Our boat lift cover had disintegrated a couple years ago, and we’d been getting by with large tarps. But the wind that comes across our wide part of the lake was far too great for the thin vinyl. We were unwilling to purchase a new cover, since the cheapest one we could find was more than $500 (the used boat lift cost us only $200 all together, so that price for just a cover seemed a little ridiculous,) so we decided to try recycling an old billboard sign.
We purchased the 12′ x 25′ vinyl billboard from $25 from a wholesaler we found on Craigslist, and purchased a grommet machine as well. The kids helped us to flatten the billboard sign on the lawn so we could accurately measure and place the grommets along the perimeter of the sign. The backside of the sign is white, so that can face up. The realtor advertisement faces down toward the boat.
Then we placed the vinyl on top of the boat lift, zip-tied two sides of the sign and bungied the other sides so it’s a perfect fit.
Voila!
Like my mom would say, “Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without!”
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4:46 pm
Your Mom is a wise woman!
1:52 am
I had an elderly friend back in the 80’s that said that all the time.
I’m quite impressed by your new boat cover!!