danmak2001 asked:
how do i get my fishing boat back on the trailer
do i just drive it on full throtle or some other way?
how do i get my fishing boat back on the trailer
do i just drive it on full throtle or some other way?
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normally have a winch at front of trailer
Don’t try to drive it on. Results too unpredictable. Get a manual or electric winch.
Depends on the style of the trailer.
Float on style trailers are designed with immersions depths and vertical guides to allow the boat to be driven onto the trailer. But not at full throttle, only enough power to move the boat over the bottom rollers/guides.
Some trailers are designed to have the boat winched onto the trailer. For this style, you drive to boat to a starting point and then use the winch to pull the boat the remaining distance. These sometimes have a release mechanism and hinge/pivot point to allow the back of the trailer to drop below the normal towing position to make recovery easier. As the boat is winched into position, the weight of the boat will cause the trailor to pivot and return to the towing position.
Full throttle? Only if you want to take the boat home inside the back of your tow vehicle.
Driving a boat onto a trailer is perfectly acceptable regardless of what some have said here. Did it with our 25′ cuddy cabin for years without a problem.
The key to success though is getting the boat onto the trailer level. Roller bed trailers do a better job of doing this as the rollers pivot side/side and front/back.
Driving it on usually is best done as a 2 person operation. Why? The 2nd person makes it easier to hook the winch cable and tighten her up and then hook the safety chain to the boat. Plus they then can hop into the tow vehicle and roll you and the trailer/boat off the ramp…slowly! If by yourself though it might be easier to use the cable and crank the boat onto the trailer.
Either drive on or via the winch is up to you and the conditions you are faced with. There’s nothing that says one way is preferred over the other or that you can’t use either method.
But if you drive her on stay away from anything that resembles full throttle and only use enough to move the boat forward!
If you are going to drive it on, do it easy, please.
If you have a bunk trailer, it will be a little sticky, float it on as much as possible.
If you have a roller trailer, drive it on easy, it will go up the rollers nicely. Please don’t put your bow into the stern of the truck.
Also, watch your prop. When you push down on that throttle the stern will drop and if you don’t have enough water you will chew up the prop.
At the top, winch if you need to, and safety chain. I have seen too many winch straps and ropes break.
Back the trailor in the water. Hook the boat to the winch and crank it until the bow is seated in the bumper of the trailor. Pull the trailor out of the water. It helps if you have side bumpers on the back of your trailor to keep the boat on the trailor. If you you do not have them, be sure to pull the trailor out slowly and have a ground guide helping the boat. It’s pretty simple.