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r47smiley
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Jun 27, 2018

Steep Boat Ramp

With a Lance 865 in the bed of a 2012 short wheel base f250 4x4 crew I am wondering how steep of a boat launch ramp is too steep to turn around on. Some of our lakes draw way down and due to the lines, backing down the side while waiting isn't an option. You need to turn around at the bottom! Of the ramp.

Any guess what the max cross slope a truck with a truck camper can reasonably handle and not get light weight on the up hill side. Of course the turn will be made nice and S L O W.

Thanks,

Rob

22 Replies

  • Uh I ain't getting this. Turn around on a boat ramp?? Why??
    Back straight down, launch, drive straight out.
  • I have backed down my share of scary boat ramps, but I have never heard of driving down a ramp and turning around at the bottom and I would not want to do it with a big high cg load like a truck camper. Most of the boat ramps around here aren't wide enough to turn around at the bottom. I might have seen someone in just a pickup do that one time at Stagecoach Reservoir near Steamboat Springs.