SC_HotFoot
Cadet
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- May 1, 2010
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Well this happened several years, if not a decade ago.
But I felt it was well worth telling here.
My brother in law ran a landscaping co.
and one of his contracts was mowing the boat ramp
access areas at one of the local lakes.
We had decided before hand that I would go with him
on this day, and we were going to just stay at the lake and camp
overnight and fish and whatnot.
Upon arriving at this particular boat ramp,
right away we noticed the Fire Dept, Police, and backed
up to the boat ramp was one of those huge wreckers
the kind that they use to tow 18 wheelers.
I spotted the diver buoy flag floating in the lake not
far from the boat ramp and immediately expected the,
worst, that someone had drowned.
It was not until I saw the winch cable running into the lake,
that I immediately started to grasp what had happened.
It was only a few minutes and a diver surfaced and instructed
the tow truck driver to start winching.
Slowly, the top cab of a pick-up started to surface, along with the front,
to my amazement there was another diver standing in the bed of the
truck holding onto the roof as it surfaced.
Then the front of the boat surfaced, and it all became too clear.
In his haste the guy apparently failed to release the winch, and according
to the fireman I was now in conversation with failed to even take the tie down straps off the back of the boat!
According to the fireman an eyewitness said he was cursing and kept getting out of the boat and backing the truck deeper down the ramp frustrated as to why the boat wouldn't come off the trailer, until finally at WOT in reverse
he managed to pull boat, truck, trailer and all into the lake!
But I felt it was well worth telling here.
My brother in law ran a landscaping co.
and one of his contracts was mowing the boat ramp
access areas at one of the local lakes.
We had decided before hand that I would go with him
on this day, and we were going to just stay at the lake and camp
overnight and fish and whatnot.
Upon arriving at this particular boat ramp,
right away we noticed the Fire Dept, Police, and backed
up to the boat ramp was one of those huge wreckers
the kind that they use to tow 18 wheelers.
I spotted the diver buoy flag floating in the lake not
far from the boat ramp and immediately expected the,
worst, that someone had drowned.
It was not until I saw the winch cable running into the lake,
that I immediately started to grasp what had happened.
It was only a few minutes and a diver surfaced and instructed
the tow truck driver to start winching.
Slowly, the top cab of a pick-up started to surface, along with the front,
to my amazement there was another diver standing in the bed of the
truck holding onto the roof as it surfaced.
Then the front of the boat surfaced, and it all became too clear.
In his haste the guy apparently failed to release the winch, and according
to the fireman I was now in conversation with failed to even take the tie down straps off the back of the boat!
According to the fireman an eyewitness said he was cursing and kept getting out of the boat and backing the truck deeper down the ramp frustrated as to why the boat wouldn't come off the trailer, until finally at WOT in reverse
he managed to pull boat, truck, trailer and all into the lake!
an the electric windows were up and the rear wheels could not get traction and the whole thing slid backwards underwater.