Boat Ramp Darwinism at Work

[TomB985]

So tonight I saw a real winner put his boat on the trailer. He had a nice looking Ranger bass boat with a 300 Opti on the back.

He lined it up, eased it on the trailer with his wife in the car. Then he applied a nice helping of throttle to push the boat all the way up to the roller on the front of the trailer. He gets up, with the engine still under moderate throttle, and puts his head over the bow to connect his winch and then returns to the helm to put his boat in neutral and kill the engine.

This nutcase could have violently removed himself from the gene pool with his young ~5 year old daughter watching because he was too stinking lazy to use a winch the way it was designed. What in the world made this guy think this was a good idea?

 

[skargo]

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There are some here who agree with him LOL!

 

[oldjeep]

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Can't get those feet wet

 

[rbh]

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Must have been the same guy who power loaded the boat to the one side of the ramp, blew a 4 foot hole in the mud and covered the ramp with the remnits.


IJITS

 

[NHGuy]

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I can't take my boat out in the fall where I should because every year the power loaders build a big lump in the lake behind the ramp. Went in there a couple of times and chewed my prop on the rocks in the sand. Probably sucked a few through my cooling system too. No more. Now I paddle in there or go elsewhere. I hate that.
I shouldn't correct an admiral and I'll probably be disciplined for this, but I think it's spelled eejits.

 

[dgiles]

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So tonight I saw a real winner put his boat on the trailer. He had a nice looking Ranger bass boat with a 300 Opti on the back.

He lined it up, eased it on the trailer with his wife in the car. Then he applied a nice helping of throttle to push the boat all the way up to the roller on the front of the trailer. He gets up, with the engine still under moderate throttle, and puts his head over the bow to connect his winch and then returns to the helm to put his boat in neutral and kill the engine.

This nutcase could have violently removed himself from the gene pool with his young ~5 year old daughter watching because he was too stinking lazy to use a winch the way it was designed. What in the world made this guy think this was a good idea?

Aside from digging the hole in the sand, say it was an entirely concrete ramp, how do you think it was going to remove him from the gene pool. Did you possibly think it could have actually jumped over the front roller and crashed into the truck?? Props gonna come out of the water long before that. A boat sitting tight on a boat trailer, in gear, isn't a large safety issue with someone in the boat. Causing big holes is an entirely different discussion.

 

[skargo]

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See!

 

[rbh]

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See!

See what?????


JACK Azzes at the ramp with no idea and with no understanding whats going on????"



This ain't stiring the pot, this is just "BS" people with no brains!!!!

WE, know how its done properly, or should.

 

[Scott Danforth]

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they ticket people around here for power loading

 

[26aftcab454]

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glad I don't boat in WS! they probaly dance around in their Granny's Panties too! ya dang ice fishin' cheese heads.

 

[H20Rat]

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fishermen are the worst, bass in particular. They have an extreme aversion to getting wet, you would think that they would dissolve. I've seen the OP's story more times than I can count, I'd say 9 out of 10 bass fisherman load like that.

 

[Maclin]

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To me the problem, besides total lack of understanding on what happens underwater to the ramp environment, Leaving the helm with it in gear and throttled up some? :facepalm:

That is total disregard for the others around him.

 

[skargo]

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See what?????


JACK Azzes at the ramp with no idea and with no understanding whats going on????"



This ain't stiring the pot, this is just "BS" people with no brains!!!!

WE, know how its done properly, or should.

See what what?

Like I said, some people think that practice is the proper way to do things.

Me, I could care less I might get my feet wet, ooooooooooooo, after swimming all day and all. I have boat shoes made to get wet, and I can load my boat quicker than the lazy princess type who can;t get their feet wet LOL.

 

[chriscraft254]

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So because you guys don't like it or you think your way of loading is better or the proper way, or you have been inconvenienced by a bottom thats been dug out, this guy was wrong!? To each his own, but I have power loaded my boats since I was 16 years old. I have the same question, how do you think he was going to remove himself from the gene pool? Do you think just maybe, it was possible that he gave it just enough gas to keep it firmly against the bow stop or did you think it was magically going to just jump over the bow stop or rip it from the trailer? Just curious, because you made a strong statement and have said nothing to back up your claim that this would cause him to remove himself from the gene pool!!!

