Aluminum I -beam trailers with wood bunks and tandem axles float with no boat on them they are so bouyant. It is a PITA at times. ie. loading on certain ramp angles and stiff currents/wind taking the trailer wherever they want, meanwhile your mooring the boat or trying to get tied off and pull your truck and trailer out from the ramp. Only to find the trailer has floated from straight and is now cocked over into the side of the boat ramp and half under the dock. If you aren't paying some attention and pull straight out you will rip the side guides or fender clean off. Kudos for the MyGyver maneuver and keeping a cool head. More than one instance of letting the tires drop off the end of the ramp has ended badly as we all know.
Ever seen a young kid at a busy ramp soaking wet from helping the folks that were having, "Issues" loading and unloading? That kid was me...
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1996 -19' NV Flats 115 Mercury 4-stroke
1983 -20' Wellcraft Center Console 250 XS
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