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[QUOTE]sworrall - 3/23/2020  9:20 PM

[QUOTE]North of 8 - 3/23/2020  12:15 PM

[QUOTE]Jerry Newman - 3/23/2020  10:11 AM

Not sure if it's still available... I've seen the shallow water assist option on empty Ranger trailers in parking lots threw the years though. It's a separate winch system that controls a couple of rollers that lift up the center of the boat to help float it off, and then lower it back on the trailer bunks. 
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The separate winch system was what I remember.  The launch I was volunteering at is not great in the best of times, and was really a challenge during the drought but that guy was able to launch a heavy glass boat more easily than others with lighter aluminum.  Township I live in would like to get a better launch but location and money are just too big a hurdle.  The cost of a simple one dock landing that was discussed last year was way beyond what I would have expected.[/QUOTE]

That's a feature invented  by Ken at K-Dee, the trailer was a K-Dee Launcher. A couple companies offered it as a shallow water launch feature.[/QUOTE]

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Posted 3/23/2020 9:20 PM (#956407 - in reply to #956369)
Subject: Re: Do you like a boat you're in, or on?

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North of 8 - 3/23/2020 12:15 PM

Jerry Newman - 3/23/2020 10:11 AM

Not sure if it's still available... I've seen the shallow water assist option on empty Ranger trailers in parking lots threw the years though. It's a separate winch system that controls a couple of rollers that lift up the center of the boat to help float it off, and then lower it back on the trailer bunks.

The separate winch system was what I remember. The launch I was volunteering at is not great in the best of times, and was really a challenge during the drought but that guy was able to launch a heavy glass boat more easily than others with lighter aluminum. Township I live in would like to get a better launch but location and money are just too big a hurdle. The cost of a simple one dock landing that was discussed last year was way beyond what I would have expected.

That's a feature invented by Ken at K-Dee, the trailer was a K-Dee Launcher. A couple companies offered it as a shallow water launch feature.