How to get Yamaha inside 14ft garage door

[AZMark]

I thought I would post some helpful insights learned last night:

Step 1: Open garage door higher than height of your Yamaha.

Step 2: Pull in garage.

I can’t emphasize enough how important Step 1 is!!!



This is the second complete bonehead move I’ve made with the boat in a week. I rubbed it against the gate last week and tore up my cover. I used to think I wasn’t an idiot but starting to wonder

Luckily the boat has made it through mostly unscathed.

Garage company said a replacement panel will currently take 20 weeks to get and will cost 125% more than it did in January when they put the door in.

 

[zipper]

I did the same thing ONCE with our 12w x 14h door. The tower tow point will certainly bend the bottom of the door. I managed to straighten the bottom, mostly. It is a less visible "barn door" though. Mine was while pulling out the door.

 

[2kwik4u]

I attempted to pull our AR190 OUT of the 7ft door once........I forgot to put the tower down first though.



Guess who has two thumbs and bought a new door panel the next day?......That right, this guy! Good news is, the tower is stronger than we think it is

Much to @zipper point though. This is the kind of thing you do ONCE.

 

[AZMark]

Makes me feel better that two guys that know what they are doing have done the same thing. Thanks for the moral support!

 

[adrianp89]

Step 1: Double the height of my current garage door.

 

[zipper]

Makes me feel better that two guys that know what they are doing have done the same thing. Thanks for the moral support!

DOO DOO OCCURS

 

[Jim_in_Delaware]

As big of a pain in the a$$ as it is to fix or replace the door panel, it has to be a better alternative that having damage done to the boat!

Didn't happen with a boat, but after replacing the brakes on my old dodge durango pickup truck and while backing the truck out of the single car garage of our last home, I broke the stationary side mirror on the side jam of the garage. Called Rock Auto and had a replacement mirrror in a couple of days. A couple of weeks later, I broke the same stationary side mirror again on the other side jam of the garage! ?

Jim

 

[Brad460]

Been there done that (sorta)..happens to the best of us.

Years ago came home from a long day of boating and backed the boat up to the closed garage door. Problem was I backed in too far and pushed the Alpha One lower unit right through the garage door…Didnt realize it until the next morning..

 

[zipper]

Not much damage to see here, I had to straighten the steel lower edge. It was bent enough to interfere with up/down movement.



You think you would miss a door this big. lol