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    #21
    My boat fits thru the garage door easily, but the back of the boat is super tight where it goes. What I did was put a piece of black tape on the back wall. Now when I back the boat in, as long as I can see the tape on the side of the engine, I know it is in the right spot.

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    When I stored my boat in a storage unit, I used regular gray duct tape. The red & white reflective tape I bought didn't stay in place very long on the concrete or the asphalt, but that duct tape did. I replaced the 3' strip every 6 months or so. I'd lay it down and then drive over it to make sure it got mashed in pretty good.

    The overhead lights inside the unit, along with the backup light on my trailer, were sufficient to see the tape.

    If it were my property, though, I probably would've used a reflective paint.
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    #23
    big heavy chock for back wheel and 2 by four for in front of front wheel - when front wheel drops over two by four i am good

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    #24
    Hang tennis ball on a string, you see the string move when thboat hits you are over too far.....

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    #25
    do what my wife does, when parking her car in garage. pull in until you hit something, then back up a foot!

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    #26
    I used painters tape (blue masking tape).....works great! Been on there about a year now.

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    #27
    Duct tape..

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    I used orange duct tape

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    #29
    Some what different school of thought, I have a double wide door and have to back in at an angle so blind to the passenger side wheel. I simply leave my wheel chuck right next to the driver’s side boat tire. I can easily see it backing in on my side and also it tells me when I’m far enough back. Works for me and I don’t really have to worry about the side I can’t see or backing up too far.

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    #30
    Just watched "Coming to America" so try flower pedals?

    Non humorous answer, I've seen tape and even a 2X4 fastened to the floor to guide.

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    Quote Originally Posted by getfished View Post
    My garage is lit well inside and out. My boat only clears the door by about 3 or 4 inches on each side. If the drivers side squeaks through , I know it's clear on the other side. I back straight in. I have a slab 18" of oak that is rough cut and 3" thick and 8" wide. It probably weighs 6 or 7 lbs. It lays on the floor behind my trailer wheel. I used a sharpie to mark floor at the backside of the wooden slab. As long as that slab is on the line I just ease on back until the trailer wheel comes up against it. Works for me.
    Quote Originally Posted by XingEyeballs View Post
    Some what different school of thought, I have a double wide door and have to back in at an angle so blind to the passenger side wheel. I simply leave my wheel chuck right next to the driver’s side boat tire. I can easily see it backing in on my side and also it tells me when I’m far enough back. Works for me and I don’t really have to worry about the side I can’t see or backing up too far.


    This is what I have always done......once I know whatever I am backing in clears/fits, I only watch the drivers side in the mirror from then on.

    Works for my boat, which I just put the drivers side tires ~ 12" off the driveway, and worked great for my camper, which literally fit in the spot I parked it with about 10" on each side to spare....my garage on 1 side, the neighbors garage on the other. I had a 2 - 4 ft long 2 x 8s, with a section of landscape timber at the end, staked where the tires sat so they didn't sit on the ground. I backed in and felt the tires go up on the 2 x 8, and then just let it roll back in neutral till they hit the landscape timber chocks.

    I watched the drivers sides tires backing in, and I had an old chrome step bumper I had laying on the ground such that as I backed in, I would get the tires as close to kissing it as I could, and then after they passed, I'd just back straight in. That set it up so it was close to my garage, and left me just enough room to the neighbors garage to open the camper door and squeeze in if i needed to.

    For backing into the garage, you could also hang a tennis ball from the rafter so it just barely touches the transom when you are there.....I did that once when I had to store my car in a storage unit while out to sea when I was young & in the navy.
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    I have two 1 foot strips of reflective tape(red and silver) like found on trailers attached to the back wall about two feet high and 12 feet apart(width of shop door) on both sides. This way the brake lights light it up in the dark. When the back tires of the truck reach the seam in the concrete on the floor I know its within a foot or so from wheel chock.
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    I ended up going with 3M all weather heavy duty duct tape. We'll see how it works. Thanks all for your input.
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    Get some reflective floor tape from an indusrial supply place. It holds up well to forklift traffic and such pretty well, should last forever in your garage.
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    I cut strips of rubber truck bed mat and siliconed them to the concrete floor (keeps the tires off of the concrete) and use large rubber chocks from Harbor Freight.
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