Quickest Way To Launch A Boat By Yourself
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One of the most difficult parts about a solo fishing trip can be the part where you launch and load your boat by yourself. This is a process that can be very frustrating when not done properly. And it can cause a lot of unnecessary stress given that there are often other anglers waiting for you to get finished so that they can launch. In this video, I show you tips that make launching and loading a boat in the water by yourself much easier. You can see the full article here: https://www.saltstrong.com/articles/easiest-way-to-launch-and-load-boat-by-yourself/ Tips for Launching a Boat by Yourself 1. Attach a Long Rope to the Front of Your Boat 2. Have All Your Gear Ready Before Launching Your Boat 3. Do a Hard Stop to Help Your Boat Slide Off the Trailer Tips for Loading a Boat by Yourself 1. Tie the Boat Off at the Back of the Dock and Back Your Trailer Straight Down the Middle of the Ramp 2. Get on Your Boat, Untie the Rope and Give a Small Shove Off the Dock 3. Drive the Boat Up the Trailer and Attach it to the Trailer Winch Do you have any questions about this tutorial? Have any tips we may have missed? Let us know in the comments below! For more info about the biggest boat ramp mistakes, click here: https://www.saltstrong.com/articles/top-5-boat-ramp-mistakes/ Tight Lines!
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Usually the back end of the truck is over the water and to get off of the trailer and into the truck to pull out means that you have to have boots or get your feet wet.
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This would work for smaller boats (20 ft and under)
I just put out a similar video from central north carolina. Just started my channel before christmas this year (weekly videos year round fishing for crappie) just subscribed to your channel which has some great tips
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I coat my wheel bearing lugs (and most other wetted surfaces not aluminum or heavily galvanized) with either waterproof grease or Fluid-Film. But it only delays the inevitable. The salt always wins. I just try and stay in the game for as long as possible.
I use a 4' line with loops spliced into the ends, attached to the bow cleat and slipped over the winch post. Launch the boat very close to the dock with the trailer just deep enough to float the boat with guideposts holding it in position. Enter the boat from the dock, grab the staged dock lines, slip the loop off the winch post and move the boat to the farthest point on the dock. This allows others to launch while you are parking.
I carry a garden sprayer with water to douse the hubs, axle, undercarriage / springs and lug nuts. Takes 30 seconds to hit all with clean water after launch. Helps keep the trailer from rusting in the lot while you're out enjoying a day on the water. Do the same for the drive home.
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People get mad that I back up, launch rapidly get in and take the boat to the dock, then walk back to my truck...
Not my fault for the bad location of the courtesy dock. Sorry, no, I don't want to beach my boat on the sharp rocks beside the ramp.
p.s. full windshield model w/live well centered between dual batteries flanking port + starboard
Often that is due to the "bunks" or rollers being adjusted with the wrong spacing for the hull. (first thing I did after buying a brand new boat + trailer package was readjust the bunks...)
If the spacing is correct, get side guide bunks or rollers and add them to the trailer.
Side guide bunks/rollers help a lot when putting the boat on the trailer with the wind coming from the side too. they are cheap and easy to install... and save a lot of hassle.
"power loading" is illegal in many areas and will get you a hefty ticket doing it as you suggest.
What it does is erode the dirt just behind your boat, causing a huge drop-off at the end of concrete boat ramps, leading to trailer tires dropping and getting the trailer stuck.
There are tricks to get the trailer back up without a tow truck or crane... but best is to not have dumbasses power loading and eroding the ramp area.
All preps done at home in the driveway and/or while waiting your turn at the ramp.
If the engine won't fire at home... don't bother going to the ramp. Go to the boat repair shop.
I'll pull to the side of the line to do preps of my sailboat (raising the mast, which takes 10 to 15 minutes) OUT OF THE WAY so others can go on by. (but I have to be down near the ramp to not have the mast hit power lines)
If you spend 5 min on the ramp... you are one of the problems.
Basic idea being the galvanic corrosion eating the finely ground metal in the grease instead of eating your lug nuts and lugs.
"Clean Drain, Dry your boat" to help reduce spread of invasive species/plants such as Zebra Mussels & Giant Salvinia. (2 of concern in Texas)
Texas will ticket you for accumulated rainwater in the bilge of a Jon Boat if the plug is in. WHILE IT IS RAINING.
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Reality: If you don't steam clean inside the tubes of a tube frame trailer and use chemical treatments on carpeted bunk boards... you aren't going to remove all traces of invasive species and can transfer them from lake to lake.
The laws intended to prevent spread aren't adequate.
I don't know who the dumbass was who set up the ramps near me, with the courtesy docks WELL separated from the ramps.
Army Corps of Engineers and TX State Parks. Take your pick of which to blame.
And just pulling the lights off the trailer before putting it in the water.
A decent set of magnet mount lights isn't that much different cost than replacing the lights on the boat trailer.
What make & model is your boat? Looks perfect for what we need.