[Destroyer]

The steps are sweet looking for sure.. very professional job. Well done.



Not sure if this should be posted on this thread, but I have to comment/ask. I've never gone over the front rail when launching or retreiving. In truth, I don't even understand... why you would do such a thing?

I have a 3/8" nylon line about 50 foot long with a snap hook on the end that I secure to one of the bow cleats. When I come into the ramp I tie up at the dock, go get my truck and back it into position on the ramp, then I just pull my boat from the dock to the trailer, hook the winch cable to it and pull the lanyard to have the winch pull the boat onto the trailer while I guide it from the backside. When launching, I just reverse the steps. Back trailer into position on ramp, release clutch on winch to allow boat to go into water and pull winch cable out for retreiving later, (I keep promising myself that I'm going to weld an eye onto the back of the trailer to hook the winch cable to, but normally I just wrap it around the last crossmember). unhook boat from the cable and pull it to the dock. Never had a problem, takes very little time and makes the trailering part of the trip an easy chore.

I suppose that if I had a second driver in the truck it would make it even faster, but people in hell want ice water, (meaning that you can't always get what you want). Since I do a lot of fishing by myself, I've found that this is the safest and quickest way for me to launch and retreive.