Kudos to the guy who finally showed up with a screw driver and did what needed to be done while they were still messing with the hydraulic lines. Also, kudos to CCC for continuing to help despite their best efforts at ignoring good advice👏👏
Great “How Not To Do It” video once again Captain. When I bought my last large boat from Parker Boats in Orlando, a beautiful Sea Ray, the Service Manager came out and went over the boat with me, including what to do if things go wrong. He also gave me a list of tools, straps, etc to carry on the boat. Such valuable advice! That was a great dealership.
When I was a kid, 12-13 years old my dad would always let me back the boat trailer down the ramp, so I learned how to do that at an early age. When the neighbor kid, my age and I wanted to go water skiing during the week, his dad who didn't work would pull the boat a mile to the marina for us. Problem was, he didn't know how to back up a trailer so that part was my job.
Oh that £50 I paid for a days tuition from a power boat instructor was the best money ever invested….had many years of happy boating….one of his best advice was to spend a day on the ramps watching
Perfect example of why it pays to be prepared and informed. Things break need to know how to resolve them. Basic tool kit Hammer screw drivers wrench for batteries. Straps big block of wood. So many simple tools can save so much time and money. 2 things most people are trying to save on.
Yet, it can get worse. There can be “38” self-appointed experts bellowing their unsolicited, unwelcome wisdom and insight. After all, the maritime prowess is abundant on the docks.
@christophercrowe335 and who what damage was done when they backed the trailer with boat on the and the out drive dragging. Maybe broken motor mount from going backwards.
This gets me even more scared about possibly being a first time boat owner, but also make me a little relaxed that some training and using common sense will go a long way.
Former marine (boat) rigger/tech here. I stopped attempting to help “the clusterphuck people” at the ramp decades ago. I’ll absolutely step in if they genuinely had some bad luck, and receptive to help, but then there are those whose heads are so deeply buried, I won’t go near them with YOUR 10’ pole! 😂 This is the very reason we stopped boating on the weekends. Too many “Qualified Captains” at the ramp, and on the water.
Lessons learned for sure. I know my liad rite pulks my 20 ft 1970 Auqua Sport. I know even when it it parked straight up and down, it has ground clearence a few feet. 175 outboard.
My first boat was an I.O., my first trip pulling the boat out I dragged the out drive about 6 inches up the ramp. I got home and told my dad “I know why you never let me borrow your boat now” I never dragged a out drive again and ever since that boat I’ve only owned inboards.
If something is wrong and you don't know what to do, the mechanic or the place you bought it is a phone call away. Don't take a poll of the drunks on the dock and then decide to do whatever seems like the least complicated.
I just went through this. All good one minute. No power to the trim cylinders the next. Even the trim guage was dark. Luckily I carry fuses of every size and yes it was blown. Lucky again it gave me just enough time to raise the drive once on the trailer before it blew. The wire off the trim switch behind the side panel of the throttle had frayed over time and was grounding out..
The guy who removed the hyd lines is an idiot, just take the cyl off. I'm a marine mechanic, I love people like this, they provide me with plenty of work 😌
Thank you for saying Mr Greenfield, now my son is going to Jacksonville FL for the same marine mechanic Life. We mechanics, are secured with work for many years to come. Boats are sold faster than the knowledge of experience.
@Kirk Ward Your son should have no problem finding work in that field. Here in Canada they are starving for marine mechanics, I have never been out of work. Now at 43 I'm semi retired and live off grid on a remote island off the coast of BC, even here there is no shortage of work. Good luck to your son 🙂
I really don’t know much about boats but common sense tells you not to put your boat on your trailer like that. They should of listened to you. Great video. ✌️👍
There is a pin that goes through the outboard end of the rams and through the outdrive case. That's how it lifts! There are a couple of E clips holding it. Remove the pin and lift the unit! WOW!!! They finally figured it out!
