brown_one
Petty Officer 3rd Class
- Joined
- Jul 24, 2008
- Messages
- 75
found out this weekend that my new brother in law can't drive or back a trailer. first on the way back to the dock my sister and brother in law ask if they can do anything to help. i know my sis cant back the trailer so i look at him and ask him. father has a farm so i assume he can back trailer. he says yes so i let him off to get truck. as he backs down the ramp he gets a little crooked. im thinking not too bad. as he gets in the water as far as i want him i wave to stop. he backs in farther. he figures out what im trying to signal him and pulls completly out of the water. this time as he backs down he gets crossways of the ramp. finally in the water i get the boat on the trailer. i shut off motor and raise drive. as i walk to front to hook winch strap he lets truck roll back and boat floats off trailer. i go back and drop drive and idle back on. get stap on bow eye and signal for him to pull out. i realized about the time he hits the gas that he is still in reverse. truck stops with bumper in water. he is so rattled at this point that he puts it in drive and steps on the gas hard. tires spin and water flys. finally at the top of the ramp i tell him to pull over to his truck and we will unload. think the story ends here? i did too. as we pull around we have to make a turn. he evidently forgot that he had a boat behind him. as he makes the turn i realize he is turning too sharp and is about to hit a tree with the boat. i yell to stop and he stops in time to not hit tree but left wheels have dropped off pavement. this drop is about 6-8 inches. he gets out and says he is done and i agree with him. i start to back up but trailer frame starts to drag on pavement. i pull forward as much as i can but can't clear tree. after several forward and back i work boat over enough to clear tree. decided brother in law will only ride in boat from now on.
