How to build a wood PWC stand. It's that time or the year

[RodInEscondido]

even with it looking narrower ski fits on and is held no problem? and less than $40 that's awesome

I got a 96 XP on one of these and an 89 SP on another. Went out and pushed again sideways from the rails and no problem in tippin them over when hitting a small rock. I do, however, tend to violate my own rule of using tow rope and/or tie down and slide things around. Big plus here is it is a short drop to the ground when you screw up.

This is a great thread, I may even post some of my major engineering failures.

 

[CReynoldsMIZ]

Funny this thread came up. I have a wood stand I built for my skis a few years ago, im about to disassemble it and turn it into an atv stand so I can easily move it around the garage. Lol

 

[benjilafouine]

Why would you need a stand for an ATV that has wheels? To put it in a close corner?

Benji.

 

[tkarvelis]

I have two skis on a trailer in the driveway and want to put them on dollies. I haven't got a crane and I haven't got 3 strong men. In order to get them off the trailer, I might have to construct a frame and lift them up with a come-along, and then pull the trailer out, and then set them down on dollies. Both in the air at the same time.

What are the lifting/anchor points for Seadoos? Or do they use cargo straps? Is there anywhere on the body that is better or worse to lift from? They're about 550 lbs., I think, and that's a lot of weight to focus on a weak spot on the fiberglass/plastic body. So I'm wondering how the option of lifting them works.

in my garage I have a steel I beam accessible. I made a clamp out of uni-strut, and a welded eyebolt that mounts to the i beam. I use two 15' straps and come-a-long to lift. I have lifted my 03 gtx di which is close to 800 lbs I believe.

I would love to bring my double trailer inside, but the garage door is too narrow, so I will need to make a cart in the spring to transfer the one in the shop to the trailer.

 

[RodInEscondido]

Similar to racer's setup for lift strap, the only way to go and can build A-frame/winch for lifting or attach winch to appropriately strong overhead beam in garage. I seem to recall I got this unit from Sears for around one Benjamin.

I already been chastised for not having the safety device on the forks to keep the chain from sliding off the forks.

 

[racerxxx]

Why would you need a stand for an ATV that has wheels? To put it in a close corner?

Benji.

LOL, [MENTION=43106]CReynoldsMIZ[/MENTION] has a Kawasaki Brute Force......he doesn't need a cart, he can park it anywhere.


It looks like this, but this one is missing the lime green beer cooler on the front.

 

[CReynoldsMIZ]

Why would you need a stand for an ATV that has wheels? To put it in a close corner?

Benji.

Exactly. Garage is too tiny and hard to get it in the corner the way I need it. I figure if the ski stand could hold my old GTI, it can hold this. Around the same weight(ish).

LOL, [MENTION=43106]CReynoldsMIZ[/MENTION] has a Kawasaki Brute Force......he doesn't need a cart, he can park it anywhere.


It looks like this, but this one is missing the lime green beer cooler on the front.

Gotta have a beer cooler.

 

[96spxpos]

Lol that's hysterical...See? who needs to see when you can drink?!

 

[CReynoldsMIZ]

Lol that's hysterical...See? who needs to see when you can drink?!

Agreed. Its actually not as tall as it looks in the picture. Easy to see over. We ride in this creek mainly, it goes miles and miles. Sometimes its pretty high with a lot of rain, so I've been hinking about buying an old 580 ski and ripping it up in it. Lol.



Sorry about the rant. Carry on with the cart talk. I get sidetracked

 

[Mickirig1]

You could get real fancy and have the cart able to roll under it between the wheels. Get an old scissor lift car jack. Make a platform out of 2 x 4 's that spans the axles. Mount the jack low on the cart. Run the jack up and it lifts the ATV. You could use it to work on it too. All four wheels off the ground.

 

[benjilafouine]

Well, this is it for me for this year with my Sea-Doo. On its stand. As you can see, my garage is pretty crowded. Maybe I should need a ATV stand after all! Something easy to build and easy to load/unload the ATV into/from. How does it look? I do have a hydraulic jack but how to lift the ski and get it into balance?

I do use my ATV in winter so it would have to be real easy to take it out in five minutes.





Benji.

 

[96spxpos]

benji what is behind the ski behind the sheetrock? why did you sheetrock in that corner? meaning, why didn't you make the garage bigger? is there other stuff behind there?

 

[dgoodwin10]

Unfortunately, my favorite lifting device doesn't live at the house. But it does work well!

