Post by: lokidog on May 06, 2013, 08:42:39 AM
I pull him to the top and stop to unhook his truck. He asked me to follow him to the ramp so I could hook on again as he was afraid the boat would drag him down the ramp into the water. Well, launching his boat went fine. He asked if I would take his boat around the island to the dock, no problem. Earlier , he had dropped the dinghy at the ramp, but now it was floating out in the bay. He heads off, so I motored over to the dinghy, but it is not his, just another blue one. It is attached to a mooring buoy that is flipped and tangled, so I righted it and untangled it, then went looking for the correct one. Well, I find it about a half mile away so inch in to shore and get it off the beach. I finally motor around to the dock and the neighbor that dropped this gentleman off at my house is there to give me a ride to my truck.
When we launched earlier, there was also another neighbor's 28' or so footer on a trailer behind an old pickup, seemed like a small truck for this six-wheeled trailer and boat.....
As we come down the road we turn the corner above the ramp to see that they had launched the big boat... and trailer... and TRUCK, into the bay. :yike: :bdid:
Too bad I had to look for that dinghy or I might have been there in time to help. As we approached, I could see three people in the water, they were trying to unhook the boat that was straining trying to float the trailer by its winch. They had a little Isuzu something hooked to the truck to keep it from going deeper. I guess they had actually pulled it up a bit already as it had been in halfway up the windshield. They got the boat unhooked and tried pulling the truck up but the towing truck just spun its tires. So I hooked up and we pulled the truck out.
It's a shame as it was a nice little pickup. Here are some photos.
Post by: Smossy on May 06, 2013, 08:50:03 AM
Post by: h20hunter on May 06, 2013, 08:52:17 AM
Post by: hunting4sanity on May 06, 2013, 08:55:45 AM
Post by: DoubleJ on May 06, 2013, 08:57:08 AM
That's mighty kind of you to help everyone out. I've had those days were everything goes wrong, a little help means a lot to someone in need.
:yeah:
Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on May 06, 2013, 09:02:53 AM
Post by: Becky on May 06, 2013, 09:53:00 AM
So, yesterday, I get a call from an elderly (yep Smossy's girl, I used elderly, since he's pushing 80 :chuckle: ) ...
Geeze you elderly men are a cranky bunch aye? :chuckle: jk.
Post by: follow maggie on May 06, 2013, 09:00:31 PM
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Post by: TONTO on May 06, 2013, 09:34:16 PM
Post by: Heredoggydoggy on May 06, 2013, 09:52:22 PM
It seems like when bad luck hits, it comes in bunches....
Post by: cohoho on May 08, 2013, 10:20:35 PM
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Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on May 18, 2013, 10:18:43 AM
Post by: Kola16 on May 18, 2013, 10:29:10 AM
......and I just have to point out that it is a Chevy :chuckle: :sry: :sry: :sry:
Post by: Cylvertip on May 18, 2013, 12:16:32 PM
......and I just have to point out that it is a Chevy :chuckle: :sry: :sry: :sry:
"Like a rock"
Post by: lokidog on May 18, 2013, 12:19:07 PM
......and I just have to point out that it is a Chevy :chuckle: :sry: :sry: :sry:
"Like a rock"
:chuckle:
Post by: Smossy on May 18, 2013, 03:11:26 PM
Post by: NW-GSP on May 18, 2013, 04:12:23 PM
As you can tell I have seen a few episodes of the red green show :chuckle:
Post by: gaddy on May 18, 2013, 04:18:38 PM
Post by: 12Gauge on May 18, 2013, 04:24:23 PM
That's a shame. Old truck like that ('58ish?), has lived it's life just fine until this point, and then through no fault of it's own gets dragged into the salt. Brutal.
That truck will never be the same again.
Now if he goes straight home and pressure washes it then it may have a chance.
Post by: gaddy on May 18, 2013, 04:32:39 PM
hope the owner addresses her needs asap. a simple bath wont be enough. she needs a therough make over.
Post by: lokidog on May 18, 2013, 10:43:23 PM
Post by: 20 Minutes on May 21, 2013, 05:09:35 PM
Perhaps that man should downsize his boat and invest in a new truck. He should have known better....
Post by: Gobble Doc on June 23, 2013, 12:44:09 AM
Post by: SemperFidelis97 on June 23, 2013, 01:47:49 AM
Post by: lokidog on June 23, 2013, 08:48:22 AM
Its more scary to me that these people try to pull these boats down the road with severely undersized vehicles. It is a good thing that what happened was harmless, and no one was killed trying to get that thing from A to B.
No worries on endangering others on the road, we have only a few miles of gravel roads out here. ;)
Post by: DoubleJ on June 23, 2013, 09:21:02 AM
Post by: lokidog on June 23, 2013, 10:46:10 AM
The way the wipers are positioned, that truck looks like it's crying
They were twitching like a salmon that's been bonked not quite hard enough. :chuckle:
Post by: clindsayrun on June 23, 2013, 12:40:34 PM
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Post by: bearpaw on July 16, 2013, 07:49:03 PM
Post by: lokidog on July 16, 2013, 09:04:51 PM
lokidog did they decide what to do with that Pu??
They bought another rig on the island that they are going to use for its engine.