Madness at the Boat Ramp!! | Boneheaded Boaters of the Week | Broncos Guru
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- Madness at the Boat Ramp!! | Boneheaded Boaters of the Week | Broncos Guru
Welcome back to Boneheaded Boaters of the Week! As usual we review some clips of some people doing some silly things on a boat mixed in with some people doing incredible things on boats.
This week we have a wild one as we have some Madness at the Boat Ramp!!
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After driving semi for 40 years, the best advice I can give to backing up is, steer from the bottom of the steering wheel. If you want your trailer to move left move the steering wheel to the left. If you want the trailer to go right steer the wheel to the right. It will eliminate all your double guessing
I cant wait to try this with my skiff trailer. Good advice 👍
My dad taught me this when I learned to drive, great method for anyone
Good to know, thanks man.
That's how my dad taught me as well
I could add " small adjustments", observe what the trailer does and correct early.
“Never approach the dock any faster than you’d be prepared to hit it”. That, my friends, is advice for the ages. 👍
🤣😂
“Never approach the dock if you’re retarded”
I actually haven't heard that one yet, that's a good one! 👍
COMEDY GOLD!!!
Sure nuff good advice 😀
To be fair, the hardest trailers to backup are small single axle trailers. Especially when the boat or ski is in the water and you can’t see the trailer. The smart thing to do is to install pvc guides. Not necessarily to help getting the vessel back on the trailer, but to see when you’re backing up.
to be fair some people should not drive anything
The local barber shop in my town had a closed circuit link from the boat ramp playing on their TV. It was better entertainment than any of the other regular TV channels.
These never get old! Thanks 😊
The smaller the trailer the more of a challenge it can be.
Yep. I can back up my boat trailer with my quad, no problem. Pickup truck? Problem
Smaller the trailer, bigger the challenge. I can spot a 50’ van on a dime, but a little utility trailer takes me three times as long.
maybe, just maybe, that's why they should put down the tailgate on the truck...🤔
I can back up a travel trailer with ease. Backing up my single place jet ski trailer was one of the most embarrassing moments of my life.
People forget, once the boat is in the water you can't SEE the trailer!
I used to be the boat ramp Master at the Caribbean club. My favorite was the 50/50. The brothers at homestead would bring down four boats and get two of them running And go fishing 😂
Hey!
I took your advice & took my trailer down to the walmart to practice,
but it WASN`T APPRECIATED!
The trailer was too wide for the aisles & my groceries kept falling out!
Lol!!
Man! I hate it when that happens!
Edgy
LOL! We often spend Saturday afternoons at our favorite local watering hole which just happens to have a boat launch beside it. We sit on the deck of the Pub and watch boaters launch their boats or pull them out of the water. It's astounding how many boaters are completely inept at this vital part of boating. I've seen vehicles roll down into the ocean, I've seen people forget to untie the back of the boat from the trailer, floating the trailer under their boat, or forget to put the drain plug back in, I've seen boaters trying to load their boat on to their trailer only to end up with their boat well past the trailer and sitting atop of their car. But the most common one is not keeping the trailer straight when backing into the water. I've seen people totally jack knife their trailer, sending it off the side of the ramp. And on more than one occasion I've watched so many attempts at backing up straight that I just couldn't take it any more and I've gone and backed their boat in for them. How they got their boat back out??? I don't know, I couldn't stay at the Pub that long.
Watching these sent in videos really makes me appreciate the high quality cameras that you guys take down to the ramps.
100 percent on the mark, many times my buddy and I have just posted up in the boat just outside the markers on a busy weekend at the ramp and popped some cold ones just watching the insanity. Super fun with a cringe from time to time.
Careful. Some idiots do not like an audience.
@@asafaust8869 Oh man, I know that. Sometimes the boaters pull up to the launch and see the spectators and instantly start to stress out and they haven't even tried yet.
Reminds me, I need to get down to the local ramp when things start to warm up again.
Loved the 2 gutbuckets waddling pass who did,t seem to notice anything odd, presumably thinking about their next meal.
One of my favorite things to do at the lake is grab a lawn chair, some cold beer, and gamble on who gets into fights! I love the wives driving the truck while husband, drunk, tries to drive the boat and the truck! Those are great.
