A Horrible Thought

[flytyer57]

I swapped pickup trucks a few days ago. I traded my regular 4WD truck for an extended cab 4WD truck - the back doors open backwards and they can't be opened unless the front door is opened first.

Don't know what I was thinking, but I just realized it's going to be tough to launch by myself with that truck. I fish by myself a lot, and my normal drill is to undo the straps on the back of the boat leaving the front hook attached. Then I back down the ramp, get the boat floating, climb over the pickup bed and unhook the front of the boat. Then I get in the boat, get it started, and beach it or tie up to a dock. Then I climb up over the hood of the truck, drop down into the driver's seat, and park the truck and trailer. I can do that about as fast as two guys can launch a boat, and I just do it in reverse order to take the boat out.

HOW IN THE WORLD can I do that with an extended cab pickup? To launch I guess I could tie a long rope between the truck and the front of the boat, get the boat floating, then pull it to the bank. But, that doesn't help when taking the boat out.

The only thing I can think of is to park on the ramp with both the front and back doors on the driver's side open, then maybe I could get in and out of the truck from the top of the cab. Maybe - it wouldn't be easy.

This is kind of a serious problem for me and I'm not crazy about wading and having wet shoes and pants all day. Any suggestions will be appreciated - thanks.

Ummm...

How about a set of side running boards. Step out of the truck onto the running boards, step down to the bed, hop into the bed and do it like ya used to.

[crappiefisherman]

Now i remember why I liked my old tilt trailer so much