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fourchon boat launch claims it's first victim
Posted on 6/29/16 at 9:53 am
Posted on 6/29/16 at 9:53 am
This post was edited on 6/29/16 at 9:56 am
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Posted on 6/29/16 at 9:55 am to maisweh
is there a truck down there with the trailer?
Posted on 6/29/16 at 9:55 am to Nado Jenkins83
Yup.
Posted on 6/29/16 at 9:58 am to maisweh
no more pictures? i put in there all the time. Amazing how many people dilly dally around there.
Posted on 6/29/16 at 9:58 am to maisweh
Can someone walk me through how this happens? I've only ever launched lighter boats but how do so many people per year end up sinking their truck?
Posted on 6/29/16 at 9:58 am to StrongBackWeakMind
quote:looks like the end of the trailer.
Is that the tailgate?
Posted on 6/29/16 at 9:59 am to CarRamrod
quote:Yeah you're right.
looks like the end of the trailer.
Posted on 6/29/16 at 10:02 am to CarRamrod
The trucks bubbling. I'm not even sure what the hell happened.
Posted on 6/29/16 at 10:03 am to maisweh
Does this count toward the grand isle death truck count, I mean Fourchon is kind of close. Lol
Posted on 6/29/16 at 10:05 am to maisweh
Great white? That thing is huge! 
Posted on 6/29/16 at 10:12 am to maisweh
"How does this happen?"
Three weeks ago I ready my boat for launch in the parking lot (not on the ramp because I am not a chode.)
I back down the ramp and with my trailer tires in the water I stop, put on the emergency brake, and jump out of the truck to unhook the strap holding the boat on the winch.
When I get back in the truck I realized I left the truck in reverse. Thank God the emergency brake held.
My point is it is possible to sink your truck.
Three weeks ago I ready my boat for launch in the parking lot (not on the ramp because I am not a chode.)
I back down the ramp and with my trailer tires in the water I stop, put on the emergency brake, and jump out of the truck to unhook the strap holding the boat on the winch.
When I get back in the truck I realized I left the truck in reverse. Thank God the emergency brake held.
My point is it is possible to sink your truck.
Posted on 6/29/16 at 10:16 am to bird35
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When I get back in the truck I realized I left the truck in reverse. Thank God the emergency brake held.
were you alone?
I can't understand how groups of 4 will only have 1 person doing all the work
Posted on 6/29/16 at 10:21 am to bird35
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My point is it is possible to sink your truck.
I know it's possible, this board has made me terrified of it happening
Is it only caused by leaving the truck in reverse and not hitting e-brake?
Posted on 6/29/16 at 10:24 am to bird35
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I stop, put on the emergency brake
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I realized I left the truck in reverse
This has to be it.
I'm not saying I'm doing it right, and I may be trusting my parking brake too much, but I've been doing this for a long time. I almost never use my parking brake. I always place the vehicle in park first, even if I do use the emergency brake. Never had an issue.
Posted on 6/29/16 at 10:26 am to maisweh
Posted on 6/29/16 at 10:28 am to AlxTgr
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I always place the vehicle in park first
This is the part I'm not getting. I have never once in my life gotten out of a vehicle without putting it in park. It's just reflex at this point.
Posted on 6/29/16 at 10:31 am to bird35
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When I get back in the truck I realized I left the truck in reverse. Thank God the emergency brake held.
We have all done it. Sunday my buddy backed the trailer down the ramp and as I was driving the boat towards the trailer he was standing next to the winch stand with his reverse lights on. It happens, even to people with lots of experience. My dad even puts a chock down anytime his truck is on the ramp.
Posted on 6/29/16 at 10:31 am to TheDrunkenTigah
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This is the part I'm not getting. I have never once in my life gotten out of a vehicle without putting it in park. It's just reflex at this point.
I did do it on my SxS up in the mountains. damn thing almost rolled back off a cliff
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