captras
Jetboaters Captain
- Messages
- 1,224
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- Location
- Lake Livingston, Texas
- Boat Make
- Yamaha
- Year
- 2016
- Boat Model
- 242 Limited S E-Series
- Boat Length
- 24
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LOL, We're both on the same page.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.
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.Ramps get pretty slick when the water is low. It pays to have 4-wheel drive. Or, he forget to put it in park???
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.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.
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?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.
These days yes, in the 70s when cars were shit, probably not lolI'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.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).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?
Yes, the silence there is killing me!Wow, that reported could of really reported on that, but just stopped...... That is a bad day for that boat owner.