Hello Fellow Boating Enthusiasts, Friends, And Supporters Of The World Famous CREDIT CARD CAPTAIN: Thank you again CAPTAIN for a mechanical + very enjoyable video. Anyone can have a mechanical, electrical, or hydrolic failure while you are on the water. Many people can't rationalize the different systems let alone requesting help from experienced boaters. Others boaters just listen to people that are assertive but are professional dog walkers ,& the closest they have ever come to a vessel glints in their bathtub. CAPTAIN, excellent video on what not to do. God Bless you and your family CAPTAIN. TMP from N.J. 😊😊😊😊
There is a flat head bleeder screw. then you move the stop pin up. simple you don't take the hydraulic lines off or the rams you don't need a strap. The seals on the rams are leaking that is how all the water got in the fluid.
I was on a friends boat and had this exact same thing happen, on his boat the electric hydraulic pump seized. This boat had less than 20 hours on it still under warranty. I had a crescent wrench with me and I removed the hydraulic lines at the pump and lifted the lower unit tied it off and took to the boat to the dealerships dropped it off. Two weeks later we where underway that was on a Volvo out drive . 😁🛫
@@FlyMeAirplane I did not consider the pin, however in the case of my friends boat the lines were coming off to change the pump. I see the good part being you do not potentially introduce air into the hydraulic system when you pull the pin. But when we look at the Volvo in the video look at the water that came out of the contaminated hydraulic system. So to get it off the ramp quickly the pin is the way to go. Does the MerCruser II work the same way? I just noticed your screen name cool! 😁🛫
I live a thousand miles from salt water, but I had to learn how to read buoys that I've never seen and have since forgotten. A lot of it was dead basics, which I now realize some people don't know.
Well there once was a nice boat at the dock, but after hitting many a rock and dragging their skeg up the ramp they said to themselves all we need is a sawzall to make that skeg a bit shorter.......Yap, little do people know owning a boat there is a lot to know about navigation, mechanics and cost of repairs.
I tell ya what... we all ain't perfect, but most of us have COMMON SENSE MECHANICAL ABILITY. Like the "purchase angle'' for strapping it up to the two transom tow eyes.. I look at it, and it's a no-brainer. (Maybe I take it for granted?) Metrosexuals.... not so much.
He could have stuck a short piece of 2x6 between the outdrive and the transom plate to hold it up.... or put a couple pieces atop the after bunks to elevate the whole boat. Lumber is always the solution.
"Got to have a 10mm" 😂😂😂 I don't know what they're made of but I can never seem to keep one. I dropped a 10mm socket in an engine bay, once and it vanished before it hit the floor. Gone. I don't know where the heck it went. Probably with those odd socks that turn into wire coat hangers. 😂😂😂😂
LOL! Boats are kind of like dryers. Before I had one of those magnetic tools, I lost about 15-20 bucks worth of stainless hex nuts in the bilge compartment of my boat over the years, because of fumble fingers. When I finally got one, it was like playing one of those old crane games at the arcade. I've got a lifetime supply of nuts for my batteries now. 🤷♂
Along those lines, I once stuck a Bic lighter down a four-barrel to keep the choke open. It got sucked in and I just left it. That motor was pretty old, anyway.
You have to remember that most people have the mechanical knowledge of a door knob and couldn't pour piss out of a boot with the directions on the bottom.
Just cannot fix stupid. You tried to help and it's 50/50 if your valuable advice has used. I've been vented on trying to help, therefore i don't try while having a bad day myself.
Hahahah!! ~@03:13 "...Y'all got a flat-head screwdriver...?" (AKA "Standard" screwdriver) Will fix ANYthing... lol That, "Vice Grips!!" and Duct Tape are ALL that ya need. Anyway, can't stand those things. Why they still make flat-headed screws (when a philip screws have SO much more "bite") is beyond me.... freaking slip-slidey-stripping "standard" screws... Bah! :D
People like that who don't listen and or refuse to listen- just sit back and let them do their thing. Hell, they tied that side of the ramp up for how long? Just let them rip their skeg off and be on their way. A boat is like a car, you don't get longevity out of just oil changes, you need to do scheduled "preventative maintenance also"
Non-mechanically minded people owning boats, when they can't even work on their own car. Sometimes, it takes money, pain, sweat and blood to learn a lesson. Even then, you can only teach a dog so much. Usually, the lesson takes in 1 go, if it's rude enough to be battened back in the grey mass for future? reference. I know this and I am sure that more than one commenting here has done the same or similar. Agreed??. I set my boat trailer to float the boat at the lowest hull height possible. Drop axle with low profile skins and airbags. Down on the pavers. This works great for every ramp angle it seems. Not all ramp angles are created equal, hence the airbags. Probably a big part of their issues on this day. They probably had launched the first few times at a much more gradual ramp angle, than this one. They thought "No "problem!". Ooops. Remember the mechanically minded thing??. Look and observe before you launch.
