Lilburn,

When was the last time you actually launched a 18+ boat out there?

The ramp sucks!

Here are a few pictures taken showing:

How steep the angle is @22 degrees
How fast the transition is, trailers are dragging the asphalt at the breakover
How the ramp was only 3/4 replaced and falls away VERY uneven

All that was done was replace a horrible ramp with a new horrible ramp.





It may be "useable" when the water is up but its far from "adequate"

I have seen more than one trailer laying in the grass where the axles have been ripped off or broken due to the transition.

Even with the lake full it still sucks.

It's Lilburn, not Wilburn.

I give up. You are right. It should be replaced. I have not launched a boat since the marina sold.

We did the best we could with the money available. It was a constant battle just to keep the doors open with the low lake level and lack of customers.

I can see that I do not have many fans. I do not intend to post on this subject again.

Guess ive never seen that ramp.

Yea the ramp sucks, but he kept the beer cold!!

Even when the lake is full you had to angle the trailer back towards the slip to get it even. Not a big deal unloading, but important if you wanted to get your boat loaded correctly. It is also fairly steep regardless of regs, but I will concede that if it wasn't we wouldn't even have a ramp if the lake got much below 4' low.

It is unusable at the current level if you don't know what you are doing. I fished out there about two weeks ago and it was a bear to do by myself. If I didn't know how severly you had to angle it towards the slip I don't think I would of got it done, or I would of really screwed up the boat in the process.

Btw, I'm in no way bashing Smithhaven. There is no doubt you poured a new ramp and it was an improvement. It's just going to take some serious money to make it right.