Mechanically Simple
A cradle between four pilings: stable, mechanically simple, serviceable, and available across every capacity a residential slip needs.
Four-post lifts: the workhorse, sized correctly
The most common lift on South Florida water — a cradle between four pilings, sized to your boat's real wet weight, driven and wired by one team.
Why the Four-Post is the Default
Where the canal allows pilings, this is the answer
Stable, mechanically simple, serviceable, and available across every capacity a residential slip needs.
Boarding is easy — lower the boat level with the dock and step across — and storm practice is well established: raise to the top of travel and strap down. For heavy vessels, the same logic scales: eight-post and platform configurations carry capacities up to 120,000 lb. If your boat is the big one on the canal, the lift exists — it's the pilings and engineering that have to be done right.
What You Get
Simple structure, correct sizing
Easy Boarding
Lower the boat level with the dock and step across — boarding is straightforward, and storm practice is well established.
Scales to 120,000 lb
For heavy vessels the same logic scales: eight-post and platform configurations carry capacities up to 120,000 lb.
Sized to Wet Weight
We size to wet weight — dry weight plus engines, fuel at about six pounds per gallon, water, and gear. The quote shows the math.
Bunked to Your Hull
We fit the bunks to your hull, not a generic V, so the boat sits right and the load is carried where it should be.
One Team, Start to Finish
Pilings driven and the lift wired by one team — through our sister company's electrical license, on one schedule.
Sizing is the Whole Game
Undersized strains, mis-bunked sits wrong
A lift fails to satisfy in one of two ways: undersized so it strains, or mis-bunked so the hull sits wrong. We size to wet weight — dry weight plus engines, fuel at about six pounds per gallon, water, and gear — then fit the bunks to your hull, not a generic V. The quote shows the math. On a tight canal instead? See the elevator lift. Want a clean dock line? See the No Profile lift. Or start at the boat lifts hub.
FAQ
Four-Post Lift Questions & Answers
Capacity is the main driver, then piling work (new piles vs. existing), electrical run length, and options like remotes and covers. Our boat lift cost guide publishes the ranges; every quote is line-item.
If they're sound and correctly spaced, often yes — we inspect below the waterline first. If they're not, we say so with photos and price the piling work separately.
With pilings in place, lift installation and wiring typically run a few days. Add piling driving and permit timelines for a from-scratch slip — we give you the realistic schedule before you commit.