Iusedto enjoy going to the river to watch the antics of the new boat owners, but got tired of watching so many ignore the advice of seasoned owners… my Favorite, years before everyone had a cellphone with a camera in it…. Watched a guy make like 10 runs at the ramp with his custom van and the 26 footer attached, one he got lined up he loaded about 8 passengers and all thier ice chests and other gear then he climbed on board (with his captain hat on LoL) then had his wife back it the rest of the way into the water then his wife just pulled straight forward and abandoned the rig taking up many many parking spaces.. about the time his wife got to the dock people on the boat started hollaring about water coming into the cabin of the boat……. He hadn’t put in the plugs in the rear before they could get someone to backup the trailer to the ramp the boat was laying grounded to the ramp, I heard later they almost ripped the keel out of the boat by the time they got it out …. SMH
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What we have here is: A failure to communicate. Best line from Cool Hand Luke
Don't have to provide where it's from. Why? because "Batches? We dohwn knee no stinkin' batches!"
@@jeffrandolf5673That sounds like Jackie Gleason and Smoky and the Bandit!😁🛫
@@TheFalconJetDriver Blazing Saddles
Thank you CCC😀🛫
A failure to THINK
Kudos to the guy who finally showed up with a screw driver and did what needed to be done while they were still messing with the hydraulic lines. Also, kudos to CCC for continuing to help despite their best efforts at ignoring good advice👏👏
"Go ahead. It ain't my boat." That's not the guy you want "helping" you.
Nah, of someone tells you that, you need to stop doing whatever you're doing immediately!
Great “How Not To Do It” video once again Captain. When I bought my last large boat from Parker Boats in Orlando, a beautiful Sea Ray, the Service Manager came out and went over the boat with me, including what to do if things go wrong. He also gave me a list of tools, straps, etc to carry on the boat. Such valuable advice! That was a great dealership.
Thanks for this! We just recently acquired a boat with an I/O motor and I definitely learned something important here!
When I was a kid, 12-13 years old my dad would always let me back the boat trailer down the ramp, so I learned how to do that at an early age. When the neighbor kid, my age and I wanted to go water skiing during the week, his dad who didn't work would pull the boat a mile to the marina for us. Problem was, he didn't know how to back up a trailer so that part was my job.
Good story
Oh that £50 I paid for a days tuition from a power boat instructor was the best money ever invested….had many years of happy boating….one of his best advice was to spend a day on the ramps watching
Sometimes it's more fun just to watch. We have to support our local boat mechanics and shops.
🤣
Perfect example of why it pays to be prepared and informed. Things break need to know how to resolve them. Basic tool kit Hammer screw drivers wrench for batteries. Straps big block of wood. So many simple tools can save so much time and money. 2 things most people are trying to save on.
It's always nice to have 37 different "expert" spectators scream contradicting commands at strangers
Lol yep
Yet, it can get worse. There can be “38” self-appointed experts bellowing their unsolicited, unwelcome wisdom and insight. After all, the maritime prowess is abundant on the docks.
The outdrive definitely paid the ultimate sacrifice 🙏🏻🤦♂️
@christophercrowe335 and who what damage was done when they backed the trailer with boat on the and the out drive dragging. Maybe broken motor mount from going backwards.
That’s why you have manual overrides, like pulling the pin out! The good thing, is you can weld a new skag on!
I think I can hear Alfred Montaner in the background.....
Great video!
Nothing like a good old fashioned concrete skeg polishing. CCC had it right on how to hold the outdrive in a stable position to get it home.
😂
Boat ramps should charge by the minute...
This gets me even more scared about possibly being a first time boat owner, but also make me a little relaxed that some training and using common sense will go a long way.
