Thsts awsome, albeit a little big, but that's a great idea!

Do you have any other pictures of that dock and the winch setup?


Thanks

Here's what you need--from my first seaplane lesson in BC. Half of an Olds Toronado, a hydraulic lift like with a snow plow, and Voila!, a seaplane retriever!





Cary

I like the hood scoop and the comm antenna.

It was noisy, too--no muffler.

Cary

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I could not find any more pictures of the ramp. Question: how many feet of dry land from the river out do you have to use? How gradual is the depth change of the river from the shoreline and what is that depth? Is electricity available at the docking site?

Steve

No electricity shouldn't be an issue, a simple and small solar system would have plenty of time to recharge a battery bank in between use. The correct choice of the winch motor would be crucial here, you'd want, most likely, a 24 VDC permanent magnet motor, www.surpluscenter.com . Or, use Armstrong power and get the right hand winch and gearing to drag it up. Same outfit for that, I love that place.

Probably 8-10' of shore line before it starts going up hill, bottom is smooth and soft, fairly gradual shore.

I was thinking of a 5,000lb 12vdc winch with wireless remote from harborfrieght, mounted inside a box inside the dock right beside the block by the bottom end of the ramp, maybe a little solar charger too.

I'd just need to build the dock to come apart in small enough sections I could pull it out and put it somewhere for the winter freeze.

This was a good thread that also serves as a reminder to just host your photos here on backcountrypilot.org where they aren't at risk of being watermarked by the image hosting service, or having the hosting service just die and disappear.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9Fa1Io-pxQ