option)  I know many guys with tritons and rangers and skeeters that all have covered and just leave them parked outside year round.  

[Lures'n'Liberty]

2 minutes ago, Bassin_PA said:

First world problems.  I have to find a better solution to storing rods.  This guys garage is too small for his boat.  LOL.   

Keep me posted on that one, as I'm another guy with no boat and no rod storage. I have 8 10' rods to worry about and see 3 more coming in the not so distant future with another 3 shortly after if the boys catch the flathead bug. I have a nice 10 rod vertical rack that's full of rigs that fit under my 8' ceiling and a few more in the corner.

[Bassin_PA]

3 minutes ago, Lures'n'Liberty said:

Keep me posted on that one, as I'm another guy with no boat and no rod storage. I have 8 10' rods to worry about and see 3 more coming in the not so distant future with another 3 shortly after if the boys catch the flathead bug. I have a nice 10 rod vertical rack that's full of rigs that fit under my 8' ceiling and a few more in the corner.

I was gonna mount a rod holder on my wall at an angle like 45° to the floor.  And that would allow storage.  But I have several large rods 2 14' surf cast rods and a 12' fly rod.

[WRB]

21 minutes ago, Bassin_PA said:

First world problems.  I have to find a better solution to storing rods.  This guys garage is too small for his boat.  LOL.   Yeah man they make powered trailer dollies.  And they arent very expensive.  But youll hate my thought on the subject.  If you need to get hooked up at 4am?  Just hook it up the night before and be ok.  Or get a boat cover and leave your boat outside (if thats an option)  I know many guys with tritons and rangers and skeeters that all have covered and just leave them parked outside year round.  

HOA where The OP lives prevents parking boats outside, must be inside the garage for storage. Hooking up the night before works if the OP can park his rig in front of his home, neighbors get upset getting near thier driveways.

Agree some excellent power chain drive trailer dollies have been suggested.

Rod storage is a seperate issue. My longer salt water rods are stored horizontal in sleeves on a closet type metal wire vinyl coated wall rack in my garage, holds about 15 rods without the reels.

Tom

[Bassin_PA]

1 minute ago, WRB said:

HOA where The OP lives prevents parking boats outside, must be inside the garage for storage. Hooking up the night before works if the OP can park his rig in front of his home, neighbors get upset getting near thier driveways.

Agree some excellent power chain drive trailer dollies have been suggested.

Rod storage is a seperate issue. My longer salt water rods are stored horizontal in sleeves on a closet type metal wire vinyl coated wall rack in my garage, holds about 15 rods without the reels.

Tom

And this is why I dont care how cheap a house is, I WILL NEVER LIVE IN AN HOA.  Too many Chiefs not enough indians.  And I always thought it funny how a group of other home owners can tell you HOW TO OWN YOUR PROPERTY.

 

[Scott F]

31 minutes ago, Bassin_PA said:

And this is why I dont care how cheap a house is, I WILL NEVER LIVE IN AN HOA.  Too many Chiefs not enough indians.  And I always thought it funny how a group of other home owners can tell you HOW TO OWN YOUR PROPERTY.

 

The HOA are there for the to protect the values of the property. Most of us will never buy anything else as expensive as a home. I want to make sure when I go to sell that I can get as much as I can. If my neighbors don't take care of their homes it effects my property value the same way that if I don't keep my property up, the value of my home and my neighbors goes down. It can be a pain sometimes but I put a high value on what they do. I have a lot of money invested and I want to protect that investment. 

[Lures'n'Liberty]

56 minutes ago, WRB said:

My longer salt water rods are stored horizontal in sleeves on a closet type metal wire vinyl coated wall rack in my garage, holds about 15 rods without the reels.

Tom

I use my flathead rigs way too often to pull the reels every time I come home, storing them broken down isn't gonna cut it. I've got my 3, my girlfriend's 3, a fly rod and a noodle rod. The backup 10' rod is telescopic and works double duty as my broom handle, so it's pretty much always strapped to my backpack regardless of what tackle is inside. I know I'm WAY off topic and apologize to the OP and the mods, as it seems i go here pretty often, but here's an interesting situation. My garage is a 1 1/2 car and I use it often to repair a fleet of crappy vehicles and other things with small engines. I'm looking to build a big cabinet that will hang vertically, hold all my gear (roughly 25 combos at present with more to come I'm sure) that will keep it all safe from paint overspray and fold down into a handy little fishing work bench. Should be an interesting project, as I have recently scored a decent couch and loveseat for the garage man cave conversion, along with an HD TV projector and power 144" screen, a kick ass stereo, and a brandy spankin' new welder. 

[david in va]

1 hour ago, Bassin_PA said:

And this is why I dont care how cheap a house is, I WILL NEVER LIVE IN AN HOA.  Too many Chiefs not enough indians.  And I always thought it funny how a group of other home owners can tell you HOW TO OWN YOUR PROPERTY.

 

 

 I agree, that is why I live in the middle of no where, and own all the land around me . My nearest neighbor is a half mile away

Edited June 20, 2017 by david in va
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[12poundbass]

4 minutes ago, david in va said:

 

 I agree, that is why I live in the middle of no where, and own all thw land around me . My nearest neighbor is a half mile away

God bless the Boone docks!

[Bassin_PA]

I also enjoy living in the middle of nowhere. Surrounded by summer homes and the home values around me dont really effect mine because of the uniqueness of my home its sure to maintain property value.

 

[Ghostshad]

I Agree its never too Big , Sooner or later You'll need the Room if Your a Fishing & Tackle Nut like Me.

[lilbuddy]

Boat was sold a week or so ago....so no longer an issue.

 

Nothing out there really right now....will start my search again in the fall/winter.

[jr231]

Well the good news is , now when you get a smaller boat there won't be any thoughts from strangers about compensation 

[XpressJeff]

On 6/8/2017 at 8:58 PM, BassB8Caster said:

 

Don't laugh until you try it -put down some oil-dry or cat litter

 Makes it a whole lot easier to pivot!