If you can't drive your boat onto your trailer

[livemusic]

... get one of these. It's probably not expensive.

 

 

[TnRiver46]

It also comes with a tiny robot arm that hands you a piece of cake to eat 

[Russ E]

Wouldn't it be easier to just drive the boat onto the trailer.

Looks like a lot of things that can break and ruin the fishing day.

[Deleted account]

A dock line from the stern cleat to the bow cleat that is a few feet longer than the boat, a guy on the walk pulls the boat right up the trailer (or off it). You can control either endin or out if need be and you can use it to tie it temporarily while launching or docking. It's amazing how little effort it takes to move a boat on the water. My buddy has a 27 Grady, that's probably 11,000 lbs, and even in the wind its not a problem. If you have a lot of current it does require a little muscle.

[TnRiver46]

47 minutes ago, Russ E said:

Wouldn't it be easier to just drive the boat onto the trailer.

Looks like a lot of things that can break and ruin the fishing day.

It’s a lot like a push button ignition. Its another thing to break (and sell). It’s really not that hard to turn a key and start an engine 

[InfantryMP]

The odd thing about this is that it just shows the boat automatically getting up to the point, where it self loads. 

 

Assuming he was on the boat alone, which it seems apparent in the video, how did he get the boat up to the point straight enough for the mechanism to start auto loading? 

[TnRiver46]

6 minutes ago, InfantryMP said:

The odd thing about this is that it just shows the boat automatically getting up to the point, where it self loads. 

 

Assuming he was on the boat alone, which it seems apparent in the video, how did he get the boat up to the point straight enough for the mechanism to start auto loading? 

And once you reach that point why not drive a tad further haha. 

[InfantryMP]

1 minute ago, TnRiver46 said:

And once you reach that point why not drive a tad further haha. 

Exactly...So this saves you 8ft if it works right all the time, and probably costs like $2500...

[Yakalong]

These things could sell like hotcakes at a dealership. People will buy anything especially when they don't know what they are doing.

[Scott F]

7 hours ago, livemusic said:

... get one of these. It's probably not expensive.

 

It looks it must be installed by a qualified dealer who apparently are only in New Zealand right now and costs over $6,000 New Zealand dollars. So you are right, not at all expensive.

[Deephaven]

ROFL.

[Krux5506]

Call me a wuss perhaps, but I'm always the only one at a boat ramp who floats my boat with lines on and off the trailer. But I do enjoy watching others struggle to power load and make it a gigantic production. 

[J Francho]

All you need.

[DanielG]

[J Francho]

Pretty sure you'll have to upgrade your muffler bearings before installing that system.

 

https://www.atkinsrotary.com/store/Resonator-Muffler-Bearing-FC88-13-751.html

 

[HenryPF]

Yikes - the trailer has rollers too.

 

But considering I watch this channel, I don't doubt it will not sell.

 

A whole youtube channel of nothing but fails.

 

https://www.youtube.com/c/MiamiBoatRamps/videos

[@reelChris]

Is it me or does no one use bumpers any more?  The video above and the entire miami boat ramps channel feature people docking expensive boats with unprotected gunnels.  If I had a fiberglass boat I'd have bumpers out when docking.  

[Russ E]

1 hour ago, @reelChris said:

Is it me or does no one use bumpers any more?  The video above and the entire miami boat ramps channel feature people docking expensive boats with unprotected gunnels.  If I had a fiberglass boat I'd have bumpers out when docking.  

I have a fairly new fiberglass boat and use bumpers maybe 2 percent of the time. They are a pain to deal with in my opinion. The only time I use them is if a dock has jagged corners or has no built in bumpers. Fiberglass boats have a built in rub rail.

Ironically the only time my boat got scratched at a dock, I was using my bumpers.

[Tennessee Boy]

On 4/29/2021 at 11:57 AM, TnRiver46 said:

It also comes with a tiny robot arm that hands you a piece of cake to eat 

So it is good for something.

[E-rude dude]

I had a rollover trailer for 14 years. That trailer was awesome. Super easy to launch. And drive on at idle, bump the front roller,  walk up and hook the wench strap, and put motor in neutral. 
Not sure I see a need for this trailer for the money.

I have noticed over the years more and more ramps say no power loading. FYI.

[Krux5506]

On 5/1/2021 at 12:34 PM, E-rude dude said:

I have noticed over the years more and more ramps say no power loading. FYI.

 

I think because power loading can cause mounds of gravel and what not. I've always cringed when I see people mashing throttles trying to inch their boats up the trailer.

[Deephaven]

Mounds aren't the problem, it washes away the sand at the end of the concrete.  That was a really early on learning experience for me.  My buddy backed my trailer in so I would float off WAY too far.  Needless to say the trailer tires went off the concrete and the trailer dropped a foot onto the cement while the tires were off the ground.  Getting into 45F water to lift the trailer up SUCKED.

[A-Jay]

Hard Pass ~

A-Jay