Originally Posted by
elnutsmalljaws
This is why you keep the front attached until the boat is backed in the water. Slick strips or no slick strips, boats will come off the trailer in the winter time, especially on Day 2 of the trip when it drops below freezing the night before. Leave the front unhooked and back down the ramp then and watch the boat come off the trailer. I have seen it done and it is a bad deal all the way around. I keep my front hooked up no matter the time of year until I have the back in the water.