Boat on the loose

[ka0tyk]

Wow, you cash see the tongue get hammered as it went over the curb into fence. I can’t imagine how much force would that take to do that.

Wonder if it drilling the tongue pushed the hydro brakes and helped it come to a stop. It sure had a lot of momentum...

 

[RitcheyRch]

Pretty wild and could have been much worse had it hit a car with people in it.

 

[Rayson1971]

Prime example of putting that cart before the horse.

 

[Done-it-again]

I guess the break away lanyard wasn’t attached or it was incorrectly.

 

[Backlash]

That Howard was sick of waiting around all winter and was ready to hit the water.

 

[JayBreww]

Wonder if they’ll name it “Runaway”


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[boatpi]

Somebody’s pretty lucky no one got killed it would’ve taken much I think I was on a real ghost ride imagine that hidden you hit on with a high of that bowSomebody’s pretty lucky no one got killed

it would’ve taken much I think I was on a real ghost ride

imagine that hidden you hit on with a high for that bow it will go right over the hood through the windshield and decapitate anyone.

 

[Tank]

Somebody’s pretty lucky no one got killed it would’ve taken much I think I was on a real ghost ride imagine that hidden you hit on with a high of that bowSomebody’s pretty lucky no one got killed

it would’ve taken much I think I was on a real ghost ride

imagine that hidden you hit on with a high for that bow it will go right over the hood through the windshield and decapitate anyone.

H20toie...is that you??

 

[DWC]

Always thought this could be an issue parking in front of Absolute.

It is a little steep but they seemed very prepared when i picked up my boat. They had it chocked on both sides Not sure if they were being helpful or making sure my shit didn’t fly down the hill but they helped hook it up and Unblock.

 

[Riley1]

So? What happened to the safety chains?

 

[Outdrive1]

So? What happened to the safety chains?

Walt said the entire hitch broke loose from the tow vehicle.


Btw Walt. What kind of tow vehicle?


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[4Waters]

Walt said the entire hitch broke loose from the tow vehicle.


Btw Walt. What kind of tow vehicle?


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30yo 1ton dually

 

[Outdrive1]

30yo 1ton dually

Oh man. So just an old hitch that no one has climbed under the truck and looked at in 30 years.


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[LargeOrangeFont]

30yo 1ton dually

LOL.

Shoulda bought that new 1/2 ton.

 

[4Waters]

Oh man. So just an old hitch that no one has climbed under the truck and looked at in 30 years.


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I was being a smart ass, I have no idea.

 

[Outdrive1]

I was being a smart ass, I have no idea.

Lol.


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[JayBreww]

I doubt it would have broken off the hitch. If so, where’s the hitch?
Probably just wasn’t chocked out front of the mechanics or something.


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[Outdrive1]

I doubt it would have broken off the hitch. If so, where’s the hitch?
Probably just wasn’t chocked out front of the mechanics or something.


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Even though one of the members was there and saw what happened? They even posted what happened in the thread. But you’re probably right. [emoji106]

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[HNL2LHC]

Forgive me for my ignorance But.....even if the hitch pulled out of the receiver the safety chains should have been on the bumper of vehicle, right?

 

[LargeOrangeFont]

Forgive me for my ignorance But.....even if the hitch pulled out of the receiver the safety chains should have been on the bumper of vehicle, right?

Not if the entire hitch assembly came off the truck, which is what allegedly happened here?

 

[JayBreww]

Even though one of the members was there and saw what happened? They even posted what happened in the thread. But you’re probably right. [emoji106]

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Crazy.


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[Outdrive1]

Crazy.


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Haha. Seems impossible to me also. I would have guessed it was parked on the street as well.


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[riverroyal]

1 new trailer coming up

 

[Riley1]

Usually 6+ bolts holding a receiver assembly to the frame.
No way 6 bolts fail at the same time.
even if it was down to 1 bolt (5 fell out over 30 yrs) no way you don’t notice that while you’re hooking up.
If that’s the story, I’m assuming way more negligence and someone is fluffing up an insurance story.

