07-23-2009, 12:57 PM
People are looking at you!!! 
My dad has a cabin that sits right across from the boat launch.. Its fun to watch the morning crowd gather for breakfast there and start counting how many times someone has to pull forward to get down the launch..They can be brutal..
But its even more fun when the wife who is outside giving directions gets fed up and pulls the man out of the truck and backs the boat herself.. I've seen it often enough that we have thought about making buttons for the men.. Mean, you bet.. But awesome for a way to relax and get a laugh..
I can't back by looking backwards.. I only use mirrors and a wife for emergencies.. But we also pull horse trailers all summer so there is always a trailer of some sort hooked to the back of the truck..
The only time I have any real issues is when we are putting my dad's 24' pontoon in the water.. His long boat, plus my long F350 king cab, plus the very narrow, turning, boat launch at the cabin usually mean I can count on one forward move while backing up the boat.. All I know for sure is that whoever laid out that launch is sick and twisted..
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My dad has a cabin that sits right across from the boat launch.. Its fun to watch the morning crowd gather for breakfast there and start counting how many times someone has to pull forward to get down the launch..They can be brutal..
But its even more fun when the wife who is outside giving directions gets fed up and pulls the man out of the truck and backs the boat herself.. I've seen it often enough that we have thought about making buttons for the men.. Mean, you bet.. But awesome for a way to relax and get a laugh..
I can't back by looking backwards.. I only use mirrors and a wife for emergencies.. But we also pull horse trailers all summer so there is always a trailer of some sort hooked to the back of the truck..
The only time I have any real issues is when we are putting my dad's 24' pontoon in the water.. His long boat, plus my long F350 king cab, plus the very narrow, turning, boat launch at the cabin usually mean I can count on one forward move while backing up the boat.. All I know for sure is that whoever laid out that launch is sick and twisted..
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