Launch ramp follies...
 

Part I

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FshO...elated&search=

Part II

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvAQB...elated&search=

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"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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Part I

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FshO...elated&search=

Part II

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvAQB...elated&search=



That's one slippery ramp. I had no problem recovering my 2000 lb
Sailboat/trailer combo with my 3.0 V6 Ranger truck.

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"Don White" wrote in message
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"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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Part I

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FshO...elated&search=

Part II

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvAQB...elated&search=



That's one slippery ramp. I had no problem recovering my 2000 lb
Sailboat/trailer combo with my 3.0 V6 Ranger truck.

All he had to do was to have 3 or 4 of those kids running around to hop in
the bed of the truck.
He was clueless.

RCE

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"Don White" wrote in message
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"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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Part I

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FshO...elated&search=

Part II

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvAQB...elated&search=



That's one slippery ramp. I had no problem recovering my 2000 lb
Sailboat/trailer combo with my 3.0 V6 Ranger truck.

All he had to do was to have 3 or 4 of those kids running around to hop in
the bed of the truck.
He was clueless.

RCE

When he was way in deep, I thought he may have slipped off the concrete
portion of the ramp and stuck in the washout rut.

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On May 1, 8:59 am, "Don White" wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in messagenews:fp9e331o5hmg011f06l12rje5bp7ggvnf0@4ax .com...

Part I

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FshO...elated&search=

Part II

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvAQB...elated&search=

That's one slippery ramp. I had no problem recovering my 2000 lb
Sailboat/trailer combo with my 3.0 V6 Ranger truck.

Nothing slippery about it. The back of the truck was floating. One
of my buddies has the same problem with his dual axle aluminum trailer.

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"jamesgangnc" wrote in message
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On May 1, 8:59 am, "Don White" wrote:

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote:

Part I

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FshO...elated&search=

Part II

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvAQB...elated&search=



That's one slippery ramp. I had no problem recovering my 2000 lb
Sailboat/trailer combo with my 3.0 V6 Ranger truck.

Nothing slippery about it. The back of the truck was floating. One
of my buddies has the same problem with his dual axle aluminum trailer.


It's not floating. Watch part II again.

Eisboch

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jamesgangnc jamesgangnc wrote:
Nothing slippery about it. The back of the truck was floating.

Looked like it in the first video but check out the second one. His
rear tires are in only 3 inches of water. Front wheel drive on dry
ground (4X4) would have been a help. An extendable trailer tongue
would have been a bigger help.

Does anybody here know whether that was fresh water or salt? Looked
like a fresh water lake but I couldn't tell for sure.

Rick

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On May 1, 11:11 am, "Eisboch" wrote:
"jamesgangnc" wrote in message

ps.com...

On May 1, 8:59 am, "Don White" wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote:
Part I

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FshO...elated&search=

Part II

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvAQB...elated&search=



That's one slippery ramp. I had no problem recovering my 2000 lb
Sailboat/trailer combo with my 3.0 V6 Ranger truck.

Nothing slippery about it. The back of the truck was floating. One
of my buddies has the same problem with his dual axle aluminum trailer.

It's not floating. Watch part II again.

Eisboch

It's all funny till someone gets an eye poked out, or a kid smashed
under the back wheels. Last year we were considering downgrading our
vehicles for gas price reasons as we do a lot of driving. Did get rid
of the 2x4 pickup but decided to keep the 4x4 anyway. I was
considering downgrading to a Rav4 but once I started towing for the
season I was glad I kept the bigger truck. To the video again, it is
funny but it easily could have gone in a real bad way, fast for that
kid on the front of the trailer.

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jamesgangnc jamesgangnc wrote:
Nothing slippery about it. The back of the truck was floating.

Looked like it in the first video but check out the second one. His
rear tires are in only 3 inches of water. Front wheel drive on dry
ground (4X4) would have been a help. An extendable trailer tongue
would have been a bigger help.

Does anybody here know whether that was fresh water or salt? Looked
like a fresh water lake but I couldn't tell for sure.

Rick

That happened to me on flat ground (actually ice over 3 inches of very
slippery mud). Put the Tacoma in low range - that began to help. Pushed the
differential lock button - problem fixed. Never got as far as 4WD, but that
was next. The tires they sell with those trucks are pathetic.

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On Wed, 02 May 2007 14:03:43 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
wrote:

That happened to me on flat ground (actually ice over 3 inches of very
slippery mud). Put the Tacoma in low range - that began to help. Pushed the
differential lock button - problem fixed. Never got as far as 4WD, but that
was next.

Well it was a Toyota... :)

The tires they sell with those trucks are pathetic.

Damn straight.

I've got 10 ply rayon belted high pressure radial road tires on the
F-250 and I don't get stuck in anything on the launch ramp even
wihtout four wheel dirve..