Pontoon ladder

[Cat nip]

Does anybody have one of those under deck mount ladders that slide out the front of the boat? The non telescopic 4 or 5 step kind? I am wondering how easy or hard it is to deploy and stow?

 

[ahicks]

Ladders like that are not so popular as they may interfere with a boat lift and/or a trailer.

 

[Cat nip]

I understand that. I am just hoping to get some firsthand or secondhand experience feedback. The back of my toon is awfully cluttered up for a boarding ladder and i like the idea of having it off the front and being able to us it as a kind of ramp when boarding from shore over muck or silt.

 

[MRS]

I am thinking of getting the ramp that goes under in the front for the same reasons you mention. The only things I have heard is it gets in the way of hooking up your strap to the trailer when loading and launching the pontoon. But tired of sinking in the muck when beaching the pontoon on the shore plus the dog makes a mess with all the muck and mud.I will figure a work around for launching and loading hookup.

 

[Cat nip]

I was thinking about the mounting issue also since my bow eye is under the boat on a piece of angle iron that connects the first 3 crossmembers. So im contemplating mounting it off center. I think it would still work fine that way. And i have a bunk trailer so it shouldn't get in the way