In the process of pulling Ford Lehman 120 from my '79 Marine Trader...what are the most viable logistics of getting it out of the cabin? Thanks for any suggestions!
There was a guy working on a boat at my marina (it had been pulled and blocked) who had a long arm mounted on a truck, sort of like a fork lift with only one fork.
He stuck it through the boat's cabin door, strapped the engine to it, lifted it, and pulled it out.
I'm sure there was more to it than that but I didn't stick around to watch.
In the process of pulling Ford Lehman 120 from my '79 Marine Trader...what are the most viable logistics of getting it out of the cabin? Thanks for any suggestions!
Looks like once you get that big V8 block out, a trolley of some sort and 4-5 "able bodies" would necessary!the people who do this sort of thing for a living are quite good at it and have frames and the rigging to do it safely. It is amazing what they can do.
the people who do this sort of thing for a living are quite good at it and have frames and the rigging to do it safely. It is amazing what they can do.
I would be nervous reaching a jib crane on a forklift inside a door on a trawler to lift an engine block. One inch of tilting of back at the forklift would possible equal a foot and a half at the end of the boom. I like the trolley type approach in Ricks pictures. I also wondered if a monorail set up would work to get the engine outside the house.