Its not illegal in the majority of the states and shouldn't be. Gubberment already has taken over most your rights! Roller trailers specifically were designed so that you can drive your boat up on them. Most are self centering for this purpose. Bunk trailers can also be set up to drive on or float on. There totally different setups! There is nothing unsafe about it unless it is someone like the op that has no clue of how to do it or is scared to death to do it! Get a life people, this guy was probably laughing at you and calling you an idiot because you float on your trailer.

This imo is the quickest and easeist way to load your boat. If you don't agree, then that is simply your preference and nothing more. But you won't see me saying, omg, look, that guys floating on his trailer, omg he could slip and fall and the boat might run him over,omg!! By the way, loading your boat this way, usually has nothing to do with keeping your feey dry, but if they stay dry great. :facepalm:

 

[ewenm]

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pretty much standard procedure for loading a boat i would have thought, saw a guy do this at a ramp near by , there was a quite strong current running across the ramp.

he dropped someone off they backed the rig down the ramp, he motored up allowing for the current, when lined up he gunned it up on to the trailer, left the motor in gear running, went forward attached the safety chain to the bow, it was a bow rider so fairly easy to do

he then killed the motor lifted the drive and his mate drove out, the skipper never got his feet wet

he made it look so easy

 

[QC]

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Let's try and tone this down a little guys . . .

I "idle load". I keep it in gear to save my winch strap and to keep her from sliding off when I get out to winch her up. I agree, she has nowhere to go, and we have ramps that are often a hundred feet or more below the water level. If anything I'm cleaning the ramp off

 

[TomB985]

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Wow, this is starting to run a bit out of control.

My problem isn't so much the fact that he was powerloading, but how he left the helm of his boat under power to hook his winch up. I don't care who you are or what experience you have, putting a 300 HP machine in gear and throttled up while your head is over the bow is a dumb idea. Neither the boat or the trailer is designed to do that, and if something went awry there is a lot of power propelling his boat with no way to control it. This thing wasn't just in gear, it was making some power.

I have powerloaded in the past when I was much younger, but I don't do it now. This isn't typical powerloading to me, it's reckless stupidity. Much like putting your truck in drive with trailer behind it and placing a brick on the accelerator pedal to prevent it from rolling down the hill while you get out and grab a beer from the cooler in the boat.

I load by hitting my trailer at idle speed and kill the engine as soon as the boat stops moving. That places it firmly enough on the trailer that it goes nowhere and never leaves me under power without control. I get out, walk to the front, and winch it the rest of the way. I'm out of the water in less than two minutes from the boat touching the trailer, and I don't damage the ramp or leave my boat under power without control.

 

[rbh]

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See what what?

Like I said, some people think that practice is the proper way to do things.

Me, I could care less I might get my feet wet, ooooooooooooo, after swimming all day and all. I have boat shoes made to get wet, and I can load my boat quicker than the lazy princess type who can;t get their feet wet LOL.

Scott, you would have been ready to RIP the heart out of the AZZ who blew a hole out of the side of the ramp here this weekend, litterly you backed the trailer into a hole with a mound behind it, kept backing to get depth, and there was none.
The nice concrete blocks, covered/mounded big time!!!!


i HATE (TOURIST OR MORONS) who ever made this mess!!! jack azzez!!!!!!!

"Sorry QC missed the idle portion"



AND YUP, up to were ever in the water, I aint made out of sugar, and I do not melt!!!

 

[jayhanig]

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I must be in the minority but I just pull up to the dock, get off and get the trailer, back it down the ramp, then walk my boat up onto my trailer using the bowline. When it's up close enough, I wade into the water and hook up the winch and wind it in. Attach the safety chain, pull it up the ramp a few feet, get out and pull the plug and let her drain what little is in there. Then I drive on out of the ramp area and secure the transom straps and make her ready for the road. The longest part of the whole process is getting the trailer and backing it into position on the ramp to accept the boat.

Yes, my feet get wet but that's why I wear boat shoes. I've yet to get my knees wet.

 

[rbh]

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Its not illegal in the majority of the states and shouldn't be. Gubberment already has taken over most your rights!

Chriscraft 254????? WHAT THE H$%%?????
Who are going to blame next for?????