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<blockquote data-quote="turbotodd" data-source="post: 443576" data-attributes="member: 7376"><p>Many years ago I bought a 1542 Grumman, which sat on a Dilly tilt trailer. I thought the tilt function would be awesome at the local lake, and the ramp I used was nothing more than backing the rig down off the bank, not a lot of "ramp" there, more of a drop off. Tried my best to use that stupid tilt function and it was such a pain to deal with that I welded it solid, rendering the tilt "un-tiltable" and left it at that.</p><p></p><p>If you have a well designed bunk trailer, it's super easy to drive on. Most places I launch at, I drive on/off easily but there's a couple that are steeper and it's a LOT harder, thus I generally drive UP to the trailer and hook, then winch it tight. AND, some ramps don't allow power loading. Takes me maybe a minute at most to get on the trailer, then pull out of the water.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="turbotodd, post: 443576, member: 7376"] Many years ago I bought a 1542 Grumman, which sat on a Dilly tilt trailer. I thought the tilt function would be awesome at the local lake, and the ramp I used was nothing more than backing the rig down off the bank, not a lot of "ramp" there, more of a drop off. Tried my best to use that stupid tilt function and it was such a pain to deal with that I welded it solid, rendering the tilt "un-tiltable" and left it at that. If you have a well designed bunk trailer, it's super easy to drive on. Most places I launch at, I drive on/off easily but there's a couple that are steeper and it's a LOT harder, thus I generally drive UP to the trailer and hook, then winch it tight. AND, some ramps don't allow power loading. Takes me maybe a minute at most to get on the trailer, then pull out of the water. [/QUOTE]
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