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Thread: Launching small, trailered boat in pond with no ramp

  1. 04-10-2016, 08:18 AM #11
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    we used to launch my 16 foot fiberglass off the bank back in the day . i had a little bitty Mitsubishi truck that was 2 wheel drive .
    i found spots that had a hard bank and a pretty good drop .....
    when it was time to go i let the air out of the back tires to about 10 psi and had a bud sit on each fender well
    of course we wasnt very old at the time and not very smart but we never got her stuck
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    we actually have done the same with the tongue extension...ours is adjustable every foot up to 18'. Sure, looks a little crazy, but we now haven't found a pit we can't get into. Plus, with a new pit we have found, we put in once with my 650 Artic Cat, and between the power of the motor, and the winch, we were able to get it out, but just barely. So, we have engineered a way that the whole "guides" that the boat sits on can be pulled off the back of the trailer with an electric winch about 16 foot off the back of the trailer. Add that to the tilt trailer it sits on, and we don't even have to have the trailer in the water to put the boat in. SOMETIMES WE DO CRAZY THINGS TO GET TO THE FISH....THIS MIGHT BE THE CRAZIEST I'VE SEEN...BUT MAN ARE WE ON SOME LARGE PAPERMOUTHS THAT OTHERS CAN'T GET TO!
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    BTW, an opposite of this thread theme is... the man who let me fish his three ponds, they were all within a few hundred yards of another one. His pasture was heavy with grass. I had a drag rope attached to the eyelet in the front of each pontoon. We hooked the rope center to the trailer hitch of his 4-wheeler and dragged it from pond to pond. I worried about the bottom of my boat but I couldn't see any evidence of wear! I've even entertained ideas of... how could dragging that boat be done better! A portable dolly with big fat tires would be one solution. But I guess if we do it again and there is still no evidence of wear, carry on! Or maybe spray some silicone on the boat bottom?
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  4. 04-11-2016, 07:41 AM #14
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    i wore holes into the ribs of my aluminum boat back in the day dragging it ....
    might be careful doing that ....never noticed any "additional" wear till she started LEAKING .....
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    I had a 14' flat bottom Jon boat with a 9.8 HP outboard that I launched by myself with no ramps at various places. I had the bunk boards sticking out about 4' behind the trailer. Trailer was a tilt boat trailer with a long winch strap. With knee boots or hip waders I could launch it about anywhere. To load it I'd tilt the trailer until the bunk ends hit the water then nose the boat up to the bunk ends. From there I'd hook the winch strap and crank it on the trailer. The weight of the boat would cause the trailer to tilt back down as it slid on. Good luck with whatever you come up with.

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