1982 MR 180

redneck joe

redneck joe

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I'll post a pic when I can but man o man o man steps installed on the trailer tongue to get in over the bow is sooooooo much nicer that trying a three point stance on the tongue, post and winch with wet feet.

Best boat dollars spent in quite some time. The way my body has degraded last 12 months or so i need to start thinking about this stuff more.
 
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redneck joe said:
I'll post a pic when I can but man o man o man steps installed on the trailer tongue to get in over the bow is sooooooo much nicer that trying a three point stance on the tongue, post and winch with wet feet.

Best boat dollars spent in quite some time. The way my body has degraded last 12 months or so i need to start thinking about this stuff more.
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I think about this stuff every danged day! ;)
Got a link for the steps? Might need something like that in my future.
 
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I went with the three step and I chose this one because the first step is below the tongue so that make the first or last step easy. I didn't have enough tongue space to mount there so we stabbed on some tube to the bow stop post. About 12 inches but I'll be cutting off about 5. And the wife likes it...

 
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And don't hesitate. You will not be disappointed. One thing i did not take into account was my trolling motor mount. I knew i would have to mount on the side but didn't thing about the trolling motor being right there. I took the mount off and will put on the other side but I think your is permanently mounted. Unfortunately that leaves holes, which I had reused so don't feel too bad and since I'm into function more than looks I'm going to use my 6 inch non slip tape and a walkway on the bow to cover those holes.

So hopefully you have enough tongue space.
 
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Just checked your thread you have motor mounted on opposite side so you should be good.
 
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Thanks, I'll add it to the list of many things to check out for this boat. :sneaky:
 
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