 

[RiverDave]

Wouldn’t the hitch still be attached to the trailer? In the pics I saw the jack wheel was in the vertical position as well? (Hooker to a truck it would be horizontal?)

 

[LBZRCKS]

The police recording says it rolled down from Absolute

Yesterday’s Run Away Boat Incident – Havasu Scanner Feed, LLC.

 

[Taboma]

Even though one of the members was there and saw what happened? They even posted what happened in the thread. But you’re probably right. [emoji106]

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Whatta mean "Even though one of the members was there and saw what happened?" ---- Which of the two eye witness stories is correct ? One is at a shop about to be washed and just chocked with a rock and the other eye witness states it's at Cambell's Cove and came off a truck along with the whole hitch, which I can't see in any pics

 

[Outdrive1]

Whatta mean "Even though one of the members was there and saw what happened?" ---- Which of the two eye witness stories is correct ? One is at a shop about to be washed and just chocked with a rock and the other eye witness states it's at Cambell's Cove and came off a truck along with the whole hitch, which I can't see in any pics [emoji848]

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[Taboma]

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Not seeing anything but you quoting me

 

[Outdrive1]

Not seeing anything but you quoting me [emoji848] [emoji848] [emoji848] [emoji848]

I posted an emojis.

Guess the eye witness wasn’t really an eye witness??


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[Taboma]

I posted an emojis.

Guess the eye witness wasn’t really an eye witness??


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Which eye witness ?

 

[02HoWaRd26]

I still cannot figure out, how what or why the cop car was there, unless it was the most Absolute perfect coincidence that he was on the street at that exact time the boat was moving down the Horizon.

 

[rmarion]

that baby was Flying!!!! shit.... in glad it worked out well... that could of ended UGLY in a heartbeat

 

[ONE-A-DAY]

I still cannot figure out, how what or why the cop car was there, unless it was the most Absolute perfect coincidence that he was on the street at that exact time the boat was moving down the Horizon.

He just happened to be there at the right time, you can hear his surprise when he calls it in over the radio

 

[t&y]

Wouldn’t the hitch still be attached to the trailer? In the pics I saw the jack wheel was in the vertical position as well? (Hooker to a truck it would be horizontal?)

I don't know Dave. Sometimes those Hookers are parallel to the truck. It really depends on the size of the interior and how much cash is on hand.

 

[Springfield]

I still cannot figure out, how what or why the cop car was there, unless it was the most Absolute perfect coincidence that he was on the street at that exact time the boat was moving down the Horizon.

Same question in my mind viewing the video, one hell of a coincidence.

 

[QC22]

I had a 20 footer get away from me in my driveway

I had to walk her in the last few feet to my storage spot and walk her out to hook her up. I always did all this shit by myself when the kids were little etc. I had this idiot procedure of using the wheel chocks to move her downhill. Pull the chock, put back in after a few inches, rinse, repeat. I was using a cinder block. Probably did it 20 times over a couple years and I was starting to get more aggressive with how far I'd let her roll. This last time I put the block in front and when the tire hit it, the cinder block crumbled. Fuccccckkkkkk!!. She went about 25 ft. and the left front tire hit a retaining wall as the jack and wheel combo dropped off of the curb and sidewalk. One scratch on the trailer fender and no other damage. Of course the first thing I did was look around and see if anybody saw it because I was so embarrassed. Nope. Hooked her up and went to the lake. And now I post the story on the f'ng internet...

 

[CobraDave]

LOL.

Shoulda bought that new 1/2 ton.

The boat was tired of being pulled by an under powered, under rated half ton. It was in search of that 30 year old duelly. The evidence of the intent was it pulled right into the drive way between the gates.


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[BoatCop]

The boat heard that there was an open parking space at Windsor Ramp.

 

[85RiverRAT]

Anybody got a police report or something substantial to this story. The chatter here, on FB, Instagram, all the Instagram pages is all over the place.