@@grandmasmalibu I try to wait till one of em loses their shit. The suspense is addictive!
My favorite things at the lake is fishing boating jetskiing swimming grilling out camping ect. Never Ever in my Lifetime have I ever wanted to hang out at the boat ramp and watch what's going on.
@@peetydontpass8309 you’re aware you’re watching bonehead boaters? You wouldn’t be here if it weren’t entertaining. So take your judge mental comment and shove it.
quick fix! Instead of gripping the steering on top where the boat turns in the opposite direction your hand moves, grip the wheel at the bottom and now magically, the trailer turns in the same direction your hands move. Imagine that.
Backing up trailers…raised on a ranch/large farm and was backing up trailers, first with tractors and then with our farm trucks at the age of 11 and 12…came in handy in the Army as I was always asked to help the cooks get their MKT’s backed in correctly…the best ‘possible’ food was always to be had for my squad 😉
Love your comments like My Man and Full send ! I'm a member of the Drain plug mafia .
Love the help that just pick up the trailer.
I like how as the guy is trying to back the trailer down there is also a horribly loaded bow rider in the upper right corner. Just perfect.
Opening day for the 2022 season is not far off and I am already psyched for a few early season ricochets pulling into the boat stall. :)
2:22 Get out of the way”Im fishing!”💀😂🤣
Always fun watching the boneheads!
Being both a boater AND a golfer, I can say that watching people come in on 18 can be highly entertaining as well, though not as dramatic.
I’m always checking out boneheaded boaters😂🤣
Too funny Broncos... Boat ramps are a pain. So glad I never got into these small boats.. my first boat was a 42' Uniflite and kept going up from there. Love docks, hate boat ramps... thanks man.
The ramps aren’t usually the problem it’s the inbreeds that inhabit them that make them miserable.
"Get out of the way!"
"I'm fishing!"
😝🤣🤓⏳🎣🐠
Backing up one of those jet ski trailers for the first time will make you lose your mind.
Never miss a video!! Keep up the work!!
That's some scary boat ramp stuff. Backing a PWC trailer w/a full size truck is a bitch. Unless u have a backup camera the trailer is out of sight; even more so as it goes down the slope of the ramp. Beginner was lucky to have the friend. Now he needs to learn to make less extreme corrections. 😊
also , hanging around the boat ramp and being a nice person (helps to have a nice dog with you) . . . you can often go home with some free fresh fish . . . for real ; )
Absolutely 💯 on the whole practice thing, every other time I go to the launch I end up backing someone's boat into the water because they can't back a trailer and then start panicking and then REALLY GET IT WRONG
I loved the guy helping, several times he just picked up the empty trailer and moved it into the correct place, as even with his directions the driver was backing up wrong. Man went right into the water with the trailer!
A never ending source of hilarity! Next time I’m in Florida I’m going to a boat ramp for some free entertainment!
If you wear a mask outside you will be the entertainment
That must be them SUBMARINE CARS, like yer see's on them there James Dond movies
Surely it's not just in Florida.
Hey, you don't have to go to Florida to see that. ANY boat ramp will provide a day full of entertainment. A lawn chair and a couple cold ones, good times man, good times.
Bring a folding chair with a small cooler of beer on the dock at sundown and watch them try to navigate into their slip. Odds are a lot of them had a full day of drinking and try playing bumper boats getting in. Hilarious!! 😆😆😂🤣😖
My parents showed me the free entertainment of the boat ramps when I was just a kid the Sacramento CA Delta was a lot of fun
Love this stuff.
3:40 also make note a trailer without a boat is invisible from the drivers seat. Need to put a flag on it and practice it empty
Just drop the tailgate & now you can see the trailer. Amazing...
Got my first boat this year, Watching these videos, I went down in the middle of the week middle of the day a few times, and practiced loading an unlading a few times.
Even then you would have had a pretty good video if you saw me that day, probably took 5 tries to get on the trailer, and I was clearly in distress.
You guys got some slippery ramps down there!
