I am glad you found your files because this was what I was thinking about. Thank you.

I really admire your ingenuity. Thanks for the inspiration. This will be my winter project.

Dear Eric I am age 62y now and i couldnt agree more with you that as one gets older you tend to feel like a lone ranger. like you, i love woodwork and diy stuff . i guess thats one sure way to stay active and keep onself busy. thats a very ingenious drawbridge you made...very impressive. Chin

Great job! My wife and I just bought a waterfront lot on western vancouver island- this video will hopefully get the idea factory in gear- Thanks

I wish I saw this before I built my ramp. Going to try to add the last hinged piece like yours. Great idea. For the exact reason you have, no young people to assist when the fun ends.

Pretty nice set up Eric Smart move preparing for the future as you did Luckily the Lake house i use has its own Concrete launch and recovery ramp on the property which is very convenient to just using the trailer for winter storage plus by the ramp there is enough room to park most of the trailers in the summer time ! Yes they sit in the weather but that doesn’t appear to hurt anything with proper maintenance and lubrication One thing a freind of mine does on his lake is he utilizes a 12volt winch mounted to his truck to get his docks and boats out of the water seasonally by himself Its a pretty good setup and he uses a inexpensive winch from Harbor Freight he stores in the garage untill he needs it as it attaches to his trailer hitch receiver temporarily

This is cool. What's funny is about 25 years ago my father inlaw and me build a great dock for his place. Nice welded stands and 12 foot long pressure treated sections. Built to last. Then we both got 25 years older and we can hardly lift one section now. hahaha He has to hire some kids from the high school football team to put it in and take it out. Smart move future proofing your setup. All the best, Jay

That's awesome! I came here looking for a simple pressure treated ramp or pair of 2x6 rails to pull a Sun Dolphin pedal boat up a similar bank at our camp ground. Nothing fancy, and I'd have to be able to remove the ramp from the water at the end of the season. I was thinking of just pulling the boat up the 10' with a rope, but I like your 'thinking about the future' as we aren't getting any younger. Maybe I should look into the wheels and a hand crank recovery system, haha! Thanks for your video!

Look pretty good... ;)

Cool 👍

tbh, this is impressive

We need to go fishing some time...

Great video, would be nice to do a second video of how you built this and where you bought the components and cost to build. I want to build something similar for my kayak. Can you take a close up of the rollers or send me the link to where you purchased these? Thanks Jim NC

Awesome! I've been researching ways to build a ramp to pull my Jon Boat out of the water without a boat lift. It never dawned on me to make it so it could be raised out of the water. Are those wheel kits till on ebay?

I have been thinking about buying an old boat trailer, removing the axle and wheel and then building a steel frame that sits just outside of the trailer with a single pivot point such that I can tilt the trailer down into the water to retrieve the boat and once fully on the trailer, gravity would rock the boat on the pivot point to near horizontal and well out of the water. Just gotta find the right trailer (cheap). Any thoughts about how to do this?

Eric, your ramp is awesome! I’d like to build a ramp for my pontoon. Where did you buy the rollers?

I'm looking to build the same thing. What are you using for a hinge?

What materials did you use & measurements? I'd like to build this 😎 ty