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Winter storage
Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2013 4:34 pm
by fod59
How does everyone stored there boat.Last year i rented a storage unit
Re: Winter storage
Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2013 4:50 pm
by Capt Sully
right next to my house.

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Re: Winter storage
Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2013 5:59 pm
by lakerunner
I rent a 12x50 enclosed storage with electric and damn good security. I pay $140 a month
Re: Winter storage
Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2013 6:14 pm
by badmoonrising
Capt Sully wrote:right next to my house.
Same here, although mine seemed to have issues with the (rare in Maryland) snow load we had in 2010. It got tweaked pretty bad with only 24 inches of snow on it.

Re: Winter storage
Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2013 7:20 pm
by rob28
Got a bigger picture there?
We plan on getting ours shrink wrapped and then just leaving it on our back driveway. Even if we put it in storage, most of that is outside here, so we might as well save the money.
Re: Winter storage
Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2013 7:37 pm
by BoatCop
The same way I store it in the summer. Next to the house with the cover on.
No "winter" out here. We boat all year round.

Re: Winter storage
Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2013 7:46 pm
by rob28
BoatCop wrote:The same way I store it in the summer. Next to the house with the cover on.
No "winter" out here. We boat all year round.

You can go off some people quite easily....
3ft of snow and about 4ft of ice sort of scupper my all year round boating ideas.
Re: Winter storage
Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2013 7:56 pm
by Bamaman
Capt Sully wrote:right next to my house.
in the barn.jpg
The aluminum carports with higher sides are really good investments in protecting your other investment--the boat. And the construction companies will deliver and install them very inexpensively.
My crew cab truck, 24' Bennington and trailer is sitting my driveway, and the rig's about 45' long. From the ground to the fence is about 8'. Damned ole 13" tires don't help. Pontoon boats are just very large, and require a big storage place.
Re: Winter storage
Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2013 8:00 pm
by JohnO
Stored in a heated building for 480 for the winter. Previously stored at the 4h fairgrounds for 275. but that was not heated and you had to put in and take out at a certain date
Re: Winter storage
Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2013 8:52 pm
by badmoonrising
Plans are for a pole barn, but that's temporarily on hold. After that, the metal carport comes down.
Re: Winter storage
Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2013 2:12 am
by ROLAND
we keep our boat in a rented storage facility, electric provided...... not heated but very well insulated ( building is only 2 years old ) and it doesn't get very cold here in Louisiana... also like it in the summer as it keeps the boat out of the hot louisiana sun... $125 a month...
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Re: Winter storage
Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2013 5:44 am
by smoker62
250 for 6 month layup, in a newly built pole barn with concrete floors.
Re: Winter storage
Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2013 5:52 am
by Jack65K
Keep it on the boat lift with a custom fitted heavy cover.
Jack
Re: Winter storage
Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2013 6:29 am
by evinrude2stroke
Shrink wrap in the back yard sitting on 6x6x8 railroad ties. Was thinking about going the tarp route but got the evil eye from the wife.

Lol, she knows it will become a "project" and will probably cave in during a snowstorm...

Re: Winter storage
Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2013 7:59 am
by OK Toon
Capt Sully wrote:right next to my house.
in the barn.jpg
That's exactly what I want to get for our boat. What is the side wall height? Length? Width?