Easily trailer any pontoon or big boat by yourself. Anyone can do it after watching.

In this video I'll go over the steps I take in order to easily trailer my pontoon boat by myself. Most of the time I go out with just my little ones and they aren't quite old enough to be trusted helping my load and unload the boat. If you follow these directions when loading up onto the trailer it'll make it easy every time. Thanks for watching. By the way subscribing is totally FREE. Not sponsored by SunTracker we just love them.

[@davidgrason161]

That little girl is precious .... and she sure has a lot more energy than I've got. I love the way she rushes to help in any way she can. That's so sweet.

[@freshwaterfiend6268]

She sure does. Doesn't matter what I'm doing she wants to be in the middle of it. Lol.

[@oldhardrock2542]

I subscribed just with the hopes of seeing more of your relationship with your helper. You're a blessed man.

[@loveoneanotherasihaveloved8327]

Great video, thank you for the tutorial.

[@Not2daysatan]

Good lil helper you got there ❤

[@scottlenox4497]

Way to be a good Dad! 👍🏼

[@danniyoung1569]

Thanks!! We are new to the pontoon, so this video helps us old folks a lot!!

[@freshwaterfiend6268]

Glad I could help.

[@rubinrowles9634]

Good info, thanks!

[@jameshaines6232]

Thank you for helping me out cool beans

[@usaa3987]

Awesome Video!

[@hardrockminer-50]

Super helper!

[@freshwaterfiend6268]

Definitely always trying to do everything.

[@patrickbridges5095]

Thank You

[@pickinpop]

buying my 1st pontoon tuesday, in Mandeville of coarse on the way home will stop and drop it in at manchac, thanks for the video!!!

[@matthewhays6408]

Thank you for taking the time to show this. I watched 3 other ones like this and no one trimmed the motor up. Not sure why.

[@martykroenecke4273]

There is no reason to trim the motor up on a pontoon boat. They sit way up on the trailer and don't need to be up.

[@davidrossman7925]

Thank you for this! We just bought a pontoon boat, I’ve put v-hulls on trailers before but man I was struggling with the pontoon! The first 3 times I was waist deep in the water trying to wrestle the boat over the trailer because I kept putting it too far in the water. After watching this, my wife who’s NEVER pulled a boat onto a trailer in her life was able to get it on the first try while I stayed dry! Thank you!

[@davidmeyer3424]

We’ll, that’s embarrassing!

[@KayakFishingWithMark]

thanks for sharing my friend.

[@freshwaterfiend6268]

Thanks for the visit

[@roadster2776]

im 20 lol , nice job , great assistant , i have a couple grand assistants

[@wilfor03]

Good job

[@ybenningz1]

Subscribed

[@andrewzuk8721]

Thabks for the video. What size shaft do you have on the trolling motor?

[@garymorton7211]

I have a party barge with a cabin and rear tent. Much windage. Ramp is steep. It is a bear to trailer if their is any wind from the side. The initial contact of the boat on the trailer is usually not enough to keep it from being blown sideways, even if I goose it onto the bunks. Boat is too heavy ( or underpowered) to scoot itself on the bunks. We have experimented with how much trailer we put in the water. We have recently kept throttle on while crew backs the trailer more under the boat. Or station a crew member( when available) on the ramp, with a rope hooked to very back of boat, on the windward side.

[@ddcd53]

Nice video. I would add one more thing for safety. I would never allow the small kids in the vehicle until the vehicle and boat are well out and away from the water. If for some crazy reason the vehicle goes down in the water like I have seen in many videos, the kids go down with the vehicle and they might not make it out. Thanks for sharing. DD

[@robinstewart6510]

Better than leaving small kids to run around unsupervised at a busy ramp facility. You're not watching them. You're busy messing with your boat, trailer, and truck. The others there at that facility, equally distracted, don't want to be bothered.

[@richardsmith2243]

Easy with no wind let see on a real windy day

[@ksamrow1]

Launch looks familiar.

