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Old     (p_e_ski)      Join Date: Jul 2004       07-20-2006, 4:18 PM Reply   
Troubles began last sunday. Bent the rudder shaft when we hit something submerged in 12 feet of water. Ordered new complete rudder setup. Today was all new. Went to our regular ramp, which ended up being closed while the DNR did body recovery search for a guy who drowned yesterday. Decided to go up river to the next ramp which ended up being a big mistake. Haven't been to this ramp in 5 years and it appears a portion of the ramp has dropped off. Backed the trailer down and just as the boat started sliding into the water, the whole trailer dropped off the end of the ramp. Boat came off fine, but the trailer frame just in front of the tires was resting on the edge of the ramp. Two foot drop off from end of ramp to the ground. Can't get the trailer to roll up over the edge without brute force and even then it smashed in the fenders. Here is a pic of the worst part of the damage. The hitch bar tore in 2 pieces at the weld. Had to leave the family to go ride for an hour while I went to buy a replacement hitch bar and ball. Also ripped up my wiring harness and brake emergency cable. Got off kinda lucky. Could have been a whole axle or something. Then to top it all off, had to figure how to get the boat back onto the trailer with less than half of the bunks in the water. lots of extra speed during approach and a little power loading while cranking on the winch. Not the best option, but happened to be the only one. Hope we get all this outta our system and get the biorhythms back in sync. Upload

 
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