Hauling a Jon boat without a trailer

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I used to put a 1432 in the back of my old El Camino. It hung out a good bit. I removed the outboard and put it in the motor well of the boat, which was in the front of the bed of the truck-which put all (or most) of the weight in the truck. Then a couple tie downs and it was done. Worked well for many many years. Used to fish on lunch break from work. Lake is like 2 miles from the shop, drive over there, put the boat in and paddle around, 45 min later (and sometimes a stringer full of crappie), load up and go back to work. Honestly the biggest problem was figuring out how to keep 20 crappie while I am at work since we don't have any ice at work. Usually just stuck 'em in a cooler with some frozen ice packs; by time I got home they were still cold but not frozen cold. Either way they still cooked up nicely ;)
 
You just have to make it. Took me about 50 hrs of cutting, welding & scratching my head to get everything done & working. Ramp supports take about 5 mins to set up & a winch in the front pulled it up & lowers it back down. It's a little primitive but has been used at least 20 times & so far so good! If you want some I can see if I have better pics of the set up when I get a min.
 

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