I am

never going

to get to God status.

Congrats Nipper:happy:

same here at my ramps in NC i power on and off with all my boats even with both types of trailers roller and bunk heck i've had to throttle up at times to puch the truck up and out the ramp

I have allways powered up the trailer, could never understand why people winch it all teh way up when they can drive it up. Saves a lot of time, gets the ramped cleared faster so teh next person can use it. Biggest thing I've powered up the ramp was a 40 Sea Ray Sundancer, held teh power on till we got it starpped in place. If nothing else, you're keeping the ramp blown out

Yer already almost 2/3s of the way there...at you rate, you'll be there in no time...then you'll get to enjoy all the privileges we Gods take for granted...free gas, free cold beer 24/7...lots of unbridled sex w/beautiful women...and then RAP awoke from his dream...:hide:

So from your post I assume you either fish alone or either the wife or friends do not know how to help. The best thing I ever did was to teach the wife how to back up the trailer and she is better then most guys. I back down she get into truck I hop into boat get it started and she backs up an taps the breaks so I slide off. When we return she goes and gets the truck and backs it down until I tell her to stop. She gets out and points either way to help line me up on the trailer. I found if you nose it in some then allow the rollers to line it up some before hitting the gas. I slowly give it the gas as my wife points either way then when I get close she holds her hands apart showing how much further I need to go. When I hit the stop she throws on the hook and I jump down and give it a crank or 2 and off we go.

Still, you must be a patient man. I have tried that but the Wife never got the hang of it. Heck, who am I kidding, she could not stand my bi---ing at her! I have always thought that a slick husband and wife launching/retrieving team is very cool!

I too am jelous of a husband wife launching/retrieving team. Some places in Florida now have signs prohibiting "Power Loading". I try to leave just enough trailer (bunk type)in the water that once the keel of the boat hits the keel roller the back of the boat is resting on the bunks. It does not take much power from there to get the bow eye to the winch stand. I then chop the power and trim the motor the boat rests there giving me time to climb over the bow and hook her up. I have done it two or three times with success. Two or three times I missed the mark and had to either climb out of the boat and reposition the truck or get out and winch.
What I find to be a complete PITA is that my aluminum tandem axle trailer has enough bouyancy that it floats. The floating trailer makes it real hard to tell how deep you are going and the current can also play hell. I think I can remedy the float with some PVC pipe and Lead.