Replying to Topic 'trailering'
I just began the experience of boat buddy this year with my new boat. My last boat was a 98 Mobius direct drive without boat buddy and I had to launch and load at an extremely steep ramp.
What I did was have my wife drive the trailer in far enough so my bow will just clear the front trailer roller. I would slowly drive the boat bow over the roller and my wife would clip the eye and winch it in while I applied throttle to help reduce the load off of her. Then I would have to go to the back of the boat and hold the post to keep the rear of the boat over the center of the trailer while my wife drove the truck out. Because of the deep ramp, the rear of the boat floated even after it was all the way up on the trailer.
Now I don't go to that lake anymore, the lake I do go to has a nice ramp, and I now have boat buddy. On the ramp I go to, I had to test out where the trailer should sit in the water before driving the boat up for boat buddy to catch. I figured out that if the front of the trailer wheel wells are barely sticking out of the water, I can drive my boat straight onto the trailer and boat buddy catches it. I am amazed how simple it is and how well it works.
I have not encountered a really steep ramp with my new boat and boat buddy yet. All I can say is that for each lake you go to, you have to learn how far back the trailer needs to go into the water for optimal loading performance by trial and error. Hopefully more trial than error.
Good luck,
Bryon
2004 Launch SSV Gravity Games