Will my Center Lift Pontoon Trailer with Pontoon
Boat fit in my Garage?
We are occasionally asked if our center lift pontoon trailers will allow
you to store your boat in a garage. The usual consideration is the
height of the door. You will have to take the overall height of your
boat into consideration. These are several variables. The only
measurement we can provide you is how low the center lift trailer can be
lowered without the frame dragging. 8"-10" clearance so that the
trailer fram does not drag.
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8"-10" trailer clearance
25" pontoon diameter
10" riser brackets and pontoon floor
27" fence
TOTAL 72" or about 6'
Take into account, Larger diameter pontoons. (27”)
There may be something that is higher than the fence.
The captains stand or the brackets for the top.
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WIDTH- The width is an easy measurement. If your
boat is 8’ or 8’6” wide you need a couple inches on each side, in
case you drive in slightly crooked.
DEPTH- Like the height the depth needs extra
consideration. Modern pontoons are often longer than their stated
size. A 24’ pontoon might be 25’9”length overall. The engine might
extend a couple foot behind the length of the boat.
DRIVEWAY PITCH - Check the angle of the driveway in
front of the garage. If it is angled up that may throw off your
measurements about clearing the overhead door.
Then there is the question about what to do with the trailer.
Trailers are typically several feet longer than the boat. Many
people are happy to back the boat into the garage and store it on
blocks, removing the trailer to sit somewhere else. Others want the
trailer inside the storage building, in which case you must take the
overall length of the trailer into consideration. |
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This is an 18' boat but with
the engine is about 3' longer
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With the
trailer in the up position the top (folded flat) is the highest
point on the boat. Lowering the trailer where the tubes almost
scrape the concrete, the boat and top clear. |
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The boat’s
in the garage without much room to spare and the trailer beside it. |