Backing your trailer down the ramp..??

**314joey** · 10-16-2013, 01:23 PM

Originally Posted by Hotboat

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 ]

I thought I had one, but I couldn't find it, I'll tell you this, your azz gets all tight when your boat is thirty feet in the air like that, but the fork lift dropped it in the water right where the last pic was.

Here's one more.

**riverrunner1984** · 10-16-2013, 01:42 PM

So the boat actually drops a significant distance into the water?

**Eli** · 10-16-2013, 01:22 PM

Originally Posted by 314joey

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

Have any pics of it getting in the water? Hotboat has a good point.

**Bobby V** · 10-16-2013, 01:46 PM

Originally Posted by Eli

Have any pics of it getting in the water? Hotboat has a good point.

Here is a video of another boat.

**riverrunner1984** · 10-16-2013, 01:48 PM

Now it makes sense.

**HB Vic** · 10-16-2013, 01:49 PM

Originally Posted by Bobby V

Here is a video of another boat.

I lead such a sheltered life. Had no idea forks could go negative like that. Pretty cool.

**Eli** · 10-16-2013, 01:52 PM

Originally Posted by Bobby V

Here is a video of another boat.

Thanks Bobby! You rock!!! That was very sweet of you to find that video!

Now someone tell me WTF am I doing living in CA? I need to move to FL! That's the smarter state! I don't mind bugs and I love people who are older and wiser than me...not that I don't like younger people...now I have to see how to get licensed there without taking the bar!

**RogerThat99** · 10-16-2013, 12:47 PM

I bring a forklift in the back of the truck. I detach the boat, unload the forklift, hook the forklift to the boat, put the boat in the water, pull the trailer out of the water, disconnect the forklift, drive the forklift back to the truck, load the forklift back in the truck, back the truck down to the trailer I left on the ramp, connect the trailer, and park the truck and trailer. The whole process takes less time than it took me to write this fictional story on my phone.

sent using Tapatalk.

WESTERNAERO · 10-16-2013, 01:15 PM

[QUOTE=PokerRun388;42468]How do you do it?

In reverse.

**Stainless** · 10-16-2013, 01:21 PM

Originally Posted by 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!

Side mirrors also, learned that way early in life being raised on a ranch.

I see your going to start threads you can participate in, good strategy PR.