Labor Day Ramp Follies

[laketime]

no there wasn't enough time. we had allready powered down and it was like he was almost parralell to us then took an immediate 90 turn before any of us even saw him coming. then he was jyst rite there and we could't have put ourselves in between them.

[anhaney]

i didn't even go near a lake, first time in 4 years

You had the chance and AMAZINGLY it was butter at 6:00am to about 7:00 then the --------- started to come out as we left. Water temp was 92 degrees.

We watched an idiot with an XSTAR4 back his boat down the ramp right into a Bayliner that was tied up to the dock. Everyone was yelling at him to stop but I guess he owned the lake and ramp because he has an XStar4 with a Cady pulling it. Oh and that was a great thing to do to show off to the girls in his boat.

[dogbert]

Nice...I see an upgrade in the future for the Bayliner owner.

[Razzman]

Nice...I see an upgrade in the future for the Bayliner owner.

Haha! So i wonder what happened to the M/C?

[Domsz06]

You had the chance and AMAZINGLY it was butter at 6:00am to about 7:00 then the --------- started to come out as we left. Water temp was 92 degrees.

We watched an idiot with an XSTAR4 back his boat down the ramp right into a Bayliner that was tied up to the dock. Everyone was yelling at him to stop but I guess he owned the lake and ramp because he has an XStar4 with a Cady pulling it. Oh and that was a great thing to do to show off to the girls in his boat.

yeah I know, but I was worn out, I had only sletp 5 hours in 4 days, and an hour the night before so I just choose to sleep.

[anhaney]

Haha! So i wonder what happened to the M/C?

It snapped off the swim deck and the dove down to get it out of the launch area. Then they said oh well I guess we will do things on he lake with out a deck for the day. The bayliner owner was pissed. The ranger cited the mastercrap with a moving violation.

[anhaney]

yeah I know, but I was worn out, I had only sletp 5 hours in 4 days, and an hour the night before so I just choose to sleep.

heading out in one hour. Go do some field work for an hour or two.

[Ruune]

well, last year we were sitting at Red's Cove on Medina Lake, watching the hilarity of all the john boat and skeeters that have forgotten to put their outboards up (scraping the skeg all the way up the ramp) and others forgetting to tie on their bow clip. After it had started slowing down, I see this big white duramax crew cab pull about halfway down the ramp and turn around.
-Keep in mind that there isnt anyone waiting though-

So anyways, attached to this big truck is a triple axle trailer with one of those big 32-35 foot sea rays on it. "This ought to be good" I said to myself, trying to see who was driving... however the windows were all blacked out. I did see a mid-60s aged gentleman in the captain's chair of the boat though. Guess we figured out who owns it...

Well, the truck heads straight down, turns around, and backs this mammoth rig in one pass. Total of maybe 2 minutes, max.

Taking into perspective how tight the area this was done in, I watch in astonishment as the driver then pulls straight up the ramp and backs into a parking spot- again on the first try.

At this point, I have GOT to find out who the driver is, so I'm watching to see who gets out of the truck....

Out jumps the gentleman's wife.

Flawless.... we give her a standing ovation.

[dogbert]

Chicks who can back a trailer are it!

[Razzman]

Chicks who can back a trailer are it!

YUP! The wife is getting pretty good at it, it usually only takes 1 or 2 corrections and she's in and we're loading. Maybe by next year she'll have it down pat!

[xpjim1]

One time at ramp camp ...................

[noworries]

At Castaic in the mid-70's with the water way down so the ramp's at its longest and narrowest at the water this guy pulls his boat out and about halfway up that really long ramp. His lady, just to be helpful, gives the trailer hitch latch a quick tug, just to make sure its latched, I suppose. The latch instead comes up and the trailer loaded with boat pops off the ball and takes off down the ramp.

There's a bunch of vehicles lined up the side of the ramp waiting their turn to pull out, a full complement of trailers in the water loading boats, various people and vehicles milling about on the ramp, and also a couple of kids fishing off the boulders at the bottom edge of the ramp. I was parked right next to his rig putting the lights on my trailer and saw the woman grab the latch. We who saw this all unfold start hollering and yelling as the trailer picks up speed down the ramp. The dang trailer manages to thread through all the activity on the ramp and makes a right turn away from the vehicles in the water and toward the boulders and kids at the bottom of the ramp, but fortunately below the lineup of vehicles waiting to enter the water. The trailer crashes onto the boulders about 20 feet from the kids; the boat flies up into the air and lands in the lake depositing cushions, ice chest, fishing gear, etc. in the water.

For some seconds the only sound on the ramp was from the woman who'd pulled the latch. She had a nervous breakdown on the spot and the EMTs finally arrived and hauled her away. Everybody else was struck dumb. Ever since then I've religiously checked my safety chain (that he was missing), and had a lock or bolt in the hitch latch. Its a true miracle that no one was hurt.

[Domsz06]

You had the chance and AMAZINGLY it was butter at 6:00am to about 7:00 then the --------- started to come out as we left. Water temp was 92 degrees.

We watched an idiot with an XSTAR4 back his boat down the ramp right into a Bayliner that was tied up to the dock. Everyone was yelling at him to stop but I guess he owned the lake and ramp because he has an XStar4 with a Cady pulling it. Oh and that was a great thing to do to show off to the girls in his boat.

At Castaic in the mid-70's with the water way down so the ramp's at its longest and narrowest at the water this guy pulls his boat out and about halfway up that really long ramp. His lady, just to be helpful, gives the trailer hitch latch a quick tug, just to make sure its latched, I suppose. The latch instead comes up and the trailer loaded with boat pops off the ball and takes off down the ramp.

There's a bunch of vehicles lined up the side of the ramp waiting their turn to pull out, a full complement of trailers in the water loading boats, various people and vehicles milling about on the ramp, and also a couple of kids fishing off the boulders at the bottom edge of the ramp. I was parked right next to his rig putting the lights on my trailer and saw the woman grab the latch. We who saw this all unfold start hollering and yelling as the trailer picks up speed down the ramp. The dang trailer manages to thread through all the activity on the ramp and makes a right turn away from the vehicles in the water and toward the boulders and kids at the bottom of the ramp, but fortunately below the lineup of vehicles waiting to enter the water. The trailer crashes onto the boulders about 20 feet from the kids; the boat flies up into the air and lands in the lake depositing cushions, ice chest, fishing gear, etc. in the water.

For some seconds the only sound on the ramp was from the woman who'd pulled the latch. She had a nervous breakdown on the spot and the EMTs finally arrived and hauled her away. Everybody else was struck dumb. Ever since then I've religiously checked my safety chain (that he was missing), and had a lock or bolt in the hitch latch. Its a true miracle that no one was hurt.

wow someone was looking out for everyone!!

[dogbert]

One time at ramp camp ...................

LOL

[Ruune]

One time at ramp camp ...................

you stuck a bayliner up your transom?