What I don't like about the back channel ramp

  • Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59988
    #1845163

    If you don’t put your rig in park and don’t set the parking brake, the whole line up of rigs are going to be waiting until your rig is towed out.

    Reported about 10 minutes ago.

    At 9′ there shouldn’t be much of and incline there to pop a park pin.

    Dennis Williams
    Apple Valley, MN
    Posts: 244
    #1845168

    Hopefully they were only using 1 of the 2 sides. What is the over and under on that?

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59988
    #1845169

    The tow truck with take up both sides unfortunately. Hopefully the current hasn’t taken it past the bridge.

    Dennis Williams
    Apple Valley, MN
    Posts: 244
    #1845172

    I had the opposite of this happen. A guy was having trouble pulling his boat out of the lake with his car. I hooked on my tow strap and dragged him about 20 ft before I figured out his emergency brake was still on.

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59988
    #1845174

    LOL! Now thats funny!

    Here’s a couple from about 20 minutes ago…should be back to normal.

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    Steve Hix
    Dysart, Iowa
    Posts: 1135
    #1845260

    How deep did it go? Just enough to be embarrassed or way in to your wallet?

    chuck100
    Platteville,Wi.
    Posts: 2573
    #1845272

    Looks like into the wallet.

    David Blais
    Posts: 766
    #1845281

    Aww man. That sucks. He looks like a hard working guy taking a day off to fish.

    We had this almost happen to us there. Put the truck in park and the truck started sliding back. Now we put it in 4×4, use the parking break and put it in park

    crawdaddy
    St. Paul MN
    Posts: 1456
    #1849896

    Should have just went to Everts. Grade isn’t so steep and less problems.

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59988
    #1849969

    ^ Bait.

    Tom Sawvell
    Inactive
    Posts: 9559
    #1850008

    Should have just went to Everts. Grade isn’t so steep and less problems.

    That’s about like supporting a political party that one doesn’t believe in. I’ll pay the back channel.

    Smellson
    Posts: 326
    #1850010

    Can I ask what beef people have with Everts? Seems certain people are constantly passive aggressively trying to sway people away. Used Everts off and on over the years and never had a bad experience?

    gonecribbin
    reads landing MN
    Posts: 517
    #1850017

    Can I ask what beef people have with Everts? Seems certain people are constantly passive aggressively trying to sway people away. Used Everts off and on over the years and never had a bad experience?

    It’s a personal vendetta that a couple people have set forward for their own reasons, they won’t be happy till Everts isn’t available to anyone.. be a sad day when there is only 1 ramp to use, gonna have to get there early..
    Hopefully everyone is on the water soon, launching from wherever they want…

    milemark_714
    Posts: 1285
    #1850022

    Guy probably regrets not using a wheel chock,parking brake probably non-functional?

    FishBlood&RiverMud
    Prescott
    Posts: 6687
    #1850057

    Can I ask what beef people have with Everts?

    Personally I prefer a concrete ramp with a dock and no lines of people.

    Also for $30 I’m covered for the year and don’t need to stop into a building to pay the $5.

    I’ll just leave it at that.

    I’m also a fan of promoting everts….to Keep the crowds there and not on the public ramp.

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