Gotta love all the speculation when something like this happens, good entertainment value sometimes, but also really frustrating to read other times, it just gets really dumb really fast. I'm still puzzled by the recounting of this whole event. There isn't a drawbar or receiver/hitch assembly on that trailer tongue in any photos or in the video. And many have pointed out that the trailer jack is vertical, if it was on the truck, hooked, the trailer jack would be flipped up and horizontal. For the whole receiver to come off the truck is one thing, but then you'd think that parts of it would have to be with the trailer, or in the event it also popped off the ball, and then what about the safety chains, they would have dragged the hitch assembly with it, something would still be with the trailer. That shit just doesn't drop straight to the ground at the gas station the boat makes right turn out of the lot on its own, with none of the hitch parts with it..come on! Really?!?

If the trailer hitch pin, draw bar pin, and receiver bolts, and safety chains all are missing and just happen to fail at the same time then yeah, it came off the truck, really hard to believe that was the case. If the boat simply popped off the ball, you'd think it would have buried itself into the back of the truck, first before taking off down the street.

The other version floating around is that the boat was being moved, maybe by truck or forklift, trailer tongue wasn't locked/pinned, and the chains weren't secured and it took off, makes more sense then the whole damn receiver failing while fully hooked up. My speculation, .02$, IMHO, is that I've gotta go with the wheel chock scenario, much more likely that it wasn't chocked right and it started rolling. Everybody on here knows that hill, and the shops along the side walk. The drive ways are steep too. A boat unhooked with a just a rock or a 2x4 under the tires is bad news for rolling down the street. Gotta go with the second scenario......

 

[CobraDave]

Anybody got a police report or something substantial to this story. The chatter here, on FB, Instagram, all the Instagram pages is all over the place.

Gotta love all the speculation when something like this happens, good entertainment value sometimes, but also really frustrating to read other times, it just gets really dumb really fast. I'm still puzzled by the recounting of this whole event. There isn't a drawbar or receiver/hitch assembly on that trailer tongue in any photos or in the video. And many have pointed out that the trailer jack is vertical, if it was on the truck, hooked, the trailer jack would be flipped up and horizontal. For the whole receiver to come off the truck is one thing, but then you'd think that parts of it would have to be with the trailer, or in the event it also popped off the ball, and then what about the safety chains, they would have dragged the hitch assembly with it, something would still be with the trailer. That shit just doesn't drop straight to the ground at the gas station the boat makes right turn out of the lot on its own, with none of the hitch parts with it..come on! Really?!?

If the trailer hitch pin, draw bar pin, and receiver bolts, and safety chains all are missing and just happen to fail at the same time then yeah, it came off the truck, really hard to believe that was the case. If the boat simply popped off the ball, you'd think it would have buried itself into the back of the truck, first before taking off down the street. [emoji2357]

The other version floating around is that the boat was being moved, maybe by truck or forklift, trailer tongue wasn't locked/pinned, and the chains weren't secured and it took off, makes more sense then the whole damn receiver failing while fully hooked up. My speculation, .02$, IMHO, is that I've gotta go with the wheel chock scenario, much more likely that it wasn't chocked right and it started rolling. Everybody on here knows that hill, and the shops along the side walk. The drive ways are steep too. A boat unhooked with a just a rock or a 2x4 under the tires is bad news for rolling down the street. Gotta go with the second scenario......

The funny part is the amount of thought you put into it. Realistically, nobody cares on here. It’s just something to talk/joke about.


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[85RiverRAT]

This would make sense for those saying the drawbar came out the back of the truck. With the trailer jack down.

 

[LargeOrangeFont]

The funny part is the amount of thought you put into it. Realistically, nobody cares on here. It’s just something to talk/joke about.


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Truth. Either the jack completely failed, because the tongue is on the ground, or it just popped out of position and was fully retracted because it was hooked to a truck before it took off.

It’s none of our business how or why, but I’m glad it was caught on video.

