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Can't Anybody Drive a Travel Lift Anymore

Discussion in 'General Yachting Discussion' started by lwrandall, Mar 14, 2009.

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  1. lwrandall, Mar 14, 2009
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    Found these shots of another boat being dropped from a Travel Lift. What's Up these days?

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  2. K1W1, Mar 14, 2009
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    Hi,

    I wouldn't be so quick to blame the driver as such.

    If what he drove over was not capable of supporting the weight it should have had something that made it visible to operators as a big truck could also break that surface.

    The warnings could be bars around it making it hard to drive over and or fluorescent paint making it hard to miss visually.

    Luckily from what shown, no one and nothing was seriously injured.
  3. Capt Bill11, Mar 14, 2009
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    I agree with K1W1. Doesn't look like the boat was dropped at all. It's still in the slings.

    And that grid may have been driven over many times before without a problem.
  4. Codger, Mar 14, 2009
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    The photos only prove two things definitively.
    The wheels are too small.
    That Travel Lift was not designed to navigate through the streets of Montreal.
    (Montreal has much larger potholes than the one shown eating the Travel Lift wheel)

    Everything else is conjecture.
  5. K1W1, Mar 14, 2009
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    Hi,

    Interesting way of looking at it, also interesting to see what looks like a small French Car in the second photo, I take it Portland Marina is in either Oregon or Maine both firmly in the contiguous 48 and home to the large car brigade
  6. lwrandall, Mar 15, 2009
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    I've been trying to figure out where this is as well. I was thinking either Maine or Oregon also. But I don't recognize the boat on the lift. It looks very European, not something I have seen over in the States. Also the yard worker walking past the lift is wearing a safety jacket. Unfortunately, few yard workers here, at least were I live, wear these. When I get some time I will see if the great oracle, Google, can give me some information on Portland marina.
  7. lwrandall, Mar 15, 2009
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  8. Fishtigua, Mar 15, 2009
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    Lionel,

    Its not a Travel-Lift, which I CAN drive on the remote, but a Wise made machine. The Dodge Dart of hauling.
  9. Capt Bill11, Mar 15, 2009
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    "Dodge Dart" ? Careful, you're dating yourself. :D
  10. Fishtigua, Mar 15, 2009
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    Hey, looking at the photos again, all the boats are European and so is the car, Portland Uk?
  11. K1W1, Mar 15, 2009
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    Hi,

    Fish are you wearing your glasses today? Maybe they need a clean- the location was revealed in Post No 7 above. If you had read it before posting you would know the answer to your question.

    If you have a look at the Marina Website they are actually advertising for a Berthing Manager with Travel Lift driving as a part of the job description.
  12. Fishtigua, Mar 15, 2009
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    DOH! I've just noticed. My bad. :(
  13. Windswept, Mar 16, 2009
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    I once had a tour of TravelLift in Sturgeon Bay around 1995. They had a big new lift, don't know tonnage but BIG, unassembled in the parking lot. It had been parked over railroad tracks and the crossmember was hit by a train.

    In Asia.

    They had to ship it back to WI for repair.

    $$$$$$$$$$
  14. Loren Schweizer, Mar 17, 2009
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    It's a Linssen, Dutch-built (where are ya, Brunick?) and steel..which is likely why the squash factor is nil.
    We were dealers briefly for them down here in S. Fla but they proved to be too expensive and their range was embarassingly small.
  15. JWY, Mar 19, 2009
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    Loren - we have a disagreement (our first?) I have sold several Linssens (4 or 5?) and I think you were using too broad of a brush. Ok, tankage isn't generous but they weren't made to cross oceans in spite of being full displacement steel yachts with Category B rating. DeVries Lentsch designed, they are quite capable cruisers. They became expensive because of the exchange rate but still offer a lot for the money. If I were cruising East Coast, West Coast, Bahamas, Great Loop, PNW, Caribbean, Med...I'd take a Linssen over a lot of other manufacturers with more fuel capacity and higher consumption rates.

    Judy
  16. YachtForums, Aug 5, 2015
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    Back up the lift, lower the boat. What could possibly go wrong? Do Travel Lift operators need a driver's license?

    (obviously the dock on the starboard side caved under 'pier pressure') ;)

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  17. olderboater, Aug 5, 2015
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    2007.12.07-ScottsBoatyardAccidentPicx.jpg Dec 4, 2007

    More photos, different angles.
  18. olderboater, Aug 5, 2015
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    That boat was Northerned before Northern.
  19. Beau, Aug 5, 2015
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    What is that starboard side rail made of - wood?
  20. Capt Ralph, Aug 5, 2015
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    Unless the slings slid forward, I think to much weight on the back wheels may have contributed to the pier failure.
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