We are looking to buy a boat lift for an XT25 at a lake house in Washington and this is our first time buying a lift. The property we are looking at has a ten year old 6,000 lb Basta lift currently at the dock. I have been told I should upgrade to an 8,000 lb lift which makes sense given the weight...

I'm thinking about getting a X-23, which has a dry weight of 5,500 lbs. I currently have a 6,000 lbs Basta steel lift (model 6060SP) which i just bought less than a year ago so i would have very little appetite to replace it this soon.

With gas/gear the boat could be pushing 6,000 lbs....