I remember I took someone to a old abandoned warehouse loading docks where the trucks parked used that for someone helping them backing up with a trailer
Just keep turning the steering wheel every which way! Maybe it''l line up!! LMAO
Great comment regarding the dock has its own set of rules!! I can back a boat down the ramp even if the opening only has an inch or two on each side, be launched, tied up and out of the way in 5 minutes. Because I prep the boat AWAY from the ramp. This is with no help! It’s really easy. Now,,, having just started to learn how to properly dock a 52 foot Grand Banks Europa with only fresh water experience up to a 20 foot pontoon before, I took classes, have a couple of friends that have grown up at the docks and they have spent hours (too many hours they jokingly say, I think,, haha) making sure I can dock the boat at my private slip I rented at a private dock,,, came with the boat purchase,,,,. I’m getting to be ok, but it will take some more time to get really good at it. I don’t get sweaty palms at public marinas when cruising up the coast of Vancouver island anymore at least!! I’m just glad some of my early attempts were not videoed!! Haha.
Thanks for the videos!!
Man alive that guy in the Toyota Tundra would not stop whipping his wheel hard left and right. 😂
Cousin was sold a 28’ cabin cruiser. The boat place told her it will be ok to pull with her Honda Accord. It went gurgle gurgle.
Another great video! Thank you!
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That last scene looked like weather related!!
Lol ! Hey, nice boat🤣
:51 the doggo running down to "help"
Welllll,,,,,,, at least THAT Explorer didn’t explode!!! Hahaha.
In the words of Valdy, in “Rock and Roll Song”, “Well I should have stayed at home with a big case of beer”. Pretty much applies to most of these clowns!
I was curious if there's videos like these at boat ramps in the greater Seattle area, but I couldn't find any so either Seattle boaters don't make mistakes (except for an occasional boat fire) or people aren't interested (unless it's a boat fire)? ;-D
A short coupled trailer, like the jet ski trailer, are terribly difficult to back up because you cannot see the trailer at all. Quite a challenge to back up something you cannot see.
amen brotha, surprised the "guru" didn't speak to this point! actually i'm not surprised 🤣
I always dropped the tailgate so I could see the trailer, made it very easy
@@davidhendrickson500 I used to do that with my jeep, but the rear ledge on my Ridgeline is so high I can’t see squat.
they make these white poles with an orange flag mount one in the center or even one on each side they stick up you can see it ,takes 10 seconds to put them on and off so no need to drop tailgates etc.
@David Henrickson advocate of this until i hit a steep ramp and dinted the top of my tailgate on the trailer winch bar, thing lies 180 degrees flat hahah unlike the good old flappy ones
Used to fish fresh water lakes in Texas. On multilane boat ramps before daylight you turned your headlights off so you didn't blind other people backing their trailers into the water. When I starting fishing coastal waters I found people to not be as courtious.
Thank God my husband is a 18 wheeler driver, he's perfected backing up the trailer.. BUT..we have issues with loading the boat.. we opted for a slip on the lake.
When I bought a trailer for my kayaks the first thing I did was take it down the street to a cemetery and practiced backing it up.
I wonder if Trip Adviser should start a rating for local boat launch ramps.
Living in the Gulf Coast, one of our fav activities is to go to a boat ramp for entertainment.
In Germany towing a trailer requires a separate certification on your driving license. I've heard it's very easy, but you do need to sit the a test specifically for towing, in order to be allowed to tow a trailer. And watching videos like this demonstrate that the Germans have the right idea.
From what I saw living a few years in Germany, driving was consider a privilege and one had to demonstrate proficiency.
In the US, it is considered basically a right, and the skill of the drivers demonstrate that different mindset.
Germany requires a permit for everything!!
Yeah' but where's the fun in that? Maybe the reason Germany doesn't have any entertaining videos. To many rules eliminating their basic freedoms?
@@duallydriver2 Yeah, maybe that's why we have the Autobahn, and Americans don't. Getting a driver's license in Germany is like getting a pilot license in the US. You are required to show proficiency...and that's a good thing!
@@EuroVrod Bullshit! Everything is about money in Germany! Ain’t nothing free! You’ve been drinking too much KoolAid!!!
Suddenly the truck you were in is in the water?