Former marine (boat) rigger/tech here.
I stopped attempting to help “the clusterphuck people” at the ramp decades ago.
I’ll absolutely step in if they genuinely had some bad luck, and receptive to help, but then there are those whose heads are so deeply buried, I won’t go near them with YOUR 10’ pole! 😂
This is the very reason we stopped boating on the weekends.
Too many “Qualified Captains” at the ramp, and on the water.
😂 "it ain't my boat bro!" 🎉
Lessons learned for sure. I know my liad rite pulks my 20 ft 1970 Auqua Sport. I know even when it it parked straight up and down, it has ground clearence a few feet. 175 outboard.
My first boat was an I.O., my first trip pulling the boat out I dragged the out drive about 6 inches up the ramp. I got home and told my dad “I know why you never let me borrow your boat now” I never dragged a out drive again and ever since that boat I’ve only owned inboards.
If something is wrong and you don't know what to do, the mechanic or the place you bought it is a phone call away. Don't take a poll of the drunks on the dock and then decide to do whatever seems like the least complicated.
Keep up the good work captain your videos remind me why I don’t use that ramp
This happened to me once. Tied life jackets to the back of the bunks which allowed the backend enough clearance without the skeg scraping.
That works too
Thanks for the share CC
I'm glad I found your channel a while back. You post some good ones, that's for sure. 🤪
Thanks for the advice must be a super comon thing on chaparral. Mine went out last weekend and broke the prop unloading out.
When they take the learning curve that suits them best😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Amazing they were were able to find the launch ramp, as I shake my head.
I just went through this. All good one minute. No power to the trim cylinders the next. Even the trim guage was dark. Luckily I carry fuses of every size and yes it was blown. Lucky again it gave me just enough time to raise the drive once on the trailer before it blew. The wire off the trim switch behind the side panel of the throttle had frayed over time and was grounding out..
Love how everyone gathering. 😄
I’m rockin my “White bait matters” shirt all the way up in Fargo, ND!
The guy who removed the hyd lines is an idiot, just take the cyl off.
I'm a marine mechanic, I love people like this, they provide me with plenty of work 😌
Thank you for saying Mr Greenfield, now my son is going to Jacksonville FL for the same marine mechanic Life. We mechanics, are secured with work for many years to come. Boats are sold faster than the knowledge of experience.
@Kirk Ward Your son should have no problem finding work in that field. Here in Canada they are starving for marine mechanics, I have never been out of work. Now at 43 I'm semi retired and live off grid on a remote island off the coast of BC, even here there is no shortage of work. Good luck to your son 🙂
I didn't understand that either. 1 c-clip and out comes the pin.
I really don’t know much about boats but common sense tells you not to put your boat on your trailer like that. They should of listened to you. Great video. ✌️👍
Gotta love weekend warriors!
Watching that go down raised my stress to dangerous levels.
Yep. Another example of stupid attracting stupider. I wonder how much the repair shop got out of this feascoe?
Hold my skeg while I munch on this burrito...
There is a pin that goes through the outboard end of the rams and through the outdrive case. That's how it lifts! There are a couple of E clips holding it. Remove the pin and lift the unit!
WOW!!! They finally figured it out!
That is what we call chocolate milk. The result of water oil mix. They have a serious problem.
panic at the ramp, too many chiefs and not enough brains
It's not that they didn't listen, it's that they heard all the advice and listened to the wrong people every time.
Great teaching via negative example!
Not exactly mental giants here. Simply watching the strap placement says it all.
Do they no longer put a valve on the control box that allows you to lift the drive?
You ever want an entertaining picnic then pack a lunch and sit by a boat ramp on a busy weekend
You just can’t fix stupid according to Ron White !! No matter how much money you have!
6:21 My wife did not come with the owners manual. Any recommendations on what the maintenance schedule is on a 1984 model? 🤣
You got a manual. It is filled with everything NOT TO DO.
'84! shewwwweee. time to upgrade.
Experts galore..🤣🤣🤣
Floridian wildlife is abundant.
Qualified Captain!!
the trailer being so crooked tells you all you need to know about the boating skills and maintenance hostory
I've been there. I had to do the same thing. Luckly, I didn't have to drag mine on the ramp.
