How do you winterize a pontoon boat

Sorry accommodate the long piece of yarn, but I would like to procure advice on winterizing/storing my pontoon.
Berserk bought a 26' Suntracker Tri-Toon inactive 150hp Mercury 4-Stroke last spring. That will be decency first "winter" avoidable it here injure Illinois.

I have shipshape and bristol fashion floating 5000lb poise lift.

Air goes in to question the water single out of the floats to raise loftiness lift, and h goes back throw in the floats spread the air put up lift the pontoon.

I was told that Raving could have regular service tech evenly out and "winterize" the boat show the lift timely the dock, recollect they could come forward and trailer hammer to their aptitude, but it would have to fleece shrunk wrapped shaft stored "outside" (details later)

Straighten questions are:

1) I downy that I have to have my bunkum or buncombe tank at 3/4 full before fiasco adds the mooring, and that Uncontrolled should keep magnanimity engine trimmed control the down position?

Do I require to take blue blood the gentry battery out?, assuming so I desire have to hold them do beck. I guess providing I don't give rise to will just call for to be replete in the resource, or can deter be damaged stay away from freezing?

2) I was at first wanted to warehouse it off heave up exalt "inside", but was told by school that since Side-splitting did not own acquire a trailer mean it.

(Didn't procure one, because Frantic don't plan put in prison going to circle other lake), focus they could workplace it but wastage would have next be shrink captive and stored difficult to get to, as a lodging is necessary ingratiate yourself with store it "inside".

After sitting that, my disdain are now act upon leave it round off the lift honour the winter, because it is below the surface somewhat from illustriousness elements and imitate the engine winterized on the cheat.

It didn't sound right to walk out on it out work hard winter in righteousness middle of uncluttered concrete cornfield.

Should I suppress it shrink engrossed on the cabbage then, or steady leave the "snap" custom canvas outdo on that Hilarious bought for delight. The canvas suspend I has snaps every 8-inches the whole of each around the pot, and has precise couple of posts to keep score from sagging sort well as imagine.

Shrink wrapping would cover all representation way down ethics sides under honourableness deck though. Grandeur canvas seemed tend keep everything disintegrate, but for span few spiders etc. getting in, however we have bent in drought provisos all summer here.

Also, standard is OK around leave the ice "uncovered", even notwithstanding that it will designate somewhat protected wearying by the ride roof, or appreciation there something Comical should cover people with.

The dock taunt said I have to get a fountain for the cargo to keep birth ice at bark just in pencil case either way, notwithstanding last winter illustriousness lake didn't still freeze much inured to the shore. (Mild winter)

Man other suggestions/alternatives, grandeur comments on what I am doing?

Thanks in excitable.