Maybe put on your emergency brake when you exit it and if you have 4 wheel drive, use it. The boat ramps in our area tend to get covered in Algae bad.
It's been about 45 years since I had a boat , but one thing that seems in short supply today is patience.
So much short fused anger and blaming others for these fools in trouble.
What is even rarer then Patience???????
"Common Sense."
I think patience starts wearing thin when everyone you encounter is an idiot. There are a lot more idiots out there now than 45 years ago
Little trailers with the tongue angle high (wrong drop on hitch) jacknife at the first movement back. Also, doesn't help that you can't see it through your tailgate!
Because the ramp gets so jammed during holidays especially, instead of waiting a couple hours we modified racing go-kart pull stands to allow us to use a hand crank to pull the skis onto the stands then we can take them down to the end of the dock and slide them off into the water no problem. We have a 3.5hp engine and brakes so up hill or down is not a problem however
The real hero was the guy picking up that PFC trailer and helping out like a real bro
Winch cable: snaps
Explorer: "I was never here. You did not see me."
LOL. IT WAS FUN THOUGH.
Every fishing boat when in the way, "But I'm fishing."
My slip at the marina is next to the boat ramp and yes we get to see some of this.
The gas dock can be as entertaining as the boat ramp on a windy day with changing tides
You could have made some suggestions about reversing with small trailers which you can't see in the side mirrors until the angles become too sharp to easily correct. That driver was steering way to sharply as well getting him/her into an ever more difficult situation. Some sort of whip and flag attached to the trailer so you can see where is at. If you see the trailer in either side mirror, steer towards it to bring the trailer into alignment with the tow vehicle. It's unfortunate that small, personal watercraft, sized trailers are the most difficult to reverse. You can't see them in your mirrors (especially when empty) and the shorter the trailer the more quickly it reacts and gets you into trouble. I bet there are lots of TH-cam videos full of trailer reversing tips, but like you say, practice before you get to the ramp.
Spending lunch at the boat ramp is very entertaining.
Those underwater Broncos bro 😀👍😂⛴
If you can't see your trailer in your mirrors I suggest mounting some PVC pipe on each side to wherever that doesn't interfere with loading and unloading that sticks up high enough for whatever vehicles you may use so you can see the pipe in your rearview mirror. You can even add beer holders to each one in case two hands are required to secure the watercraft so you don't end up here.
When I bought my first boat, I would go down to the ramp on rainy days and practice backing down the ramp because I didn't want to be "that guy".
Down on Cape Cod some of the locals bring their lawn chairs and coolers down to the boat ramps for free entertainment.
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Is there any more beautiful art
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stylish at a jetty
it all depends wind direction and if it is blowing and also the current of water also when docking and loading onto the trailer.
I worked at a Marina for years and Saturday and Sunday nights were great nights for stuff like this.
PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT!!
so ready to get back on the water
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Because the ramp gets so jammed during holidays especially, instead of waiting a couple hours we modified racing go-kart pull stands to allow us to use a hand crank to pull the skis onto the stands then we can take them down to the end of the dock and slide them off into the water no problem. We have a 3.5hp engine and brakes so up hill or down is not a problem however we still use the ski trailer to load them.Have used the karts but it is extra work for no reason when it's time to leave unless there are tons of people waiting. The Kart is technically rideable with a hydraulic that lowers the cradle holding the ski down closer to the water or you can also slid it off with the tilt without lowering as well.
The "real reason" of ramp fails is people don't use a tow rope.
Before down the ramp, with the trailer and the vehicle perfectly aligned in the horizontal floor next to the ramp, I attach a big tow rope (mine is 10 meters / 33 ft. long) between trailer and vehicle and desengage the trailer from the vehicle.
Then, slowly, trailer and vehicle descends the ramp. The vehicle's wheels keeps always on dry and clean soil, and (relatively) far away from the water.
To recover the boat, the same: trailer submerged in water and attached to the vehicle (wheels well away from water) with the tow rope.
Then, with the boat attached to the trailer, the vehicle tows the trailer out of the water and out of the ramp. Reached the horizontal floor, I brake the trailer, reverse the vehicle, and engage the trailer to the vehicle.
