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What first thing you should do after retrieving a boat onto a trailer?
Retrieval
- Unload the boat away from the ramp if possible.
- Back the trailer into the water, again keeping the tires of the tow vehicle at water’s edge, not in the water.
- Maneuver the boat carefully onto the submerged trailer, attach a bow line and shut off the engine prior to raising it.
What safety precaution should be taken while loading a boat on a trailer?
Tie down all loose items and equipment in and on your boat. When attaching the trailer to the towing vehicle, make sure to crisscross your chains under the frame. The chains must be able to support the weight of the entire load. This is critical for safety if the hitch should break.
What is the problem with using your boat’s engine to drive onto a trailer?
NOTE – While many people drive the boat onto the trailer, it isn’t advised. Using the engine to assist trailering erodes the ramp bed, can lead to debris being sucked into the engine, and can cause an accident! Make sure you drain all water from the boat – the bilge, the live well, the trailer lights, etc.
What is the problem with using your boat’s engine to drive into a trailer?
Using a boat’s engine to drive it onto a trailer to fully load it is not an acceptable practice. Using the boat’s engine to load onto the trailer is dangerous to your equipment and the people around the loading area. It also erodes the material at the end of the ramp which leads to its deterioration.
Can you launch a boat by yourself?
How to Launch a Boat by Yourself. Launching a boat by yourself follows the same routine up to the point of releasing the boat. If there’s a dock at the ramp, it will usually help to back the trailer down as close to the dock as possible.
What is the problem with using your boat’s engine to drive it onto a trailer?
How should you approach a dock when the wind or current is pushing you away?
How should you approach a dock when the wind or current is pushing you away?
- Approach the dock slowly at a sharp angle (about 40 degrees).
- Use reverse to stop when close to the dock.
- Put the boat in forward gear briefly, and slowly turn the steering wheel hard away from the dock—this will swing in the stern.
What should you do after retrieving a boat?
First thing you should do is to lock it in position. Then give the hill a fresh water wash. tie the boat on the trailer!!!!! I sure the hell dont want your boat falling off the trailer and causing a traffic jam.
What should you do after retrieving a fishing rod?
Get out of the way of other people needing to use the boat ramp. Slowly pull out of the ramp and go to the parking area to finish what you need to do. Don’t hog the ramp doing stuff like unloading your cooler, packing your fishing rods in the truck, pulling the drain plug, putting on the travel strap, etc. Don’t di*k around.
How do you get a boat onto a trailer?
Set the parking brake of the towing vehicle, and put it in park (or first gear if you have a manual transmission). Move the vessel onto the trailer far enough to attach the winch line to the bow eye of the vessel. Finish pulling the vessel onto the trailer by cranking the winch.