Bad trip to the boat launch!

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[Dean P]

That's terrible, damn!

 

[HangOutdoors]

Wow, that reported could of really reported on that, but just stopped...... That is a bad day for that boat owner.

 

[adrianp89]

I still don't get it. How.... does... this... keep... happening?

 

[HangOutdoors]

Maybe didn't put it in park and didn't set the parking brake good. Or maybe the ramp is slick. TBH I am not sure either how this does and could happen, especially with no boat on the trailer.

Wants to upgrade vehicle or get insurance claim???? I dunno..

 

[Dean P]

Ramps get pretty slick when the water is low. It pays to have 4-wheel drive. Or, he forget to put it in park???

 

[Dean P]

Maybe didn't put it in park and didn't set the parking brake good. Or maybe the ramp is slick. TBH I am not sure either how this does and could happen.

LOL, We're both on the same page.

 

[adrianp89]

Ramps get pretty slick when the water is low. It pays to have 4-wheel drive. Or, he forget to put it in park???

Even if you forget to put it in park, the second you let off the brake you should feel it moving backwards. You would have to be mentally incapable of driving to let that happen. Even then on these newer trucks, that is physically impossible, my truck automatically goes to park if I open a door while in reverse.

I guess he could have put it in neutral instead of Park.

I can't buy the slippery ramp theory - maybe if it was a Rav4 with bad tires pulling a 8000lb boat.

 

[HangOutdoors]

But there was no boat on the trailer went it went it. Maybe not set the parking brake solidly and put it in Neutral instead of Park. As it slid back and the rear parking brakes got wet it just kept going.

 

[adrianp89]

But there was no boat on the trailer went it went it. Maybe not set the parking brake solidly and put it in Neutral instead of Park. As it slid back and the rear parking brakes got wet it just kept going.

If its the people to the right - no one should have ever left the truck in the first place. If it's more than just me, I power brake the boat and drive off, while the other person holds the ropes and walks it back to tie it up.

Of course it is a GM, maybe he did everything right and it slipped out of gear or the brakes gave out. I think there is a thread on here about the brakes giving out on a Yukon.

 

[dbfl]

Yikes! That's my home town, and the small launch area at the N. end of Lake Springfield. That ramp is a little on the steep side, and usually in good shape/good traction.

More: Truck slips off boat launch into Lake Springfield

 

[HangOutdoors]

Gently used truck for sale, minor water intrusion It will be on FB Marketplace in about a month when it dries out

 

[JetBoatingUpstateNY]

I bet he's launched here several times and knows how far he "should" back up but maybe the water is high and he floated his back end. Without 4WD engaged he's toast.

 

[FSH 210 Sport]

FWIW,

I often see people just putting vehicles in park on boat ramps or other inclines, then letting off the brake and all that weight rolls onto this small hook. This puts a tremendous strain on a small hook inside an automatic transmission that holds the output shaft, this results in there being difficulty in shifting out of park along with a loud bang as the strain is released. The park position is not supposed to be used solely as the only “brake” for holding a vehicle.

When I’m ready to get out of my truck on the ramp I do the following. With my foot on the main brake I put the transmission in neutral, apply the PARKING brake, then slowly let my foot off the main brake to let the strain be taken up by the parking brakes and make sure it is going to hold the truck and trailer, then I put the transmission into park. I did the same thing when I had manual transmissions.

 

[JetBoatingUpstateNY]

FWIW,

I often see people just putting vehicles in park on boat ramps or other inclines, then letting off the brake and all that weight rolls onto this small hook. This puts a tremendous strain on a small hook inside an automatic transmission that holds the output shaft, this results in there being difficulty in shifting out of park along with a loud bang as the strain is released. The park position is not supposed to be used solely as the only “brake” for holding a vehicle.

When I’m ready to get out of my truck on the ramp I do the following. With my foot on the main brake I put the transmission in neutral, apply the PARKING brake, then slowly let my foot off the main brake to let the strain be taken up by the parking brakes and make sure it is going to hold the truck and trailer, then I put the transmission into park. I did the same thing when I had manual transmissions.

I've always just thrown it in park with my foot on the brake, engaged the parking brake then slowly let my foot off the brake, doesn't this accomplish the same thing?

 

[adrianp89]

I've always just thrown it in park with my foot on the brake, engaged the parking brake then slowly let my foot off the brake, doesn't this accomplish the same thing?

These days yes, in the 70s when cars were shit, probably not lol

 

[johhnyboat]

I don't know about you all, but I would not back down a ramp without a four wheel drive vehicle. I have seen so many big trucks and even dualies struggle to get off the ramp because the rear wheels are slipping.

 

[FSH 210 Sport]

I've always just thrown it in park with my foot on the brake, engaged the parking brake then slowly let my foot off the brake, doesn't this accomplish the same thing?

What you are doing is good! But no it is not the same, even with newer cars. There is a certain amount of movement that happens as your parking brake takes up the strain before it holds the vehicle.

Next time you are on an incline, with your foot on the main brake pedal, put your vehicle in neutral and apply the parking brake fully, then let off the main brake pedal without placing the trans in park, and note how much the vehicle moves.

 

[seanmclean]

I've always just thrown it in park with my foot on the brake, engaged the parking brake then slowly let my foot off the brake, doesn't this accomplish the same thing?

At least in my truck, the vehicle still rolls back a little bit and loads up that tiny pin in the transmission. That could still snap (but at least the parking brake is set).

 

[AZMark]

Wow, that reported could of really reported on that, but just stopped...... That is a bad day for that boat owner.

Yes, the silence there is killing me!

Reporter - can you catch us up on what the hell just happened while you were standing in the way for the only good part of your story?! Is someone still in the truck?! Is anyone planning on doing anything at all about this?!

I would want zero of those people around me in an emergency.