Backing your trailer down the ramp..??

[PokerRun388]

How do you do it?

Personally, I always use the side mirrors,( with and without the boat on the trailer) and I angle the mirrors down a little bit so I can see the trailer wheels/fenders....

Very rarely will I ever use the rear-view mirror, especially w/o the boat on the trailer.... This works well for me!



How about you all? Rear view mirror, Side mirrors? Maybe both?



Have a great afternoon everyone!

[Eli]

I should've know this wasn't a Carbon style topic




I use the side mirrors but I've only done it 3 times.

[Eli]

Newbie!

I'm usually launching and retrieving the boat not the trailer.

[riverrunner1984]

How do you do it?

Personally, I always use the side mirrors,( with and without the boat on the trailer) and I angle the mirrors down a little bit so I can see the trailer wheels/fenders....

Very rarely will I ever use the rear-view mirror, especially w/o the boat on the trailer.... This works well for me!



How about you all? Rear view mirror, Side mirrors? Maybe both?



Have a great afternoon everyone!

This is exactly how I do it. I never look in the rear-view mirror.
The side mirrors are it for me. If I see the boat coming out the left mirror, I turn my wheel to the left and the same with the right...Thats the way I learned and has been that way ever since.

[314joey]

Here's how they get my boat off and it weighs over 11K lbs.

[HB Vic]

I want to see the last pic in this sequence. I know the forks won't go down that low. No way they drop that in the water. That scares me just looking at it lol

[riverrunner1984]

I want to see the last pic in this sequence. I know the forks won't go down that low. No way they drop that in the water. That scares me just looking at it lol

LOL i was thinking the same exact thing!

[rivergames]

Lol Gotta be for a photo op

[Wendi]

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.

[Skee]

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......