How NOT to tow: phase 2

localboy · Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 2:27 pm Post subject: How NOT to tow: phase 2

A friend of mine, who also owns a trailerable boat and is a deputy, sent me these. WOW. Shocked

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Don't have any specifics on exaclty what occurred, but it sucks.
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eNORMous · Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 4:13 pm Post subject:

I think that pole just jumped right in front of them Crook

Ya never know, they may have had to divert from someone else - looks like a bad day all the way around.

DaveS · Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 4:19 pm Post subject:

Quite a few years ago, one of the C-Dory owners was trailering his 22' C-Dory and was rear-ended by a semi-truck, which pushed the C-Dory into that back of his pick-up truck. Somewhere in the former C-Dory Owner's Group site there were several pictures posted of the mishap.

cemiii · Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 4:22 pm Post subject:

Can't tell for certain from the small picture but it does not look like a surge coupler. If not, brakes might have substantially lessened the impact if not avoiding it altogether. Certainly hope there were no injuries.

JamesTXSD · Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 4:34 pm Post subject:

Is that the new Bayliner "car topable" model? Cool

kennharriet · Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 10:05 pm Post subject:

Looks like a good option to save on the cost of a trailer. No more need to repack bearings, incur the cost of annual trailer registration, etc. The boat could be launched bow first by firmly applying brakes at the bottom of the ramp. No more embarrassment as others observe your poor backing skills.

DaveS · Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 10:59 pm Post subject:

Looking at the traffic light, he can rest assured that he won't get ticketed for running a red light as these photos clearly depict that he has the green light.

Aurelia · Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2015 11:03 pm Post subject:

As seen yesterday near our home at the Purdy ramp. Cindie saw it slide off but I just missed it as I was watching traffic.

I am not sure why exactly it let loose but we didn't see any winch strap in play. After the two riders jumped out of the boat, it tipped to the other side and slid down the pavement backwards about 30ft into some brush. Made me cringe for sure.

Greg

anchorout · Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2015 11:15 pm Post subject: launch

I hear those teflon strips on the pads really make it easy to slide the boat into the pavement or water, whichever comes first.

Pacificcoast101 · Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2015 12:59 am Post subject:

All too common..

thataway · Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2015 1:09 am Post subject:

The below boat was just purchased on its way to Louisiana via I 10 in Florida. Someone cut the trucker off, and he lost control. I don't know what type of brakes were on the trailer, and it was raining fairly hard. I wonder if there was an E/H system, if the outcome would have been different. The old adage is to hit something cheap. In this case the damage is several hundred thousand. The cops did catch the car which cut the truck off.

The boat was about a 40 foot Fountain. Quad 300's! He had insurance.

The boat was put on a flat bed and is already under the rep are process.

localboy · Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2015 9:28 am Post subject:

A few yrs ago I was towing our 25 home from Snohomish having just filled the fuel tank in prep for a long trip. On a two lane highway, speeds about 50 mph with a few side streets. Lady does a "California stop" and pulls out of a side road right in front of me. I dynamite my brakes (I actually had to stand in my seat and the ABS did it's thing on the truck) in order to not deep trunk her and the trailer brakes/tires lock up and smoke. At the next intersection I put it all in park, lock the brake, get out and let her have it. Ironic thing: her 2 yr old g-daughter in the back seat, in the middle, in a car seat. I probably would have killed that little girl as she is driving a small Hyundai. Granma is clueless.

Thank GOD no one was hurt and the boat/trailer did not separate or jack-knife. Some people should not drive or own cars.

TyBoo · Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2015 12:38 pm Post subject:

All the hating people and letting grandma have it is going come back and bite you right in the ass when you are older, Mark. Take it from an old guy. People make mistakes and until any of us no longer need a boat to go across the water we are not perfect.

Kushtaka · Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2015 12:50 pm Post subject: I smell brakes!

The OP's original post looks exactly like an issue with trailer brakes, if I had to guess, SURGE! I'd speculate he had to tap his brakes going through that intersection and his trailer did a little more than that, sending him into that post.

Surge brakes are tough. I am pretty much over them. I like to manually operate my trailer brakes rather than leave it up to chance inputs at the hitch. It takes a lot more focus, but when your trailer gets squirrely a little nudge on the actuator and it just straightens right out. Otherwise you need to get on trailer brakes in emergency stops, and sometimes going downhill, but you still want to rely on your engine.

OR, his trailer had no brakes and needed them, because it got squirrely side to side and pushed his truck off the road.

Either way, a lot of these problems come to trailer brakes either engaging when they shouldn't or not engaging when the should.

localboy · Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2015 1:07 pm Post subject: