Drop camper to launch boat?
Still new to this and for some this topic may not make sense to ask. I have not even been able to take the boat and the camper camping together yet.
Most of our launch ramps are pretty steep, but they are also long. I guess how steep is up to each person. But most people will drive down the ramp and then turn around near the bottom to launch. It's a pretty long back up at our lakes, and especially so with the drought.
I'd have to say that even for two or three days I'd be tempted to take the camper off the truck to launch and retrieve the boat. We don't like to leave ours in the water overnight. Can keep a better eye on it when it's at the site and the people doing 30+ mph right ousted the 5mph zone don't seem to get it and any tie up job end with the boat being on shore.
Back to the ramp...it would also be pretty nerve racking having to turn the whole rig around at the bottom of the ramp with the top heavy camper on.
We will see how realistic my setup will be once I get it all going, but it's seems it would be easy enough to throw the saw horses into the boat or wherever and bring them with us. With the new truck I got, the bed is also wider than my other truck, so I am thinking that the leeway that's added there will make it easier to load the camper than before.
Like to see if others have any input, share what they do, or would, just like to discuss.
Most of our launch ramps are pretty steep, but they are also long. I guess how steep is up to each person. But most people will drive down the ramp and then turn around near the bottom to launch. It's a pretty long back up at our lakes, and especially so with the drought.
I'd have to say that even for two or three days I'd be tempted to take the camper off the truck to launch and retrieve the boat. We don't like to leave ours in the water overnight. Can keep a better eye on it when it's at the site and the people doing 30+ mph right ousted the 5mph zone don't seem to get it and any tie up job end with the boat being on shore.
Back to the ramp...it would also be pretty nerve racking having to turn the whole rig around at the bottom of the ramp with the top heavy camper on.
We will see how realistic my setup will be once I get it all going, but it's seems it would be easy enough to throw the saw horses into the boat or wherever and bring them with us. With the new truck I got, the bed is also wider than my other truck, so I am thinking that the leeway that's added there will make it easier to load the camper than before.
Like to see if others have any input, share what they do, or would, just like to discuss.