For you guys with an engine hoist- will that lift high enough to get over a trailer fender? I have a lift point in my garage, but it's a fixed point and not really versatile. Sliding them around from trailer to cart to trailer gets old after a while.

 

[benjilafouine]

[MENTION=48897]96spxpos[/MENTION]

Good eye. This is my closed computer room with four servers running in there (my own company). It is 4x10 with a window and air conditioning and independent heating. This room is weather insulated so it could be freezing or steaming hot in the garage and the computer room would still be temperate (60 degrees is just about right).

In this time of year where temperature at night hovers around the freezing point, just leaving the computer room opened for a whole night is enough to temperate my garage to 65 degrees!!!

Should there be a major power failure (like the ice storm of 1998), I can sustain this room independently with a 2000 watts generator (with power inverter) and even put in there some sensible stuff to frost. By the way, my Sea-Doo is winterized just in case we hit one of these ice storms that can cut power for a whole week (10 days in 1998 to be precise).

Benji.

 

[Mickirig1]

If I ever buy or build a house out in the sticks I will have a generator. My Family lived through the Blizzard of 1978 in Ohio. We had no power for 5 days. A Franklin stove in our basement kept the house nice and warm the whole time. Our in ground pool supplied water. It was like camping for 5 days.

 

[racerxxx]

Unfortunately, my favorite lifting device doesn't live at the house. But it does work well!


For you guys with an engine hoist- will that lift high enough to get over a trailer fender? I have a lift point in my garage, but it's a fixed point and not really versatile. Sliding them around from trailer to cart to trailer gets old after a while.

How high do you want to go? I can lift it high enough to stack and fit a ski under it. Trailer fender high, not a problem.

 

[benjilafouine]

[MENTION=69623]Mickirig1[/MENTION]

I have three generators (plenty of gasoline), one propane stove (stove inside with a huge propane tank outside which is also connected to my BBQ stove) and one wood combustion stove (plenty of wood).

Benji.

 

[RodInEscondido]

benji what is behind the ski behind the sheetrock? why did you sheetrock in that corner? meaning, why didn't you make the garage bigger? is there other stuff behind there?

OMG, you might have just blown the cover on Hillary's new email server farm!!!

 

[benjilafouine]

Yeah, that's it! They must all be here!!! I should not write that; someone will think it's true!

Benji.

 

[jahman182]

Just this morning I was reading a older thread that had a very simple wood design that I really liked and I ended up saving the pics for using to build my PWC cart. What I would do is just take the measurements from the above links and use the below design. The design looks simple enough and you don't need to spend a whole day building one.



A rough estimate of the cost is around $70.00 and that is on the high side.

 

[dgoodwin10]

Just this morning I was reading a older thread that had a very simple wood design that I really liked and I ended up saving the pics for using to build my PWC cart. What I would do is just take the measurements from the above links and use the below design. The design looks simple enough and you don't need to spend a whole day building one.
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A rough estimate of the cost is around $70.00 and that is on the high side.

This is exactly what I use- the only difference is I use 2x10's to sit the ski on. Cheap, easy and has worked great for holding up my GTX

 

[benjilafouine]

Looks like mine except that the wheels are directly under the 4x4.

Benji.

 

[Mickirig1]

My oldest son the mechanic wants to buy an engine stand and a big engine cherry picker hoist. I told him go ahead. We can use it a few places! We are about to start repairing cars and flipping them. Give the compressor and air tools a work out.

 

[CReynoldsMIZ]

Well, this is it for me for this year with my Sea-Doo. On its stand. As you can see, my garage is pretty crowded. Maybe I should need a ATV stand after all! Something easy to build and easy to load/unload the ATV into/from. How does it look? I do have a hydraulic jack but how to lift the ski and get it into balance?

I do use my ATV in winter so it would have to be real easy to take it out in five minutes.

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Benji.

Got it all done tonight. took about two hours and about 7 2x4's. Moves around awesome, just like the pwc carts. Just drive right on it and go. This will be the cats meow this winter when I put the plow on. I have been playing parallel park in the little spot and then literally dragging the ass end 90 degrees when I wanted to take it out. Thanks for the reminder guys. Lots of cool things we can do with these carts.

 

[Mickirig1]

Looking at the platform I was reminded of a question an EMT-A asked me: How do they get that Helicopter up on that cart / platform? Well DUH, they land it on it!