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Hi-Tide Boat Lifts

ACE Inc. is the exclusive distributor in the New York area for Hi-Tide's engineered and time tested Boat Lifts. Hi-Tide, inventor of the first all aluminum boatlift was founded in 1979. Hi-Tide is the industry leader and innovator producing lifts from 650 to 180,000 pounds. The lift and accessory line is the most extensive and available in the industry today!

NOW COMES THE GEAR DRIVE®

But first!

WHAT IS A WINCH?

THE BEST WINCH SYSTEMS AVAILABLE IN THE INDUSTRY!

The most important part of a boat lift is the winch system and it should be a GEAR DRIVE® or at least, gear driven. The winch system is the electromechanical device that powers and winds the stainless steel cables around the shafts that lift your vessel.

The GEAR DRIVE® winch system pictured above has no belts, chains, pulleys or sprockets. It is totally maintenance free. Both the aluminum gearbox (bathed in oil) and the electric drive motors are sealed from the environment and elements. There are absolutely no exposed mechanical parts at the drive. The gearbox housing is a one-piece aluminum part made specifically for corrosion resistance. This winch system can lift capacities up to 180,000 pounds.

The Belt Drive Gear Box winch system pictured above is the newest low priced Hi-Tide winch system to be offered instead of the GEAR DRIVE®. This winch system is an upgrade and direct replacement for the obsolete flat plate drive winch that had a worm gear, large round gear, small and large pulleys, belt, open motor, all mounted on a flat steel plate. This flat plate technology is in the industry for 30 years and is one of the reasons it is obsolete.

The Belt Drive Gear Box winch system has a sealed motor, one piece sealed aluminum gear box (oil bathed). The box has a solid hardened drive shaft and centering bushing. The cover, with a snap-on design, is tested to withstand wind speeds of 65mph. This very quiet winch system is 50% faster then the obsolete flat plate drives and does not require constant cleaning (metal shavings, grease) and maintenance like the flat plate drives.

GEAR DRIVE® Lifts

Another happy boat lift customer! We are looking at a custom 24,000 lb. GEAR DRIVE® Hi-Tide lift on the right with 20 ft. of lift travel installed on 45 ft. long piles. This waterway, near the inlet to the ocean, has a 9 ft. tidal rise and fall. The lift also allows for “stern-in” storage. The lift on the left is a 16,000 lb. custom GEAR DRIVE®. Both lifts are remotely controlled with limit switches to control the travel up and down.

Above is the 30,000 Lb. Gear Drive (8) Pile Lift System operating on a rough and open bay.

These lifts have options that make them, as quoted by Hi-Tide, “the fastest boat lifts in the world”.

Custom Hi-Tide all aluminum GEAR DRIVE® 16,000 lb. lift for a 42 ft. long go-fast vessel that has catwalks, special internal bunking so the wing becomes the primary lifting and support surface, stern walk to service outdrives, aluminum boarding steps (far side). Lift is remotely controlled with limit switches to control the travel up and down.

All aluminum, Hi-Tide GEAR DRIVE® 60,000 lb. yacht lift on the open bay where the wave action is strong and high. The Hi-Tide yacht lifts are available to lift up the 180,000 lbs.

All aluminum, Hi-Tide GEAR DRIVE® 24,000 lb. lift on the open bay. This lift has catwalks for cleaning and servicing the topsides, a boarding platform and slide model floating dock ladder for safety. Lift is remotely controlled with limit switches to control the travel up and down.

The owner stores the boat on the lift for the winter after winterizing and shrink- wrapping the boat in-place on the lift.

16,000 LB. GEARDRIVE LIFT - LETS YOU CATCH FISH ALL YEAR ROUND!

All Aluminum Personal Watercraft Lifts

Lift in the foreground is a custom Hi-Tide Personal Watercraft Lift (PWL) with accommodations to lift two wave runners. The lift on the far side of the dock is an all aluminum Hi-Tide PWL installed to lift a hi-speed jet boat.

This all aluminum swinger PWL can travel 10’-6” and swing around over the seawall and sit on a dock or the ground. Nothing on the lift remains in the water and rollers in the slide tube add durability and ease to the lift’s operation.

Here are two more aluminum swinger PWL lifts on the open bay where there is much wave action but yet they sit safe on a pier.

Galvanized Steel Personal Watercraft Lifts

The two personal Watercraft Lifts (PWL’S) pictured here show that a boat up to 5,000 lbs. (on one pile) or one up to 10,000 lbs. (on two piles) can be lifted vertically using GEAR DRIVE® winch systems.

Here is another (2) pile 10,000 Lb. PWL Lift System

These single and double pile PWL lifts, with the proper accessories and bunking can lift more than one vessel. Here are (2) wave runners on a single PWL lift. A catwalk is included.

Marine Construction Services

Dredging, crane, backhoe, excavation, pile driving and other marine construction services are provided both on land and in the water using tug boats, barges and other support equipment. The heavy equipment is transported to the work sites by land and barge resulting in convenient access to the location. Large and small crane barges are available.

Elevator Lifts

An all aluminum Hi-Tide elevator lift being installed. These lifts have lifting capacities up the 20,000 lbs. They are also available with GEAR DRIVE® winch options.

All aluminum Hi-Tide, custom Low Profile GEAR DRIVE® elevator lift with special bunking to lift a trawler type keel hull.

All aluminum Hi-Tide, Low Profile GEAR DRIVE® elevator lifts. Both lifts are remotely controlled with limit switches to control the travel up and down.

This all aluminum elevator lift is installed without poles or piles against the dock, seawall or bulkhead. This feature is important where regulations do not allow piles or for aesthetic reasons when the customer wants a low profile look.

Above is the new and exclusive 20,000 Lb. capacity all-aluminum Elevator lift.

Topless Boatlifts

All aluminum, Hi-Tide Topless® boat lift ARE PATENTED. The Topless® lift does not have a top rail or upper beam. Besides the pleasing aesthetics the lift allows for boarding the vessel any place along the length of the hull. Lift is remotely controlled with limit switches to control the travel up and down.

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Accessories (See Accessories Page)

Custom, all aluminum, flip-up boarding platform with a secure handrail attached.