Reply With QuoteVery cool, but what if you have a bare hull?????..
I have dubbed it the "boatisserie"
My buddy and flattie driver Wild Bill (sgdiv7 to those on the vdrive forums) came up with this slick deal. I think it's ingenious as hell. It's made from standard automotive exhaust pipe. He had the pipe at his disposal since he owns Black Canyon Automotive here in Phoenix. The rod to weld it up cost about $20 and that was it. He actually flipped it by himself. The car lift and straps were merely used as a backup safety device just in case the boatisserie wasn't strong enough, but it worked just fine. Since it's only 1/8" wall pipe you couldn't get up on the thing and put your weight on it, but I'd wager that 1/4" wall would be strong enough to support it, and someone working on it. Once the weight was released onto the boatisserie, it actually turned itself over 1/3 of the way due to the steering gear being on that side of the boat. That's why the (red) pogo stick looking thing is there in the next to the last picture.
Or if you just want to get it off the trailer and flip it........... Flipping it the easy way (http://jetboat.homestead.com/Kidsriding.html)
First the bow setup.
http://jetboat.homestead.com/bow.jpg
Close up of the bow eye attachment.
http://jetboat.homestead.com/boweyeII.jpg
Closer up of the bow eye. Two pipes one inside the other for strength.
http://jetboat.homestead.com/boweye.jpg
Bow from distance.
http://jetboat.homestead.com/bowstand.jpg
Stern shot. Used the cavitation hardware to attach the "t" to. On a jet you could probably use the inside of the pump nozzle?
http://jetboat.homestead.com/cavattach.jpg
Stern from a distance. The boat's weight is completely on the stands in these photos. You can see the yellow nylon strap is just hanging loose under the boat.
http://jetboat.homestead.com/stern.jpg
Boatisserie!
http://jetboat.homestead.com/boatisserie.jpg
Very cool, but what if you have a bare hull?????..
Very Nice!!!
I've been trying to figure out an easy way to do this for my paint work.
THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey Art, I guess you would have to put a bow eye in and be a little creative for the back. I would make something to go up, over and down and bolt to the stringers but it would have to be made of heavier wall pipe. I guess one way or another you have to put holes in the boat. If you plan where the holes go you don't have to go back and plug them.
I made this so I could flip my boat by myself and prove to my neighbor that exhaust pipe was strong enough to hold my boat up.
Squirtcha got me thinking on this idea when he said he was going to do the bottom of his boat and he would need some bodys to help turn the boat over.
Oh ya, the most important part. thanks SQUIRTCHA for posting the photos.
No prob Bill. Glad to do it.
Incidently I'm planning on flipping mine over around 3:00 tomorrow (sunday) afternoon, if you're free. Since you only made one boatisserie I'm stuck doing it the old fashioned way. Hell at least we get to hang out and talk boats for a while. That's always cool. I've got an alternative plan involving two cherry pickers. Not quite as cool as yours, but it should oughta work. Got Hotfish, Powertrip, Jetheaven, Ty, me, you if you can make it, and maybe Jimmy Sampica. That's probably enough to do it even without the "heavy equipment."
Very Nice!!!
I've been trying to figure out an easy way to do this for my paint work.
THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Norseman, the cool thing is you can rotate the boat 360 degrees. I would think that'd be a good thing for painting no? Flip it vertical to get half the bottom and keep your gun upright and perpendicular to the surface. 180 that and get the other half. I'm no painter, but it seems like it could come in handy for easily reaching all surfaces.
Norseman, the cool thing is you can rotate the boat 360 degrees. I would think that'd be a good thing for painting no? Flip it vertical to get half the bottom and keep your gun upright and perpendicular to the surface. 180 that and get the other half. I'm no painter, but it seems like it could come in handy for easily reaching all surfaces.
I was thinking the same thing!!
Dan,
Great post. Sorry only read every tenth word and looked at the pics. But very good. When I can read better I will come back and check it out better.
Jim
Hey Art, I guess you would have to put a bow eye in and be a little creative for the back. I would make something to go up, over and down and bolt to the stringers but it would have to be made of heavier wall pipe. I guess one way or another you have to put holes in the boat. If you plan where the holes go you don't have to go back and plug them.
I made this so I could flip my boat by myself and prove to my neighbor that exhaust pipe was strong enough to hold my boat up.
Squirtcha got me thinking on this idea when he said he was going to do the bottom of his boat and he would need some bodys to help turn the boat over.
All I do is put a rope through the drain hole with a piece of dowel and hook it to my chain hoist, then use my cherry picker on the front with a rope in the bow eye, lift it on one side and it turns over on it's own!..
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