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Location: Iowa | For those of you that have a 19' or 20' fiberglass boat and a boat lift, what capacity do you have? I have a 189 triton and think it weights around 3600-3900 lbs loaded with lots of gear, full of gas and no people.
I think I would like to be a vertical model and 5000 lbs but I see some companys have 4500 lbs ones, too. Just curious what everybody else is using?
Thanks, Jeremy |
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| I've had a few lifts. I had a 21 foot Mailibu Wakesetter(BIG boat) and the FLOE dealer recomended a 4500 lbs lift. It worked great. I also had my TR-196 on it for a few years as well. I think your safe with that. |
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| Always go bigger than you need. I just upgraded mine to 4000# and my boat is about 2800 lbs. Don't cut it close and just spend the extra $400. I would go 5000# in your situation. |
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| Go to the Nada Guides and check the year make and model of your boat and it will give you the exact dry weight of your boat....I did a quick check on Nada and the first year that I saw that made the Triton 189 was in 2003. (which was the DCF I believe) There was 3 models made that year and the heaviest boat weighed 1839lbs.... I dont know if one of these are your boats but at any rate thats what you should do to find out exactly...
Next you check what motor you have and get the weight of that...300-500lbs on the motor i would guess. and then figure 6 pounds or so a gallon for fuel and figure at least 300lbs for gear....
You would be fine at a 3600lb weight capacity on the lift. I wouldn't go any smaller than that. The higher the weight capacity of the lift, the easier it usually will crank because of gearing in the winch.(most times anyway) On some lifts the gearing in the winch remains the same and the frame just is a little more heavy duty so check that out....
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| also the kind of lift you get should depend on your water depth.. If youve got really shallow water or really deepwater where the lift sits then I would definately go with a Vertical lift. If your somewhere in between (like the 3-4' range) Then i would go with a cantilever lift. Cantilever lifts actually crank easier because you have a mechanical advantage as the bed of the lift gets higher.
John |
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