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<blockquote data-quote="JL8Jeff" data-source="post: 463217" data-attributes="member: 12995"><p>I leave either boat hooked up on the trailer and back it into the water far enough to be able to start it without sucking up debris. I always start the boat while it's still on the trailer, I figure if it's not going to run, why bother taking it off the trailer. We don't have a dock at our ramp either so if you don't start it on the trailer, you're pulled up on the shore in very shallow water trying to start it and with both my boats being jets, the risk of sucking something up is high. Our ramp is paved but it does get river silt and mud buildup from time to time so I try to remember to bring a shovel. I don't know that I would really want to mess around with a true mud ramp that has no surface under it. Getting stuck would turn a good day of boating into a bad day real quick.</p><p></p><p>Here's our ramp. The big rock is usually 2 feet out of the water in the summer and it's currently under water completely (not in the picture obviously). We have to pull the boat off to the side and up onto the bank while you park your vehicle/trailer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JL8Jeff, post: 463217, member: 12995"] I leave either boat hooked up on the trailer and back it into the water far enough to be able to start it without sucking up debris. I always start the boat while it's still on the trailer, I figure if it's not going to run, why bother taking it off the trailer. We don't have a dock at our ramp either so if you don't start it on the trailer, you're pulled up on the shore in very shallow water trying to start it and with both my boats being jets, the risk of sucking something up is high. Our ramp is paved but it does get river silt and mud buildup from time to time so I try to remember to bring a shovel. I don't know that I would really want to mess around with a true mud ramp that has no surface under it. Getting stuck would turn a good day of boating into a bad day real quick. Here's our ramp. The big rock is usually 2 feet out of the water in the summer and it's currently under water completely (not in the picture obviously). We have to pull the boat off to the side and up onto the bank while you park your vehicle/trailer. [/QUOTE]
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