Yeah, brute force from yours-truly alone won't cut it w/o some mechanical advantage from the trailer. I can envision a trailer with a pivoting platform for the boat; you'd basically slide the boat on/off with it flat whether directly into the water from a ramp or onto a set of beach wheels. No clue if such a thing exists though, and there isn't much online info about these things, rolling your own may be the only way to go. Interesting about the seemingly "self-loading" designs...can't wait to get more details (hopefully with pix).

I pm'd Mike and asked him to chime in here, I've seen his trailer pix on his site, but I can't tell from them how much loading assistance is designed in.

tami's not accepting pm's, so if anyone knows her outside of the forum and can contact her, please ask her to comment here also. Same for Kevin Cooke...I found a Kevin Cook on the user list, but wasn't sure if they are one and the same since the listing made no mention of Maryland.

Thanks everyone!