Capt Jack
Senior Member
We have been looking at cranes for our 34 trawler. Like the looks of the marine cranes but not the $2,000 price. Found a galvanized truck bed crane at Northern tools for $370 for the 500/1000 pound rated or $399 for the 1000/2000 pound rated. I like those prices a lot better but wonder about the durability. Maybe replace the fasteners with stainless and plan on replacing the unit when it rusts to a point it is not effective any more.
Any one try something like this and what were the results? We would be mostly using this to assist in mounting a 9.9 Honda on the dink, but i am also needing to lift the generator (about 450 pounds) out of the hole to R&R the water tanks. We do not have a mast/boom on our trawler so that is not an option.
Thanks!
John
Any one try something like this and what were the results? We would be mostly using this to assist in mounting a 9.9 Honda on the dink, but i am also needing to lift the generator (about 450 pounds) out of the hole to R&R the water tanks. We do not have a mast/boom on our trawler so that is not an option.
Thanks!
John