20 years ago I had a standard shift pickup. Went fishing by myself was ready to load boat. Went and backed trailer in water this was a very steep ramp. Circling the boat to line up with trailer truck started rolling backwards. Had no choice but to hit the trailer with boat. Had a 175 mercury, water was past the doors on pickup pushed the truck with boat back to launching position. Did not know at the time the emgency brake is not designed to hold in reverse. Everytime I got off the gas to go latch boat and secure the truck rig would start rolling back.
There was no one around to help. Could not find anything in boat to chock the wheels with. Finally got two life jackets to throw under the back wheels of truck. It held long enough for me to get out of boat and into the truck. Next trip you can bet I had a set of brand new wheel chocks to place behind the tires. When you fish by yourself a lot you have to pay more attention to small details.
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