LOL Many moons ago, as a summer job, I did concrete foundations - with the old dog-and-tie forms, made out of rough-cut lumber and using 3/4" plywood - and filled with years worth of form oil. So, I agree! Concrete sucks balls. The pay wasn't bad but the hours were long and concrete gets worked when it wants to be worked. Anyhow, most boat ramps (around here) are slabs and pour off-site. They then put them into a bed of gravel and use pea-stone (I think) to top them off. They drop 'em in with like a boom truck. It's not like that where you're at? I'd have figured that'd be all the rage, for some definition of 'rage' when it comes to the frequency of putting in boat ramps. Even here, that's not actually a regular thing - at least not that I've seen.