Hello Fellow Boating Enthusiasts, Friends, And Supporters Of The World Famous CREDIT CARD CAPTAIN: Thank you again CAPTAIN for a mechanical + very enjoyable video. Anyone can have a mechanical, electrical, or hydrolic failure while you are on the water. Many people can't rationalize the different systems let alone requesting help from experienced boaters. Others boaters just listen to people that are assertive but are
professional dog walkers ,& the closest they have ever come to a vessel glints in their bathtub. CAPTAIN, excellent video on what not to do. God Bless you and your family CAPTAIN. TMP from N.J. 😊😊😊😊
They may have been clueless, but at least they tied up those landings for a long time.
Ty. CCC .
If your credit is good dumb don’t matter.
You are welcome, it was my honor.
Spc-Lee A Benson 11B U.S. Army (RM)
“If you don’t know what you’re doing…. don’t do it here”
Maybe they should check the air in the tires. Hell, I don't know. That's why I moor my boat at the marina. 🤠
💥 Most Boaters I’ve Seen 😳 Are Not Very Bright… Just Say’in💥
I think I helped push these guys off the beach a couple years ago near the inlet.
There is a flat head bleeder screw. then you move the stop pin up. simple you don't take the hydraulic lines off or the rams you don't need a strap. The seals on the rams are leaking that is how all the water got in the fluid.
When you getting back on a bike and doing some motorcycle vlogs...plenty of idiot footage to be had in that arena.😂
I was on a friends boat and had this exact same thing happen, on his boat the electric hydraulic pump seized. This boat had less than 20 hours on it still under warranty. I had a crescent wrench with me and I removed the hydraulic lines at the pump and lifted the lower unit tied it off and took to the boat to the dealerships dropped it off. Two weeks later we where underway that was on a Volvo out drive . 😁🛫
My external hydraulic lines are frozen in place. The internal ones at the pump are ok. Still the pin is easier.
@@FlyMeAirplane I did not consider the pin, however in the case of my friends boat the lines were coming off to change the pump. I see the good part being you do not potentially introduce air into the hydraulic system when you pull the pin. But when we look at the Volvo in the video look at the water that came out of the contaminated hydraulic system. So to get it off the ramp quickly the pin is the way to go. Does the MerCruser II work the same way? I just noticed your screen name cool! 😁🛫
@@TheFalconJetDriver Yes, Mercruiser is the same. Oh ya, I'm currently flying a Velocity SE out of KPIE.
@@FlyMeAirplane neat airplane, I have not flown light airplanes in 25 years.
One of the reasons Boating Licences are required in Canada, is to prevent Credit Card Captains like this one.
I live a thousand miles from salt water, but I had to learn how to read buoys that I've never seen and have since forgotten. A lot of it was dead basics, which I now realize some people don't know.
We found out that those that need help are only able to accept if they are willing to take it and listen.
way to lock up two ramps for an hour! think you could charge admission at that dock! it's good entertainment.
Kml after an hour they finally pulled the pin that took 30seco'ds😊
Wow!
Just WOW!....lol
Well there once was a nice boat at the dock, but after hitting many a rock and dragging their skeg up the ramp they said to themselves all we need is a sawzall to make that skeg a bit shorter.......Yap, little do people know owning a boat there is a lot to know about navigation, mechanics and cost of repairs.
Protect those lower units . !
OMC drive , it's no loss
I tell ya what... we all ain't perfect, but most of us have COMMON SENSE MECHANICAL ABILITY. Like the "purchase angle'' for strapping it up to the two transom tow eyes.. I look at it, and it's a no-brainer.
(Maybe I take it for granted?)
Metrosexuals.... not so much.
Popeye, bring the Olive Oil, STAT!!!
It's always amateur hour at the boat ramps...
He could have stuck a short piece of 2x6 between the outdrive and the transom plate to hold it up.... or put a couple pieces atop the after bunks to elevate the whole boat. Lumber is always the solution.
He probably wouldn't have listened to that, either.
"Got to have a 10mm" 😂😂😂
I don't know what they're made of but I can never seem to keep one. I dropped a 10mm socket in an engine bay, once and it vanished before it hit the floor. Gone. I don't know where the heck it went.
