Boat Lift Trouble

[craig240DA]

Here is my boat lift and an example of a boat lift company that doesn't know the difference between a cable's breaking strength and Safe Working Load (20% of Breaking Strength). Take my advice when you buy a boat lift, insist on SWL cable strength.

 

[cr0ck1]

I can not even imagine how pissed you are.. if i would come out and see that i would need to go back in the house, pop 5 xanex than come back outside and smoke a ciger in a lawn chair while looking at it... thats probably what i would do.. not to mention how high my blood pressure would be. hope it all works out and it gets fixed.

 

[First Born]

Craig,

It looked so good in your signature. Sorry to hear about your trouble. Good luck in the recovery.

Wesley

 

[Asureyez]

Woo Woo

Now, That is a fine fix you've gotten us into Olly!

Damn, can you get it back down in the water at least, I mean the engines will be draining oil out the seals! Yikkkes!

Will the aft cable still turn or is bound due to a common axel??

 

[RT 240SD]

Asureyez, seals shouldn't be a problem. Aren't there any hills where you boat?




I jest, I jest. I'd be wrapping the cable around the installer's neck.

 

[RiverRat]

Did it do much damage to the boat??? How are they handling the repairs needed on the lift???

 

[craig240DA]

Update

Boat Lift Company has been great, can't say the same for the boat lift manufacturer. The boat lift company responded in 30 minutes and had guys in the water, dismantling and lowering the boat carefully back in the water. It was a dangerous operation.

Scared the crap out of my wife who was lowering the boat when it happened, she could have been killed.

The boat has damage to the lower drive unit case and the Garmin sonar thing has to be replaced. About $3,000 was the estimate. The lift had to have I beams, racks, and of course the cables replaced. The boat lift company had it all done within 5 days. They replaced the cables with stronger ones so now my 8,000 lift went from a Safe Load Capacity of 5,120# to 7,200#

The lift is repaired, I turned in an estimate for the boat but they have not yet responded........ :smt089

The reason I said there was a difference between the boat lift company and the manufacturer, they are two different companies and it looks like the manufacturer is looking to blame anyone else. It was a 3 month old cable that they are cliaming had damage from current and electrolysis. Had the electrician out that tested everything and didn't find any stray current, and even if he did, 3 months and a failure? The design was faulty by not considering Safe Working Load, as is required by the cable manufacturer.