At what point will you not use a ramp

[XpressJeff]

I don't have much choice but use relatively improved launches.

 

My truck is an older Ram 12V diesel that weighs 8800 # necked!  It's easily 9500 all decked out for fishing.

[Bulletman20XD]

44 minutes ago, Further North said:

 

Make sure your trailer axle is still straight. Depending on how hard you had to yank it to get it out, it could be off just enough to wear your tires faster than normal or it could be off enough to take the tread down to the cords in a couple trips. 

 

 

Axle was not hung up so It's fine---Rear tires were over the edge of the rock. Front kept the axle up

[Further North]

16 minutes ago, Bulletman20XD said:

Axle was not hung up so It's fine---Rear tires were over the edge of the rock. Front kept the axle up

My axle wasn't hung up either...but the wheel got banged into the drop-off pretty good...axles was less than a 1/4" off...but the tire still got chewed up fast.

[IndianaOutdoors]

Tried a new launch site the other night.  This was as deep as it got.  Didn't bring enough rope to reach the opposite shore so I had to push it off by hand.  Just enough water to float her.

Edit: I guess it doesn't show very well but the ramp ends at the front tires

[A-Jay]

51 minutes ago, IndianaOutdoors said:

Tried a new launch site the other night.  This was as deep as it got.  Didn't bring enough rope to reach the opposite shore so I had to push it off by hand.  Just enough water to float her.

Edit: I guess it doesn't show very well but the ramp ends at the front tires

 

What time's High Tide ?

A-Jay

[IndianaOutdoors]

Lol.  It's Indiana. We haven't had any rain since it stopped flooding...

[WIGuide]

On 8/26/2017 at 8:12 PM, IndianaOutdoors said:

Tried a new launch site the other night.  This was as deep as it got.  Didn't bring enough rope to reach the opposite shore so I had to push it off by hand.  Just enough water to float her.

Edit: I guess it doesn't show very well but the ramp ends at the front tires

At least you could get your boat off... I couldn't here then again in the background you can see the dock that marks the start of the ramp. It didn't stop me from at least trying though haha

[Further North]

3 hours ago, WIGuide said:

At least you could get your boat off... I couldn't here then again in the background you can see the dock that marks the start of the ramp. It didn't stop me from at least trying though haha

Where the heck is that, Houston?

 

..I mean...the water around here is high...but I didn't think it was that high.

[gim]

LOL holy balls

[Clinton john]

Y'all should come try to launch a boat on Toledo Bend north when the water is down, then y'all can talk bout some ruff launch's.

 

Hwy 3229 boat launch is the one I'm talking bout, at low water you will be wishing you had a sup'd up 4x4.

 

Two sets of fold up fourwheeler ramps laid side ways where the trailer will stop will keep you from getting stuck every time.

 

Hope this helps

[IndianaOutdoors]

7 hours ago, A5BLASTER said:

Y'all should come try to launch a boat on Toledo Bend north when the water is down, then y'all can talk bout some ruff launch's.

 

Hwy 3229 boat launch is the one I'm talking bout, at low water you will be wishing you had a sup'd up 4x4.

 

Two sets of fold up fourwheeler ramps laid side ways where the trailer will stop will keep you from getting stuck every time.

 

Hope this helps

Four wheeler ramps laid sideways? You lost me.

[Clinton john]

Drop some four wheeler ramps in the water where the trailer tires will be, lay them so they are not inline with the trailer but laying facing out away from the trailer, your trailer won't sink that way.

 

Sorry I forget not everybody knows how to understand coonass engineering.

[WIGuide]

15 hours ago, Further North said:

Where the heck is that, Houston?

 

..I mean...the water around here is high...but I didn't think it was that high.

Haha that was over at Fireside last year. This year it got just as high, but I didn't fish it until after it started going back down and could at least get my trailer tires to the start of the concrete. Had I had my bigger tires on my jeep then I may have just made it back far enough to get the boat off.  

[clh121787]

I've launched off some pretty sketchy ramps and banks in my 18.5 foot fiberglass Thank God for 4 wheel drive. If the lake looks fishy I'll usually find a way

[Montanaro]

On 08/08/2017 at 6:08 PM, Glenn said:

Just watched a guy this weekend bury his F350 to the axles trying to pull out a boat on a gravel bank.  Then watched the F150 start to get stuck when he tried to pull him out....and then another F350 spin his tires when he also tried.

 

The dude ended up calling a tow truck, that ended up using a winch to get him out.

 

45 mins of priceless entertainment.

 

 

So what youre telling us is don't buy a ford?

[Glenn]

The tow truck was a Ford too.