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Originally Posted by Dave R
There are three ways to load a boat onto a trailer, two involve power but one is not "power loading". Idling on to the trailer is perfectly acceptable (John and Nancy tole me there was no problem with it) where power loading is not allowed and always faster than pulling the boat onto the trailer with lines, if done correctly.
I have always idled onto my trailer and winched up the last few feet. I don't tug the boat onto the trailer manually because lines only work under tension and a little cross wind at the wrong time can really screw up the process if the boat is being blown toward you. My boat is rather heavy too, so it would take forever.
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Dave, I did not mean to imply that idling onto the trailer was an issue. This is not power loading. Power loading is simply raising the RPM's and using force, not latent momentum to push the boat up and onto the trailer. I see guys going to what seems like 3-4K RPM's to force the boat up to the trailer stop and then simply hooking to the bow hook. As the do this, they are moving the bottom. forming a crater and subsequent mound behind it. Jon and Nancy also told me that idling on was fine, which I occasionally did in windy conditions. Agreed that this (idle on) is not the issue.
I also see folks power on because they clearly did not back their trailer in far enough and now they are lifting the bow up as they force the boat forward.