I have a 2002 Explorer 542 and it sits in my garage. That was actually one of the selling points when I bought it from the previous owner, who had it in his garage too. I just remeasured my garage and it is 6'10.5" from floor of garage to the sill. When pulling the boat in and out there is about an inch or two of clearance at the top of the windshield. I have a folding tongue EZ trailer just like Catch 22. This folding tongue is essential because the boat on trailer lengthwise is too long for my garage. One thing to note, because there is so little wiggle room, the height of your driveway or laneway may be a factor too. My laneway is slightly lower than the garage floor. As a result, when I am pulling the trailer out or backing it back in hitched to the car, the whole rig is tilted ever so slightly downwards. Because of this slight downward tilt, my folding Fulton jack cannot fold back down when I am putting the boat back in the garage. What I do is I keep a 2.5 ton hydraulic jack I picked up at CT for cheap and jack up the trailer an inch or so to put the Fulton back down. I then raise the Fulton to remove the trailer from the hitch. I made a wood stand about 16" high and once I have the trailer in its proper place I rest it on the stand so that I am keeping the pressure off the Fulton jack. To help me back the rig into the garage and have everything in its proper place both lengthwise and widthwise I glued on a stopper strip so I don't hit the back wall and I have space for the car again. The boat is in a 3 car garage and after I put it back in I have to park two cars in there too.