[@kenneymoore624]

I had a hard lesson. I learned to add a tie strap from the front eye connection down to the trailer. This prevents the front of the boat from bouncing going down the road. I had damage to the rear pontoon caps where the tie down points connect. The rear straps held strong and when the front of the boat bounced the rear tie points dented into the cap and cracked the welds. I recommend three points of tie down along with the wench connection.

[@freshwaterfiend6268]

What year is yours? My winch pulls at a downward angle. Just wondering if they maybe changed it. Thanked for the feedback.

[@kenneymoore624]

@@freshwaterfiend6268 I have a 2017 Avalon rear fish. The winch pulls forward. No down force. Big design flaw!

[@kenneymoore624]

I watched ur video again and my winch works just like yours. Watch that down force. Happy boating! Cute kids too👍

[@alexrambo8955]

We have a similar bunk trailer and just trim the motor all the way down. It’s so high on the trailer no need for the transom saver if the motor is trimmed down. We just trim up for launch and retrieve. May save you a step.

[@hardrockminer-50]

The transom saver takes weight off the transom and keeps the engine from bouncing

[@davideckwright7743]

Do you have a vid of how you launch by yourself? Buying my first pontoon and would get much more use if I can run it alone.

[@freshwaterfiend6268]

I'm actually working on one now. Whenever I get in from work I'm hoping to finish it so I can post.

[@toddytwotones2905]

What do you use for rod holders on front of pontoon?

[@freshwaterfiend6268]

In the front I use the stock ones that came with it. The back I made some out of PVC.

[@mc7072]

Did your trailer come with the load guides or are they after market?

[@larrygarver1506]

I have the smaller version of his sun tracker and it came with those.

[@jonathonburrer6773]

Are the rod holders bolted in the front? What do u use

[@freshwaterfiend6268]

Yes, they are from the factory. There's one on each side in the front as well as one in the aft.

[@ernestodelao1601]

So leaving the trailer that far out don't u have too use a lot of engine power to load it? Thts what keeps me from leaving it that far out. I was backing to far in tho but not pulling it out quite as far as you, but still not landing on bunks correctly 100% of the time .

[@freshwaterfiend6268]

It takes some power but not much. Just trim up and it'll slide right up. When you back down to far the back is still able to float so you'll miss the bunks some times. As long as you wet the bunks it doesn't take much throttle and the pontoons will fall right in the bunks.

[@robinstewart6510]

I know this is out of context, but just picked up my SunTracker Fishin' Barge pontoon boat yesterday and can't get the swivel chairs to actually swivel. They won't budge. Is there some trick to getting them to swivel?

[@freshwaterfiend6268]

There's a lever on the bottom. Make sure seat is all the way pushed down into socket. Sometimes the first time you swivel them can be a little tough but after that they'll spin easily. They only lock on the sides they have the channels in the seat pedestal. Hope it helps

[@robinstewart6510]

@@freshwaterfiend6268 .. Thanks for responding. Yeah, looking under the fishing chairs, I finally found that well recessed lever and did get the seats to swivel. It was a fight since the chairs don't swivel easily. I push on the lever, but the seats still don't want to move. Hopefully that will improve in time. If not, I'll resort to grease or something.

[@quedogkualum]

Where did you get those padded ratchet straps for the back?

[@freshwaterfiend6268]

I actually found them at Walmart. With all the regular ratchet straps, not in boat section.

[@quedogkualum]

@@freshwaterfiend6268 thanks

[@chaoticadventure]

What prop is that?

[@spencercolgan]

Looks cold out.

[@jponyboyace]

Pontoons’ not barrier coated…..trailer is not galvanized ….other then that fine video..nice job dad

[@banjajohn7097]

Child in harms way!

[@sharonbraselton4302]

wróñg

[@noneyabidnez6296]

Sorry but the captain should never leave the helm with the motor running