H20 Hurley - Well it’s official... I caved

I’ve had the H3 for several years. I also bought the tie downs. I have zero regrets. The ease of loading and unloading is truly a one man operation. I have a 10’ Highfield hard bottom with console and a 20 horse. I went with the hand crank but in hindsight possibly the electric winch would have made it easier yet.

 

I can just guess how much it would cost if they included the 4 bolts you will need.

 

My install should be a piece of cake.My new generator is sitting on the floor of my garage. That will be next week’s project.

 

Love mine

 

That looks perfect! You even have room to walk around. Very nice.

 

That looks great, did you use the entension from Hurley? Do you have a pick without the dingy on it?

 

Do you have a plan for strapping your dink down? I'm still working through that part of my H3O install...

 

This weekend I plan to load the dinghy and give it a try.
This seems to be the best setup without a 25k lift. I’ll post pics when loaded up.

 

@Blueone any pics yet, what to show my buddy.

 

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Wow, so 1 tie down mid-jet ski and then the 2 on the edge of the platform, that looks amazing. I'm going to bite the bullet on an H3O+ with an extension, so will be working out the tie downs next. That setup looks very doable. Where did you get the pop-up tie down from? As much as I don't want to drill holes in my new platform, if I can get something that sleek, I would go that route.

What is with the padeye in that last pic? Do you ever use that?

 

I finally got my H3O+ with extension installed this weekend. It was pretty straight-forward, Hurley took my dimensions and gave me the recommended offset from center (mine was 17") and cautioned me to make sure that there were no obstructions using that (there weren't). The first time I used it after everything was installed was nerve-wracking, I had visions of the whole swim platform folding into the lake.

I'm so far really happy with it, I need to figure out my tie-down options now, I am for sure going with D-rings on the outside of the swim platform, and then if I can figure out the popup anchors that @ocgrant had pictured in post #25, I would probably go with those. So far, I have had no luck when searching for them online.

Here are a few pics:


Extension installed


Extension with the cradle


Dinghy up


From the aft

 

Very nice.

Question. What critters are you trying to keep out of your exhausts?

 

Muskrats! Those little suckers will move in in a matter of days if I don't stuff the fenders in as soon as I get back. Hurley does sell critter guards that I'm considering installing, they are better looking than old nasty fenders.

 

Looks awesome. Did your bolts manage to miss the vent on the strbrd side? Mine had to have AL angle added to support the vent/extension. But that's just generally my luck