Probably with those odd socks that turn into wire coat hangers. 😂😂😂😂
LOL! Boats are kind of like dryers. Before I had one of those magnetic tools, I lost about 15-20 bucks worth of stainless hex nuts in the bilge compartment of my boat over the years, because of fumble fingers. When I finally got one, it was like playing one of those old crane games at the arcade. I've got a lifetime supply of nuts for my batteries now. 🤷♂
Along those lines, I once stuck a Bic lighter down a four-barrel to keep the choke open. It got sucked in and I just left it. That motor was pretty old, anyway.
Hahaha dude the strap part did it for me. Wth r they thinking
🤷♀️
You have to remember that most people have the mechanical knowledge of a door knob and couldn't pour piss out of a boot with the directions on the bottom.
How much is a Volvo penta out drive
For anyone that reads this don't ever do what these people or doing always remember u can easily pick that lower unit up by hand
Had this happen to me, pulled the pin and tied it up.
A two place ramp let's take up both
As a millwright that was hard to watch ha ha
Ya can’t fix stupid, but you can watch it destroy a boat
Daddy is not going to be happy
There should be markings and signs, Warning of the drop off.
Like they say “Too many cooks spoil the broth”.
Just cannot fix stupid. You tried to help and it's 50/50 if your valuable advice has used. I've been vented on trying to help, therefore i don't try while having a bad day myself.
Hahahah!! ~@03:13 "...Y'all got a flat-head screwdriver...?" (AKA "Standard" screwdriver) Will fix ANYthing... lol That, "Vice Grips!!" and Duct Tape are ALL that ya need. Anyway, can't stand those things. Why they still make flat-headed screws (when a philip screws have SO much more "bite") is beyond me.... freaking slip-slidey-stripping "standard" screws... Bah! :D
Screwdriver cross the solenoid blue wire to hot... Drive goes up
Oh WOW...
Lot of stupid there. Explaining common sense to someone who has none is fun for everyone else not in the conversation!
Stupid can not be fixed....
No, but it can be documented on the internet (especially here on RUclips!).
People like that who don't listen and or refuse to listen- just sit back and let them do their thing. Hell, they tied that side of the ramp up for how long? Just let them rip their skeg off and be on their way. A boat is like a car, you don't get longevity out of just oil changes, you need to do scheduled "preventative maintenance also"
Non-mechanically minded people owning boats, when they can't even work on their own car. Sometimes, it takes money, pain, sweat and blood to learn a lesson. Even then, you can only teach a dog so much. Usually, the lesson takes in 1 go, if it's rude enough to be battened back in the grey mass for future? reference. I know this and I am sure that more than one commenting here has done the same or similar. Agreed??. I set my boat trailer to float the boat at the lowest hull height possible. Drop axle with low profile skins and airbags. Down on the pavers. This works great for every ramp angle it seems. Not all ramp angles are created equal, hence the airbags. Probably a big part of their issues on this day. They probably had launched the first few times at a much more gradual ramp angle, than this one. They thought "No "problem!". Ooops. Remember the mechanically minded thing??. Look and observe before you launch.
Clear the ramp
I thought he had trailer backed in straight initially? That did not give captain the depth he needed?
Brainiacs 😂
Why’s us that dude wearing a sports bra
Iusedto enjoy going to the river to watch the antics of the new boat owners, but got tired of watching so many ignore the advice of seasoned owners… my Favorite, years before everyone had a cellphone with a camera in it…. Watched a guy make like 10 runs at the ramp with his custom van and the 26 footer attached, one he got lined up he loaded about 8 passengers and all thier ice chests and other gear then he climbed on board (with his captain hat on LoL) then had his wife back it the rest of the way into the water then his wife just pulled straight forward and abandoned the rig taking up many many parking spaces.. about the time his wife got to the dock people on the boat started hollaring about water coming into the cabin of the boat……. He hadn’t put in the plugs in the rear before they could get someone to backup the trailer to the ramp the boat was laying grounded to the ramp, I heard later they almost ripped the keel out of the boat by the time they got it out …. SMH