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I love at the 1:15 mark the white ford comes backing in at 20mph bonsai's the water making a huge splash. im sure he had to bend his license plate back out
The best one I have ever seen was a private party(individual) that put houseboats on and off for people that didnt have a trailer, I guess he underestimated how much this one house boat weighed because his truck did a wheelie about a 1/4 of the way up the ramp then slide back down. Eventually it took 3 trucks chained together to pull out the one house boat.
My favorite was at the big ramp at Mead..... huge go fast boat was backing in on trailer.....Husband backing in the rig tells wife to apply reverse in the boat....She does, nothing......... He YELLS at her to apply reverse.........nothing....... He gets out of the truck and SWEARS at her...... she selects FULL reverse, truck loses traction and the whole rig goes for a swim........Best part is the open drivers door clip this proud example of manhood on the way down and gashes his skull open like a swat from the heavens....."Thou shalt not sweareth at thine wife whilst she commandeth 900HP" Seems someone forgot to unhook at the front...... We named that boat "Karma".........
If I lived closer to orwood marina I'd eat there often since their patio faces the ramps there is always something to see.
Those guys handled it well. But yeah, guides would have been great or they could have pulled the trailer up a foot or so then they could have just winched, powered or muscled it into place . I think those boats only weigh 1,200 pounds (1,700 with the women on board).
I kind of felt sorry for the guys loading (very slightly), I'm betting that not only were they getting heckled from the crowd but I'd guarantee they were catching hell from the women in the boat.
I kind of felt sorry for the guys loading (very slightly), I'm betting that not only were they getting heckled from the crowd but I'd guarantee they were catching hell from the women in the boat.