Is there a specific reason why you don't use the trailer?Quote:
Originally Posted by 314joey
I find this fascinating!
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Is there a specific reason why you don't use the trailer?Quote:
Originally Posted by 314joey
I find this fascinating!
Eli, these are my reasons, when I bought the boat it was staying at LOTO fullitme, so it sat on my lift all the time back behind the house, we didn't need a trailer, when we bought a house down here we talked about buying a trailer or just having it shipped when we wanted it moved back and forth from LOTO to Florida.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eli
Our Formula is a big heavy boat, it weighs over 11K lbs so not only would you need to buy a trailer, you would need at least a F-250 truck to pull it, we decided that since I hate to drive to just have someone drag the boat for us, if you have a trailer and truck what do you do with them when you're not using them, all the insurance and pita maintenance, easy decision for us.
One more thing, even though we have brackish water up by our house in Florida, when you dip a trailer in saltwater it's not good for them and you either sling the boat off like I did or get all the saltwater washed off the trailer which is a bitch.
Glad to answer any questions, the boat floats off the lift really easy.
I put one hand on the steering wheel, turn my entire torso around and look out the back window. I know it sounds weird, but it works for me. Mirrors when I'm in the water and watching for hand signals.
This is the way I do it. Except for the hand signals. We have 2 way radios and it makes it so much easier to talk then guess what the person in the boat is saying. Especially in Havasu and there is a wait. You can talk to each other to know where you are at.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wendi
That works! It's funny because poor WMC had to do everything for years. Than one time I said no one is hear why don't you teach me. I learned so quickly and now I do it for friends too. It's made his life so much easier. I do it even better buzzed LOL!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Bobby V
I've always done it Wendi's way with no problem, however, it has been impossible to teach anyone else to successfully do it that way. The best way I was informed worked magic for my lady friend who could never get the hang of it and it involved the side mirrors. Simply put, I told her whatever mirror the boat or trailer appears in, point the steering wheel at it till it starts to go away. Instantly it clicked for her and never had a problem again. The different ways we all work...
I have an image of you backing the trailer at 20 mph, big splash when it hits the water, and yelling com'n WMC get the fucker on the trailer, lets go! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Wendi
Haha... I don't that's weird at all, cause that's how I do it too! NRI is always telling me to use my mirrors... which I do once I have the trailer pretty much in the water and watching for his hand signals.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wendi
LMAO!!! :LMAOsmiley:Quote:
Originally Posted by Carbon
Thanks!Quote:
Originally Posted by 314joey
Basically it's a personal preference and not any thing to do with FL boating.
I hate towing a boat ...well being the passenger when a boat is being towed. So, I'd pick your option too. :)
YUP, nothing diff about Florida boating other than the saltwater isn't good for a trailer and I don't care for towing a boat either, that's obvious.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eli
Side mirrors only,until this past weekend where I had to retrieve the race boat not on the trailer and it was to narrow to see and the ramp was steep,so I had to use the rear view,otherwise......
I do it the same way Wendi does. I can do it with the mirrors but am much faster the other way.
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Usually the mirrors but every once in awhile over the shoulder when trailer only.
I believe if you go to Newport and have some drinks at Woodys you will see it across the bay at the boat storage place.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hotboat
Depends on how fast I want to back down. With a triple axle the easiest way is to look out the back window. With shorter trailers I use mirrors.
I use the side mirrors until I get lined up next to the dock or pier at the ramp.
Then I turn around either stick my head out the window back wards or open the door to look back.
Here in Michigan forklifts like Joey's are common at nearly every marina.
They usually offer in and out service where your boat gets rack stored in a barn, storage building, or an outdoor rack until you call and tell them to drop it in a slip.
Roll in a few minutes later and float away.
Usually cheaper than renting or leasing a slip for the season AND your boat's bottom does not get covered in algae or discolored.
I always use the side mirrors. I'll never forget when my Dad was teaching me how to back the trailers up. I think I was 12 and trying to back the trailer in at one of our local lakes here. I keep trying to use the rear view mirror and look out the back window. He keep telling me to use the side mirrors, and I was having a hard time with it. Finally he looks at me and says, Don't look out the back window, that's how girls do it. I still remember like it was yesterday, looking at him and have those words burn into my brain. Ever since then I've used the side mirrors. On a side note, now when I'm help someone back in that is new to it, I tell them that. Some think it's funny and some don't. :D
I usually close my eyes and hope for the best :D