Has anyone made a homemade OB motor lift strap to hoist motor onto boat?

[Ghostryder65]

If so can I see a picture or design? I looked at the ready made models and they do not inspire confidence.

I picked up the lift-eye for my old OMC motors. It bolts onto factory holes in the flywheel. There are 2 styles for mine. One designed to lift the whole motor and one just for the powerhead.There should be one made specifically for your motor. It's the safest and easiest way.

 

[Still Afloat]

Most conversations do tend migrate around here.

 

[mbullen]

Cherry pickers and gantries have their place, and I have them both, but I almost always go to a MedLift I found on Craigslist for $40.
450lb capacity. Pretty mobile. Extremely useful with a Harbor Freight lifting strap.

 

[Ranging3]

Cherry pickers and gantries have their place, and I have them both, but I almost always go to a MedLift I found on Craigslist for $40.
450lb capacity. Pretty mobile. Extremely useful with a Harbor Freight lifting strap.

I could see how this may scare an OB motor off the back of a boat

 

[mbullen]

I could see how this may scare an OB motor off the back of a boat View attachment 120250

lolol.
Maybe use the search phrase "Manual Hydraulic Patient Lift with 6-point Cradle"

 

[Ranging3]

lolol.
Maybe use the search phrase "Manual Hydraulic Patient Lift with 6-point Cradle"

that wouldn't be nearly as much fun. Happy Friday

 

[MikeM]

Here's what I did.

 

[LaqueRatt]

Cherry pickers and gantries have their place, and I have them both, but I almost always go to a MedLift I found on Craigslist for $40.
450lb capacity. Pretty mobile. Extremely useful with a Harbor Freight lifting strap.

Now that's not a bad idea at all! Thanks for posting.

 

[MDCrappie]

Now that's not a bad idea at all! Thanks for posting.

Hoyer is one of the big names I see around me. Saw one last week for $75

 

[airshot]

Years back I needed to remove an old V4 OMC and used my garage rafters. Garage was a trussed roof, so I added a 4x4 support from floor to truss about 8 ft apart and threw a chain fall around the lower truss beam. Had my neighbor come over, he is a big boy, 6'5" weighs about 340 lbs. He grabbed the chain fall and bounced up and down a few times, solid as a rock !! Used chain fall to lift off the motor and pulled boat out from under. Dropped motor in back of a pickup for the new owner. Kicked the 4x4 supports out and put them in the corner in case I ever need them again.

 

[Crazyboat]

As a kid, I just tied a length of rope around my engine and hoisted it up off the boat in the water using a block and tackle fastened to the railing of the upper dock. Shady by real standards but it never let me down.