Topic: Very bad day (Read 5937 times)

Master Captain · « **Reply #25 on:** August 10, 2008, 15:37:06 »

we don't go on the weekends either because the lake would be jammed packed. But on our last launch someone was next to us and we were launching they got their boat off first and a kid was hold a rope to pull it over to the dock, well as the boat went off the trailer the rope snaped and it went adrift. It ended up behind our boat so i couldn't go anywhere, also i had to watch for the rope, don't want that in the prop. But somehow it drifted over to the dock, he was one lucky kid.

Capt. Le Velle · « **Reply #26 on:** August 10, 2008, 16:13:45 »

very lucky when i buy the tug i want i wiil have a nice cabin but for now i have a bowrider, carolina skiff, and a pontoon boat so no cabin yet

llamalord · « **Reply #27 on:** August 10, 2008, 19:51:01 »

Quote from: Capt. Le Velle on August 10, 2008, 08:02:15

you have a 125 hp engine i have a 250 Hp mercruiser 4.9 liter V-8 and you go faster. I think your boat weighs less then mine

Before anyone is in my boat it weighs slightly over 3,000 lbs.
^{and it's a 135hp not a 125hp.}

How mush does your boat weigh? looks to me like... ...5,800 lbs, Just a guess. $:-\$

TerryRussell · « **Reply #28 on:** August 10, 2008, 22:28:59 »

Mine is just over 3 tons. (unfuelled)

Capt. Le Velle · « **Reply #29 on:** August 10, 2008, 22:40:53 »

llamalord you are exactly right it is 5,800lbs and sorry for putting 125 and not 135

llamalord · « **Reply #30 on:** August 11, 2008, 03:56:02 »

I'm sorry I said that the full gear weight with no passengers was 3,000 lbs. I meant it's empty weith is just under 3,000 lbs and it's full gear^{(No passengers)} weight is about 4,000 lbs. or about two times the weight of the SUV that tows it.

Capt. Le Velle · « **Reply #31 on:** August 11, 2008, 03:59:33 »

with nothing in mine it weighs 5,800 but my truck weighs like 3.5 tons

llamalord · « **Reply #32 on:** August 11, 2008, 04:08:53 »

Man that's a truck!

What make and model is it... ...I'm far too nosey not to hear of this massive truck.

Capt. Le Velle · « **Reply #33 on:** August 11, 2008, 04:17:02 »

Its my 87 ford f-150 its not to big it just everything is steel. I did a weight check on it yesterday

Here is a pic of the outline of it

Yes i know it says 88 but the 88 and the 87 are the exact same

llamalord · « **Reply #34 on:** August 11, 2008, 04:35:37 »

We tow with a Toyota Four Runner (4WD)

Ours has more chrome on the sides and bumpers though.

Capt. Le Velle · « **Reply #35 on:** August 11, 2008, 04:42:54 »

nice. Here is a demo of the engine in my truck

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVyj44RMFfE&feature=related

Then im getting a glasspack

This is what the glasspack sounds like but it will be louder

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ua64_Kb-ru4

Capt. Le Velle · « **Reply #36 on:** August 11, 2008, 04:47:20 »

oh and today i put my boat in and i used my truck but you know how you have to slam on the brakes a little bit to the the boat off. When i did that i forgot how steep the grade was and i almost ended up the in river. The truck slide down the ramp and the whole back was underwater

llamalord · « **Reply #37 on:** August 11, 2008, 04:56:51 »

Hmm... My dad unhooks the boat and shoves it off the nose of the trailer and then I back it out of the loading area and then come back to pick every one up at the dock.

And yes I took the Coast guard coarse and got my licence. ⁴⁹/₅₀ on the test. (any less than five wrong and you fail in Massauchusetts and get no second chance.)

Capt. Le Velle · « **Reply #38 on:** August 11, 2008, 05:00:32 »

Im not able to push my boat of the trailer thats why i slam on my brakes. It was very slick on the boat launch so my truck slide when i had to pull the boat back up. When i upgrade my engine i cant tow anything with it

llamalord · « **Reply #39 on:** August 11, 2008, 05:03:38 »

We can't push the boat off either, As I said I have to use the boats engine to get it off the bunks. Don't worry about getting stuck in the mud after running the prop the ramp is concrete all the way out.

Capt. Le Velle · « **Reply #40 on:** August 11, 2008, 05:08:20 »

today was bad i hit a thing i call a "boat Killer" also know as a tree hidden under the water

Agent|Austin · « **Reply #41 on:** August 11, 2008, 05:45:37 »

Do any damage?

Master Captain · « **Reply #42 on:** August 11, 2008, 15:39:09 »

we tow with an '05 GMC Envoy. Heres a pic http://www.berkshireforsale.com/listingImages/2344_2005_GMC_ENVOY_1.jpg (http://www.berkshireforsale.com/listingImages/2344_2005_GMC_ENVOY_1.jpg) Ours just doesn't have a bug shield or running boards, plus some other accesories that makes it "unique"

Agent|Austin · « **Reply #43 on:** August 11, 2008, 19:50:15 »

Quote from: Capt. Le Velle on August 11, 2008, 04:17:02

Its my 87 ford f-150 its not to big it just everything is steel. I did a weight check on it yesterday

Here is a pic of the outline of it

Yes i know it says 88 but the 88 and the 87 are the exact same

That's impossible 250s are half tons 150s are quarter tons. Even with steel would not add another two tons.

llamalord · « **Reply #44 on:** August 11, 2008, 19:57:29 »

I thought my truck looked like it weighed a little bit more with the full cabin in the rear. $:-\$

Capt. Le Velle · « **Reply #45 on:** August 11, 2008, 21:50:00 »

my truck isnt stock
and the quarter ton is how much i can carry. The little ford focus is about 2000. And my truck is a quarter ton for hauling

Capt. Le Velle · « **Reply #46 on:** August 11, 2008, 21:51:07 »

if your truck weighted a quarter ton you will not be able to tow anything

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TerryRussell