Some Folks NEED Instructions

[Bill Gunn]

http://pic90.picturetrail.com/VOL2250/777751/2652330/368429499.jpg

[Bushman]

Bill, if that green in the picture is moss on the ramp, it is some slippery stuff. I was coming in to a steel grate ramp in Lake Michigan once and saw a big flat gray thing sticking out of the water about 4". It turned out to be the top of the cab of a Toyota pickup truck. The owner was waiting for a tow truck and told me that he didn't bother to lock the front hubs in when he backed his boat in. It has been low range 4WD for me ever since I saw that.

[Bill Gunn]

Last Year I slipped in the moss/muck on a boat ramp when the water level was low.

I hit my elbow so very hard on the cement, that my shoulder hit my jaw bone hard enough that I almost blacked out.
I S-L-O-W-L-Y stood up and held on to the side of the truck, wondering what broke :( , and if I was gonna puke or not.

I don't know how these old bones took that hit without breaking, I was sick for a half hour....

[GF.]

I almost think I can see skid marks in the 'green stuff' all the way into the water. Of course, that being the case, the guy did a nice job of driving to keep everything lined up nice & straight all the way in.....

Any idea what the 'true story' on the picture might be?

[Bushman]

The slipping on the slippery landing happens pretty often I think. A buddy ruined the transmission on his old rear wheel drive Ford trying to pull a too heavy boat up a wet landing. These landings get bathed in waves, wet boat water and tide fluctuations and are a perfect place for moss to grow.

That looks like a Boston Whaler on the trailer which is a heavy boat and that big case outboard weighs a bunch too. I'm sure he guy went to check out the landing in 2WD and the moss, the weight and gravity did the rest. The moss would be the heaviest near the water line where his front wheels would have been. I always want the front best pulling wheels with the weight of the engine up on the driest part of the ramp with the most traction.

[purple heart]

I don't know about anyone else but here in Vermont when we bring a boat to
a launch we BACK the BOAT into the water. It seems to make unloading the boat a little easier than driving the truch in first. LOL:confused::confused: