Beach launch
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Re: Beach launch
Originally posted by Chimo View PostNot talking about a run up.
We used to shoot our trailers right down into the water using the trailer spare tyre on the front (not the jockey wheel) and we used a long rope to haul them out after the boats were loaded; about a meter short of all the way on to the trailer.. We didn't pull up the slope of the beach but drove along along the beach and the trailer eventually ended up parallel to the water. Then we backed up and hitched the trailer onto the car or 4WD and collected the long rope and stowed it. Now the reason for not pulling the boat all the way onto the trailer was to limit the weight on the front of the trailer so we could easily lift it onto the ball and then winch the boat all the way on. Much easier if you have roller trailers, Might work with wet bunks and a good winch too.
If it was rough we often ran the trailer in front first and loaded into the waves. In soft sand we made sure the trailer wheels were sitting on mesh before we loaded the boat. Our mesh had a tie rope on it so as the trailer headed up the beach the mesh was pulled along behind.
Hence the question about driving along the beach, if you have a 100 m or so it could work for you.
Thoughts?
Cheers
Chimo
PS Where are you by the way?
I live a bout an hr south of Mackay mate.
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Re: Beach launch
assuming your trailer never leaves the beach. Refit it for four of these: http://www.ebay.com/bhp/aircraft-tires
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Re: Beach launch
I would simply be inclined to use a decent length tow rope then so you can get the car off the beach and tow the boat out using more or less the same method with either a dolly wheel set up or a spare wheel on a hub attachment to keep your drawbar out of the sand as the guys have detailed above for getting the boat out of the water. Just be mindful of your attachment point - might be worth looking at a rated tow point attachments for the trailer and the car and make sure you use a dampner just incase it lets go.
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