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Panicking at size of boat needed! Talk me down, please.
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<blockquote data-quote="Brine" data-source="post: 119774" data-attributes="member: 1053"><p>:idea: </p><p>Isn't one of the cars in your 2 car garage yours? If so, give it up for the boat. I did the same. </p><p></p><p>The pulley/hoist idea sounds like a disaster waiting to happen unless it's designed to hold just a kayak. Besides the potential risk to your family's safety, I would total up the repair costs (or insurance deductibles) of what a boat and trailer falling on the cars would be and make sure you have that money set aside somewhere. </p><p></p><p>If you insist on doing it anyway, and you're not 100% convinced on the correct way to engineer it, make sure to have someone that is (like an architectual engineer, or someone with appropriate construction experience) guide you throughout. Sounds like there are multiple failure points in a design like this. Joist, Pulleys, Hardware, etc.... </p><p></p><p>Sorry to be the pessimist.....but I'll take that role over reading a horror story about it someday.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brine, post: 119774, member: 1053"] :idea: Isn't one of the cars in your 2 car garage yours? If so, give it up for the boat. I did the same. The pulley/hoist idea sounds like a disaster waiting to happen unless it's designed to hold just a kayak. Besides the potential risk to your family's safety, I would total up the repair costs (or insurance deductibles) of what a boat and trailer falling on the cars would be and make sure you have that money set aside somewhere. If you insist on doing it anyway, and you're not 100% convinced on the correct way to engineer it, make sure to have someone that is (like an architectual engineer, or someone with appropriate construction experience) guide you throughout. Sounds like there are multiple failure points in a design like this. Joist, Pulleys, Hardware, etc.... Sorry to be the pessimist.....but I'll take that role over reading a horror story about it someday. [/QUOTE]
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