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Jon and V Boat Conversions & Modifications
HickInTheSticks gets a 1984 smokercraft V
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<blockquote data-quote="HickInTheSticks" data-source="post: 383980" data-attributes="member: 18253"><p>That video helped a lot! That's more or less what I figured out on my own with a little bit of time in the pouring rain. My only problem was keeping the nose of the boat on the trailer. Every time I tried to get to the crank the wind would blow it away and I'd have to fight with the boat while balancing on the trailer.</p><p></p><p>I actually put my whole trailer in the water. It's really shallow, under 2 ft at all of the launch ramps so its really the only way to get the boat to float off the trailer. The problem is that I have to do all of the work loading/unloading in the water and not over dry ground. I open my tailgate and stand on that and the neck of the trailer....the hand crank and all of that are sitting 6-8 ft out in the water which is only a ft or two deep but its enough that I can't just grab the boat and muscle it around because I'm balancing myself on the neck of the trailer trying to not fall in the COLD water.</p><p></p><p>Wading boots are going to change everything. Just walk out next to the trailer and do what needs to be done. EZ. Might end up getting some of those side bunks either way to make navigating it in place a simple task.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HickInTheSticks, post: 383980, member: 18253"] That video helped a lot! That's more or less what I figured out on my own with a little bit of time in the pouring rain. My only problem was keeping the nose of the boat on the trailer. Every time I tried to get to the crank the wind would blow it away and I'd have to fight with the boat while balancing on the trailer. I actually put my whole trailer in the water. It's really shallow, under 2 ft at all of the launch ramps so its really the only way to get the boat to float off the trailer. The problem is that I have to do all of the work loading/unloading in the water and not over dry ground. I open my tailgate and stand on that and the neck of the trailer....the hand crank and all of that are sitting 6-8 ft out in the water which is only a ft or two deep but its enough that I can't just grab the boat and muscle it around because I'm balancing myself on the neck of the trailer trying to not fall in the COLD water. Wading boots are going to change everything. Just walk out next to the trailer and do what needs to be done. EZ. Might end up getting some of those side bunks either way to make navigating it in place a simple task. [/QUOTE]
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