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New boat ramp issue
We hava new ramp in town. It looks nice,..all fancy BUT, the ramp itself is on such a slight pitch not just me but, everyone has to dunk the rear wheels of their tow trucks/cars under water to deploy boats. This includes both the big 24's and lil 16's.
Before I start a making calls and becoming a PITA  to remedy the situation,...am I outta line?What the norm? The ol'ramp,..which is only 4 years old has a steeper pitch but, is constantly crowded. Any thoughts. This is in Jensen Beach, Fl. TIA
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06-06-2009, 02:48 PM
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Who built the ramp?...city, state, county?....invite 'em to come out and watch...if they decline, take pictures and submit to newspaper; send video to TV stations...in short get a petition signed, pass around at ramp on Sat mornings w/suggestion taxpayer dollars wasted on bad design nobody can use...but give the builder a chance to make it right before all that...they'll give ya reasons why it "HAD" to be that way...course all that's BS at any rate, sounds like the old ramp will be crowded for a while longer...  ...but to answer your question, no you're not outta line, but you'll find strength in numbers...JMHO
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06-06-2009, 03:48 PM
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your concerns are valid imho, do as Ozzie suggests, he knows, he has a long history of dealing with grievences, he is the one who petitioned King George I believe.
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06-06-2009, 04:39 PM
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Whadda funny guy!!...but ya know LOOKS ain't everything!!... 
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06-06-2009, 07:19 PM
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HH, we got one here in town we'll trade you. it is too steep. boat unloads like a dream, but when you pull up the top breaks over hard to level ground and your trailer frame drags the ground. i wish they would get input from people that actually use ramps.
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06-07-2009, 07:26 AM
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Yeah, that's what I don't get...boat ramps ain't freakin' ROCKET SCIENCE...it ain't like it's emerging technology...the state put in new tournament ramps at Dreher Island several years back...two big, wide ones...but on completely wrong angle and NOBODY used 'em and everybody complained...they finally tore 'em up and redid 'em and now they're GREAT...but couldn't SOMEBODY check the angle on a successful ramp before screwin' up a new one 
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06-09-2009, 02:37 PM
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Nice statement, a boat ramp certainly isn't emerging technology. I did have some offset drop axles on the trailer of my 83' V-20 which made it very low slung and easy to launch on those shallow ramps. The other side was not to forget to trim the motor all the way up before pulling out, you'd drag the lower unit off. I'm also familiar with the old seaplane ramps, they don't make good boat launches, far too shallow an angle. A contractor that misses this didn't do much research. We were able to build a nice concrete ramp in our old neighborhood and find the design information without any problem.
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06-10-2009, 11:15 PM
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I flipped the springs to the bottom of the axle on a trailer I had in FL to drop everything down a couple inches. This kept the truck out of the drink.
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