Do they even put wheels on tongue jacks to support heavier boats? Most of those sizes boats seem to have a stand on the tongue jack, not a wheel. Although I’m sure there are exceptions.

 

[Taboma]

Truth. Either the jack completely failed, because the tongue is on the ground, or it just popped out of position and was fully retracted because it was hooked to a truck before it took off.

It’s none of our business how or why, but I’m glad it was caught on video.

Do they even put wheels on trailers that big to support heavier boats? Most of those seem to have the stand on the tongue jack, not a wheel. Although I’m sure there are exceptions.

Go on, say it, I know you want to ---- It wouldn't have happened if it had been in a rack

 

[LargeOrangeFont]

Go on, say it, I know you want to ---- It wouldn't have happened if it had been in a rack

It seems to be on a rolling rack?

 

[85RiverRAT]

The funny part is the amount of thought you put into it. Realistically, nobody cares on here. It’s just something to talk/joke about.


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Yea, agree, it is funny. I'm the classic over thinker. Gotta exercise my keyboard and BS with the rest of the group sometimes. I can't always be a lurker, no fun in that.

Just hard for me to believe that a nice boat like that Howard would be so horribly hooked up, with bad equipment, leading to a failure like this, and then everybody jumps on the bandwagon and runs with it. My stomach/heart sunk watching this...great entertainment for sure, glad it was video'd, nobody hurt, 'SMAT LANCH', self-driving, etc. etc. etc. but damn, I pictured the Hallett taking off down the road like that made me cringe. Ours was in at Savage not even a week ago getting tuned up for the season. Couldn't imaging having to go see my boat at the bottom of that hill.

 

[WATERDOG]

Even though one of the members was there and saw what happened? They even posted what happened in the thread. But you’re probably right. [emoji106]

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I was surprised how many members were there myself. Still wish I got video of it just cruising down the road in it's lane.

 

[WATERDOG]

Anybody got a police report or something substantial to this story. The chatter here, on FB, Instagram, all the Instagram pages is all over the place.

Gotta love all the speculation when something like this happens, good entertainment value sometimes, but also really frustrating to read other times, it just gets really dumb really fast. I'm still puzzled by the recounting of this whole event. There isn't a drawbar or receiver/hitch assembly on that trailer tongue in any photos or in the video. And many have pointed out that the trailer jack is vertical, if it was on the truck, hooked, the trailer jack would be flipped up and horizontal. For the whole receiver to come off the truck is one thing, but then you'd think that parts of it would have to be with the trailer, or in the event it also popped off the ball, and then what about the safety chains, they would have dragged the hitch assembly with it, something would still be with the trailer. That shit just doesn't drop straight to the ground at the gas station the boat makes right turn out of the lot on its own, with none of the hitch parts with it..come on! Really?!?

If the trailer hitch pin, draw bar pin, and receiver bolts, and safety chains all are missing and just happen to fail at the same time then yeah, it came off the truck, really hard to believe that was the case. If the boat simply popped off the ball, you'd think it would have buried itself into the back of the truck, first before taking off down the street.

The other version floating around is that the boat was being moved, maybe by truck or forklift, trailer tongue wasn't locked/pinned, and the chains weren't secured and it took off, makes more sense then the whole damn receiver failing while fully hooked up. My speculation, .02$, IMHO, is that I've gotta go with the wheel chock scenario, much more likely that it wasn't chocked right and it started rolling. Everybody on here knows that hill, and the shops along the side walk. The drive ways are steep too. A boat unhooked with a just a rock or a 2x4 under the tires is bad news for rolling down the street. Gotta go with the second scenario......

" My speculation, .02$, IMHO, is that I've gotta go with the wheel chock scenario, much more likely that it wasn't chocked right and it started rolling."
" I'm going with this too.

 

[Looking Glass]

The funny part is the amount of thought you put into it. Realistically, nobody cares on here. It’s just something to talk/joke about.


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You must care.