ibrw1
Petty Officer 1st Class
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Sum Ting Wong ibrw. If you can post some pics, I'm sure you will get lots of helpful advise.
I put some pictures up, and thanks
Sum Ting Wong ibrw. If you can post some pics, I'm sure you will get lots of helpful advise.
yeah I vote side bunks and bunk slicks (trailer guides) - winch on easy farther out of the water.
And if you fart big enough to push a boat sideways, I'm impressed.
you don't say if you have them ,but get a set of trailer guides,you put them on the end of the trailer ,about an inch wider than the boat when it is on the trailer corectly
then it will go on next time with no problem.
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I disagree...I don't want my boat sliding away from the winch before I get it unhooked This method would have the trailer too deep IMHO.... I back most boats in until the swim platform is just in the water.... Splash well drains for an outboard.......
Bunk slicks are a beautiful thing....
Guide bunks or poles and bunk slicks and keep the top of your trailer tires out of the water and you will have a real good starting point......
Ideally you should be able to unhook and then it should take a good push OR an idling motor in reverse to back the boat off the trailer..
Now I'm REALLY impressed. .The Fart, was the WIFE.
Now I'm REALLY impressed. .
Read it again... that was a starting point to find correct depth..... obviously you can't see the swim platform from the truck but you can guess pretty close and get out to check or as you say have a spotter.... after finding the sweet spot to launch n load of course you should reference the trailer wheels/fenders... the swim platform would be tied to the dock while backing in to load...........Somebody said something about backing in until their swim platform gets wet but I don't know how you could even see that unless you had a spotter.
I don't know what all this talk is about fenders and bunks and depth while backing in. I look at the stern of the boat in relation to the trailer. As soon as it starts to lift off of the trailer, I am there. Then I unhook the winch and push her off. Take a quick pic of my mirror in relation to a landmark so I know where to back in when loading. Works on every ramp regardless of angle.
This is an old thread.. The O/P has already solved his problem.