Greetings from Patagonia, Argentina !!! 🇦🇷
Those boat ramps look to be about 15 degree angle? Here, they are only about 5 degrees. Invest in a mooring or a slot in a marina.
When you get out of the truck at the boat ramp ALWAYS ENGAGE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND ALWAYS DOUBLE CHECK THAT YOUR IN PARK.
I can only say Little trailers are super hard to back up.. especially when you cannot see it in the mirrors
I think the narrator is the longest run-in sentence in the history of mankind
You mean saying boat ramp 50 times in a sentence?
I hade a similar experience me and my family and uncle and anty we were ate the boat ramp and we went to get the boat out and the brakes faled the truck went under water still rembir it like yester day to big of a boat and to small off a truck does not work
In the early spring on the opener you just about always have somebody who hasnt started their boat year this year, you know it ran perfectly when it was put away last Fall. The boat and motor are generally old and not in good shape by any means. When the guy finally gets the boat still on the trailer of course down into the water and they start unloading things out of the pickup and into the boat, food, life jackets, bait rods and tackle, you get the idea. Then the guy has to hook up the gas tank to the motor and generally tighten the connections on the battery, by this time 8 boats could have gone in and out of this landing and people are getting tense! Finally he starts to crank the engine over and it fires once then no more firing he has flooded it, well he cranks some more till the battery is dead and then about 5 guys who have been waiting 25 minutes to get out approach him and strongly suggest he gets his boat out of the way so they can get going. Luckily the guy see that these folks mean business and he pulls his pile of crap out of the way of everybody else. I almost feel a bit sorry for him but then no I dont, if you have NO clue what your doing then ask somebody or stand by the ramp and watch others do it but dont plug the ramp because you have not clue what your doing!
LOLOLOL............I LOVE IT
The guy with the small trailer just needed to install a post-style guide. It's like backing up blind folded.
That should be placed in a time capsule, "never approach the dock any faster than you want to hit it"
In 50 years of boating I have never seen even 1/10 of 1% of what happens at today's boat ramps.
That must be them SUBMARINE CARS, like yer see's on them there James Dond movies
thanks to todays schools the kids have no critical thinking skills and therefore cannot comprehend anything if it isnt on a screen lol
@@artlife6210 Where's my phone? I cant get home.
@@fladave99 lol just aim for the big square housey looking thing like you saw on the Sims
That's the case for a lightweight trailer. Or guide poles.
I have a kayak trailer that I used to pull with my 2dr Jeep JK. Now it was a pain, no backup camera and by the time you are able to see it it's already out of position. I now have a new 2dr Jeep JL with a backup camera and I cannot tell how much that helps. I was always embarrassed and scared to go to the ramp before but now it's a piece of cake. For anyone that doesn't have a backup camera and you're having issues it's worth the investment.
that last phrase "neve approach the dock at a speed harder than you want to hit it" is such a perfect way to sum up dock / marina accidents. just SLOW DOWN
My first reaction when I saw the Bronco go back into the water was "Rinse. Repeat."...
Was station in Key West and we where putting the boat in the water. I let the ex back up the trailer and before I could stop her she back the car off the end of the boat ramp. I got her to stop and keep the engine running, and they said it happens a lot due to the shape of the ramp. So they came out with a tractor and pulled us out. Last time she backed the car up at the ramp.
The reason that fella couldn't back that jet ski trailer in was because he couldn't see it....ya can't control what you can't see.
I lived by a boat landing on a river in Louisiana it never disappointed.
Oh come on...
I love seeing people's reaction on the highway when they see me pulling a 23' Eliminator Daytona with twin eggbeaters at 75mph using my Historic (old) YJ Wrangler running 38's.
(It's hard to see while moving, but the Jeep was built for it with upgrades to brakes, axles, axle shafts, drive shaft, gearbox, transfer case, hubs, and a hidden load distribution bar that puts the tongue weight forward of the receiver).
And, make sure you put some poles on the trailer so you can see what it is doing when you are backing up.
Backing up a trailer made simple. Open your tailgate or hatch turn over your right shoulder and look at your trailer while backing up. Also start out from a completely straight position.
HEY BRONCOS GURU SHAT UP!!!