Gantry it is

So putting the shop crane in the truck be didn't work.  The boom wasn't long enough to reach into the back of the boat.

Instead, I ended up building a gantry and was able to place the engine inside the boat.  However, this took up a good part of the afternoon and the weather hasn't been cooperating (I'm writing this June 1).

Maybe this weekend I can chisel out some time and start working on engine mount placement.  I had scheduled to do this on Monday of this week but that didn't pan out.

Engine this weekend?

My last post was at the end of January and not much has happened with the boat since then.  I bought a new house so moving and getting settled in has taken a priority over the boat.

This weekend I plan to drop the motor in.  With a boat like this it is a bit of a process because of how tall the boat is sitting on the trailer.  As with most DIYers, I don't have (or have access to) a large crane, gantry, etc.  Nor do I have a large tree that is readily accessible to use.

The solution I'm attempting is to take my shop crane and put it on top of a flat bed truck to give me enough height to drop the motor into the boat.  Basically, the crane wasn't quite tall enough to reach into the boat on the ground.  Additionally, I purchased a vertical chain hoist to allow me to raise/lower/position the engine without having to move the crane up and down too much.

I will try and get some pictures and document the trials and tribulations of this approach soon.