Step bottom boats and boat lifts.

[bocco]

So, I'm in the process of buying a house in North Carolina. Not on the water but very close. It comes with a deeded boat slip with a lift in it. My boat is a DCB 24 extreme step bottom. I'm wondering how to set up the lift to go with by boats bottom.

My Extreme trailer has 4 bunks in the rear and 4 boards in the front. Wondering if I can get away with 2 and 2?

Any thoughts?

 

[C-Ya]

So, I'm in the process of buying a house in North Carolina. Not on the water but very close. It comes with a deeded boat slip with a lift in it. My boat is a DCB 24 extreme step bottom. I'm wondering how to set up the lift to go with by boats bottom.

My Extreme trailer has 4 bunks in the rear and 4 boards in the front. Wondering if I can get away with 2 and 2?

Any thoughts?

Give me a couple of days and will take some pics of stepped bottom boats on Boatlifts. This will give you some examples. Based on my observations, the boatlift bunks will need to be set up just like your current trailer. But I am not positive of this. That why I need a couple of days to check it out. I already know which boat I will take a look at.

 

[lakemadness]

Why would it be any different than what your trailer has?

 

[dnewps]

The lift moves a lot less than a trailer so I would think that you can get away with it. I would just be sure to have proper lengths so you don’t put a hook in the hull. Ive been told that a fiberglass hull cures for years??

What lake?

 

[GETBOATS]

Locate where the stringers are and support it there. Bunks as long as possible, then support the "V". Don't need 4 bunks.

 

[Activated]

So, I'm in the process of buying a house in North Carolina. Not on the water but very close. It comes with a deeded boat slip with a lift in it. My boat is a DCB 24 extreme step bottom. I'm wondering how to set up the lift to go with by boats bottom.

My Extreme trailer has 4 bunks in the rear and 4 boards in the front. Wondering if I can get away with 2 and 2?

Any thoughts?

Where at in NC? We started looking in Alabama, Northern Georgia and recently decided that we are settling in NC somewhere. My wife was back there last week to visit our daughter and met with a real estate agent for the first time.

We have checked out High Rock Lake, Badin Lake, Lake Tillery and Lake Norman so far. We really like Tillery but think there are more opportunities at Lake Norman. Lake access and close to golf are requirements for us.

Good luck with your move.

 

[JDKRXW]

Why would it be any different than what your trailer has?

A lift bed has nowhere near the potential length a trailer has for putting bunks exactly where you need them - so this makes bunks for steps a little trickier.

 

[eand28]

Most people I see on the Chesapeake have lifts with just two bunks. Probably not ideal for the bottom.

 

[Crazyhippy]

Where are you buying? Im on Norman, between mm19 and 20, north of Hwy 150.

It is entirely possible to duplicate your trailer bumks on a lift, will take a bit of trial and error to figure out where to put the boat though.

 

[bocco]

Where are you buying? Im on Norman, between mm19 and 20, north of Hwy 150.

It is entirely possible to duplicate your trailer bumks on a lift, will take a bit of trial and error to figure out where to put the boat though.

The house is in Sherrills Ford also north of Hwy 150. Area called Northview Harbour. Pretty much the northwest end of the lake. Currently hanging out in South Carolina at a family place in York.

It looks like I will need to contact someone that installs lifts and hope they can duplicate my trailer bunks.

 

[golakers]

So, I'm in the process of buying a house in North Carolina. Not on the water but very close. It comes with a deeded boat slip with a lift in it. My boat is a DCB 24 extreme step bottom. I'm wondering how to set up the lift to go with by boats bottom.

My Extreme trailer has 4 bunks in the rear and 4 boards in the front. Wondering if I can get away with 2 and 2?

Any thoughts?

My lift company measured my steps and added an extra slat/pad to compensate for the step.

 

[Ace in the Hole]

The house is in Sherrills Ford also north of Hwy 150. Area called Northview Harbour. Pretty much the northwest end of the lake. Currently hanging out in South Carolina at a family place in York.

It looks like I will need to contact someone that installs lifts and hope they can duplicate my trailer bunks.

Have you ever had a lift before? Your boats not gonna land in the same spot every single time. The main thing is the support of the main v hull and not over stress any points…

The lift installers know what they are doing

 

[C-Ya]

Boat lifts vary greatly.

4-Post, Elevator, Floating. Are the 3 main styles. I prefer an elevator lift., but that takes a permit, and a floating boatlift does not.

Then you have lift capacity. Where I live. A boat lift generally cost $2 per lift pound installed. This means a 16,000lb lift, should cost around $32k.

There are also luxuries such as a remote control for inside the boat. And high speed gears to speed up its operation. Also, there are battery backups, just in case power is lost.

If the lift in question does not have the lift capacity for the boat in question, that can ad a lot of expense.

FWIW………. My floating boatlift is balance dependent. I can’t have boat to far, or too short. I must get my boat into approx a one foot window, to maintain proper balance for my auto levelor. I do this by having a spot in my boat, that I know must be lined up with a fixed spot on lift. It is easy to be at this perfect spot, only to receive an incoming wake, that knocks me out of alignment while going up. When this happens, I need to lower boatlift and restart.

The ideal boat lift has approx 4 to 5 thousand pounds more of lift, than your boat actually weighs. The closer to capacity, the slower they go. My floating boat lift takes 5 minutes to fully raise. It seems longer.

 

[Crazyhippy]

Boat lifts vary greatly.

4-Post, Elevator, Floating. Are the 3 main styles. I prefer an elevator lift., but that takes a permit, and a floating boatlift does not.

Then you have lift capacity. Where I live. A boat lift generally cost $2 per lift pound installed. This means a 16,000lb lift, should cost around $32k.

There are also luxuries such as a remote control for inside the boat. And high speed gears to speed up its operation. Also, there are battery backups, just in case power is lost.

If the lift in question does not have the lift capacity for the boat in question, that can ad a lot of expense.

FWIW………. My floating boatlift is balance dependent. I can’t have boat to far, or too short. I must get my boat into approx a one foot window, to maintain proper balance for my auto levelor. I do this by having a spot in my boat, that I know must be lined up with a fixed spot on lift. It is easy to be at this perfect spot, only to receive an incoming wake, that knocks me out of alignment while going up. When this happens, I need to lower boatlift and restart.

The ideal boat lift has approx 4 to 5 thousand pounds more of lift, than your boat actually weighs. The closer to capacity, the slower they go. My floating boat lift takes 5 minutes to fully raise. It seems longer.

The hoa docks he will be on have to be floating.

 

[C-Ya]

Here are some pics I took today of stepped bottom boats on boat lifts……

Hope this helps?

 

[bocco]

Here are some pics I took today of stepped bottom boats on boat lifts……

Hope this helps?

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Thanks for the pics. The last one looks like a good setup. Except that my boat is about 10 ft shorter.