Back in my drinking days I left the plug out when off loading.Only thing that would have added to this was if the drain plug (if there was one) was left open and the boat sank right after it came off the trailer.
Don't laugh...I've seen it happen.
Boat trailers can be troublesome. I usually use the Dakota to tow, but neither of my trailers are wide enough to show in the mirrors when exactly straight. I've DIY built vertical hull guides which stick out a bit more. If I was towing with the Dodge with the little camper they would be a PITA Even the GMC 1500, with no camper, is tall enough and wide enough that the damn things can "hide" back there. You sometimes must "intentionally wobble" to see where in the **** it is and is going LOLOLI've been in trucking for almost 45 years, so I can back up quite well. I about got my head handed to me once when a guy at a boat ramp was having this kind of trouble and I kindly offered to help. Yikes, that set off the nuclear foaming-at-the-mouth profanity laced response! He never did get it in the water, after about 20 minutes of clogging up the ramp he gave up and went home.
Had the same problem I put a pipe that slides in another pipe that locks with a lynch pin. When I go to launch boat I slide pipes out so I can see them makes all that wobbling disappear.Boat trailers can be troublesome. I usually use the Dakota to tow, but neither of my trailers are wide enough to show in the mirrors when exactly straight. I've DIY built vertical hull guides which stick out a bit more. If I was towing with the Dodge with the little camper they would be a PITA Even the GMC 1500, with no camper, is tall enough and wide enough that the damn things can "hide" back there. You sometimes must "intentionally wobble" to see where in the **** it is and is going LOLOL
that boat launch could be a body double for the dunton park launch here in town
20 MARINES would have just lifted the boat off the trailer and walked it down the ramp right into the water.......from the parking lot!
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Not being able to see the trailer or anything is a challenge for sure! We recently bought a 12’ johnboat that is light and easy to carry by hand. So we slide it in the bed of our pickup and just back close to any launch site and can load up and hit the water pretty quickly. Meanwhile we often watch guys roll up with similar dinky dinky boats on a trailer ( because you know, a boat has to be on a trailer!!) and spend way too much time jacking the thing all over the place trying to get it down the ramp!Ya, backing up a trailer. Always fun for the unexperienced. I used to enjoy watching dad back up a grain wagon with a tractor. Damn he was good at it but of course he had 50 years experience. I have a small trailer for my riding lawn mower. The tongue is pretty short and it turns faster than the front of my pickup will swing. It needs to be almost straight with the truck to back it up and you have to be real good to bend it around a corner. It's a trip!