A Giant OOOOHHHPPS today

Now that one is truly hard to believe. With a dry ramp as gentle as that one, the driver had to be suffering from cranio-rectal syndrome big time to get it turned completely around.
 
Hmmm... no skid marks on the ramp. The trailer is lined up straight behind the truck.

Sounds more like: "I'm not good at backing the trailer - think I'll try the straight in approach." :twisted:
 
I've spun my (rear) tyres on that ramp a bunch of times. Never has it spun the truck around WITH TRAILER and headed it down the ramp with everything in line. He/she must of pointed it that way to begin with. What I can't figure out is how they got it stopped. Note the boat is from Arizona.

Could they have parked it there, and the tyde came in? Anyway, 4-wheel/2-wheel had nothing to do with it.

Oh, well MdR is the craziest launch ramp in the USA. Which is why I don't go there any more.

Boris
 
Holy cow!

There's more to the story, much more. He didn't do a 180* on that ramp unless there was a suprise black ice storm :roll: ... Or too much booze?
 
"It goes in the other way".....................

If you look closely at the bottom right corner of the pic there is a wheel skid mark that could prove a spinning wheel turn around backwards thing but how???? and why?????

And ..........at least with a Boston Whaler you don't need no stinkin plug.

Happy Memorial Day :)
 
Milehog":mlj5dyv2 said:
Holy cow!

There's more to the story, much more. He didn't do a 180* on that ramp unless there was a suprise black ice storm :roll: ... Or too much booze?
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I'm with you on this Milehog, more likely too much Black Jack rather than ice.

The Boston Whaler Nauset in the photo is just like my first power boat. For you youngsters the Nauset was the mother of the Montauk. In the late 70's I found it sitting engineless in the back of some company's storage yard in Maryland. It's wooden center console was in good structural shape but looked awful. I inquired and got it for a song. As I recall it was a 1967 model. I installed new steering gear and powered it with a new Mercury 70 hp engine. Pulled the console out and redid it and applied new rubrail. The boat was outstanding in the Chesapeake Bay and Potomac River for many years. It was still running great when I sold it. I have often wished I'd kept it.

Harper
 
Jack in Alaska":2sz4qvry said:
...If you look closely at the bottom right corner of the pic there is a wheel skid mark that could prove a spinning wheel turn around backwards thing but how???? and why?????
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Could be the tire marks were already there.
 
Sorry I just can't believe that the truck and trailer spun on the ramp. I think that is what he told his insurance company. I think whatever he was drinking caused the problem. Probably good he did not get on the water that day.

I am guilty of forgetting the plug twice on my 22 footer in the same year! Of course it was not my fault. Everyone always asks a lot of questions about the C-Dory and that distracted me. The good news is that I was always able to insert the plug before a complete sinking.


Fred, Pat, and Mr. Grey(the cat)
 
Maybe the guy tried to back it down too quickly and without the trailer brakes locked out. Then the trailer brakes locked up and he wound up doing a 180. Just a theory. Regardless, it's clear he was an idiot.
 
I admit to having forgotten the plug a time or two over the years. I am sure we all have. But in the summer with the boston whaler I seldom bothered with the plug in protected waters, like the willamette river. I used the water to cool my bare feet. It takes all of about 20 seconds to self bail while on plane. I love hanging out at boat ramps. And the new crop of go-fast boat owners doesn't disappoint.
 
We lived about 1/2 mile from a county boat ramp on the Sacramento River. Saturday afternoon was always entertaining with 50-75 boats wanting to retrieve and half of the two lane ramp silted up. A six pack and a couple of lawn chairs provided a lot of entertainment. We stopped doing that when gunfire started to be involved! :smileo :smileo
 
Witnesses said he and his wife forgot to disconnect the tie-downs holding the boat to the trailer. When the boat began to rise it lifted the trailer and the rear wheels of the truck. Being rear-wheel drive, the truck rolled down the ramp and into the water. It floated just long enough for the wind to push it around. The tow truck then hooked up to the rear of the trailer and pulled the boat and truck out backward.
I wouldn't have believed it if I didn't know the photographer.
 
Regarding the boat in MdR, that must have been some interesting dynamics. On the trailers I use, there's a ball hitch there which, I assume would allow the floating trailer to pivot up, not affecting the trucks rear wheels. If there's a equalizer hitch there will be some lifting, but the front brakes should hold that boat.

And in the end, the wheels of the boat were pushed up on the ramp, so that the boat is out of the water. Mabey the shot is of the boat after it's pulled up.

I'd love to have a video of the "event".

Boris
 
breausaw":2dyp267z said:
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Here’s a picture of said incident and link to Alaska forum regarding this unfortunate oversight.

http://forums.outdoorsdirectory.com/sho ... hp?t=55398

The wife is always saying "did you put in the plug?" or "do we have the plug in?"

Taking out a friend this weekend for a little shrimping and hopefully catch a butt or two, think I'll put in the plug before leaving the driveway.
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Sorry,
this picture is of the boat in Homer Alaska High Tide ran across at beginning of thread.
 
Sorry for the late reply. I talked to my buddy who took the picture of the boat and truck in Marina del Rey, CA. The wife was backing the boat in but they forgot to remove the tie-downs. The boat began floating and lifted the trailer and rear tires of the truck. Being rear wheel drive, the truck went right in and began filling with water. The tow truck couldn't reach the front of the truck, so they towed it out by the rear of the trailer.
 
My wife's lady friend wanted to help with the launching so I gave her the plug and told her to put it into the hole in the back of the boat. When I did my final check before launching I found the plug...in the splash well drain hole. The lady just wanted to help, the captain is always responsible.
Mike "Levity"
 
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