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I'm looking at getting a mm rig. Not set on a brand yet, what I'm wondering is if anyone has experience pushing their boat off the trailer into the water and cranking it back on the trailer. The spot I have to launch is not a ramp but I can get a trailer in the water a good ways just probably not enough to float the boat off. Let's say I was to get a 1860 with a 40 horse 1/8 inch hull, would that be even close to possible?


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gatorglide the bottom of the boat and the bunk boards and you can push the boat off the trailer in the yard if you want too.

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Gator Glide. Nuff said. I promise you, you and me together could not do this with this boat and bare aluminum hull.


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I got a two speed winch which is nice to have low gear (super high torque) on certain launches

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Thanks for that vid, that helps a lot.


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Or just use gator glide.

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Anybody ever tried just using Gatorglide on the bunks rather than the hull? I don't know how I would paint my hull without a way to winch it up in the air off the trailer.

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A tilt bed trailer will work too.

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