1968 LCVP Landing Craft
Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2017 4:37 pm
Here's some pics of an LCVP project my brother and I purchased a couple months ago.
It was sitting in a yard about 25 miles away, and had been there for probably about 20 years if I had to guess.
As it sat: The weekend after the deal was made we went up with bottle jacks, cribbing, and an m756a2 pipeline truck to try and get it up out of the dirt and sitting level. After getting it upright we loaded up the engine and brought that home, and then started figuring out had to get the boat out of there. Even though we're right on the lake none of the boat places wanted to deal with it so we arranged for a flatbed to move it and for a crane to load and unload it. After a month it was still sitting upright, so we closed up the ramp and pumped out the water so it was set to go the next morning.
It was sitting in a yard about 25 miles away, and had been there for probably about 20 years if I had to guess.
As it sat: The weekend after the deal was made we went up with bottle jacks, cribbing, and an m756a2 pipeline truck to try and get it up out of the dirt and sitting level. After getting it upright we loaded up the engine and brought that home, and then started figuring out had to get the boat out of there. Even though we're right on the lake none of the boat places wanted to deal with it so we arranged for a flatbed to move it and for a crane to load and unload it. After a month it was still sitting upright, so we closed up the ramp and pumped out the water so it was set to go the next morning.