My ride from work takes me right beside a cove in Boston Harbor. Sitting stuck in traffic today, I saw a pretty neat home-made rig to get a boat into the water. Guy had a jon-boat, about 12' long. Looked like fiberglass. It was in his pickup bed hanging out about 2' over the tailgate. He had a bracket clamped to the transom; it was obviously home-made...it had two C clamps that appeared to be welded to some steel channel. The channel came down the transom, and ended in a bracket below the bottom of the boat. A wheel about the size of a wheelbarrow tire was attached to the bracket. I watched him pull the boat straight out the tail gate almost all the way, lowering the wheel to the ground. He walked back, picked up the bow, and wheeled the boat over the rip rap to the water's edge. He went back to the truck and got oars and some gear and headed back to the boat. Presumably, if you had a motor, you coud get the boat to the water, unclamp the wheel bracket, and clamp on your small O/B. Pretty neat, and no dragging the boat.

LBH, I was reminded of your post about the Rhino coming off the bottom of your boat because you have to drag it to launch it.

I've seen a dual-wheel version of that.

Actually, I think BPS used to sell those things and may still do.

Yes, the one I saw is a bps product.

I have this for my boat.

Paul

Geez....and I was going to rip the guy off and apply for a patent.....

LMAO