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    #46
    On an unrelated matter, the website wouldn't let me upload the picture because I used it in a similar thread 6 months ago stating that it was a duplicate picture. I changed the name thinking that would fix it, but it didn't. Finally I had to invert the image to get it to upload (hence, the ryder logo in the background is backwards).

    If it's a different thread, I should be able to upload the same image, shouldn't I?
    Be excellent to one another.

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      #47
      talltigeguy, its probably a setting in the forums that I need to set. Ill change it for future use.

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        #48
        That boat is on there so well, it looks intentional. If there was another boat on the trailer, I would thought it was just another redneck doing some "figurin".

        Kinda like "I just bought this boat, but it didn't have no trailer, so we ran er' up in da pick-up"
        "I want to know God's thoughts, the rest are just details"

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          #49
          "Redneck Trailer" is just wrong! Draginass thats too funny I would have to just walk away from that one and never go back. Let the insurance co. and the cops figure it out.
          John

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            #50
            I saw something similiar to that in College Station one time. It was a 25' Searay on top of a convertible Eldorado. Wish I would have had a camera.

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              #51
              To move that boat that far, up over the front cradle, up over the bed of the truck, and then up over the cab, that truck had to come to a stop with more than the brakes on the truck. There was an impact with something in front of the truck and perhaps with the back of the boat itself. And then to keep everything in alignment so that the boat went straight forward.

              I suspect that is a gimmicked picture and really did not happen from movement on the trailer. Or there is something more to the story, such as the boat was load purposely on the truck that way.
              Ray Thompson
              2005 22V

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                #52
                Wrong. Look at the front end of the truck, he obviously ran into somebody. The cab is also crushed in and part of the winch strap is still connected to the bow eye. How the hell are going to put the boat up there, hook the trailer up and park it on the freeway? Truth is often stranger than fiction.
                You'll get your chance, smart guy.

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                  #53
                  Perhaps I may be incorrect but I am not wrong. And in this case I do not think that I am incorrect.

                  The truck does not look like it took that much of a crash to move the boat that far. The energy that would be required to move that much weight that high, that distance, would certainly do more damage to a small (it looks like a Ford Ranger) pickup crashing into an obstacle that what was shown.

                  The crash was also to the right front of the truck as that is where the most damage is found. This would have deflected the rear of the truck to the left (especially on a light truck) and the trailer would have gone to the left. This would make it very difficult for the boat to travel straight onto the top of the truck.

                  I have seen a couple of trailer crashes and the trailer has never stayed that straight behind the towing vehicle. That is a lot of mass that wants to keep moving.

                  There were other factors involved other than just the truck stopping or crashing into something. Everything is too well lined up to be believable.
                  Ray Thompson
                  2005 22V

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                    #54
                    Incorrect it shall be. To me it looks like the impact is more centered on the front end. Look at the shadow of the bumper on the ground. It looks like it was punched in by something other than the back end of a car. Almost like he hit another boat with an outboard or outdrive. Mabey his buddy. Mabey they were traveling together. Also does it look like the plate above the prop is bent? Then there is the angle of the winch stand in relation to the tailgate in relation to the cab of the truck. So traffic suddenly stops, he hits his buddy's boat because you know that little Ranger aint stopping on a dime, the vehicle behind simultaniously tags his boat and in about half a second his 1800 pound boat is on top of his truck. Ah hell, mabey we should just agree to disagree.
                    You'll get your chance, smart guy.

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                      #55
                      Truck crash

                      here's another one, not quite so lined up!!
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                      "I want to know God's thoughts, the rest are just details"

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                        #56
                        Well, there you go Ray, ya got me.
                        You'll get your chance, smart guy.

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                          #57
                          Hey, I'm not picking sides!

                          I just think those pictures are pretty interesting.
                          "I want to know God's thoughts, the rest are just details"

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                            #58
                            How interesting is it that the current poll is "Do You Tie Down Your Transome When Towing"??

                            Draginass is that picture from last weekend? I sat 4 hours to go 30 miles on that stupid stretch of road Sunday.

                            I have to agree with Ray and Nicky. I used to work in the wrecker business and have seen boats no where near the tow rig with or without the trailer. It used to kill me because 90% of the time it involved a combination of laziness, drunkiness and, shear stupidity.
                            Sometimes I think an IQ test should be given before you can own/tow a boat
                            John

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                              #59
                              Originally posted by NICKYPOO
                              Ah hell, mabey we should just agree to disagree.
                              Shucks, I thought that was the purpose, to disagree.

                              I do have to tell you, and this will hurt me, is that I have never had a flat tire in 21+ years of boating, until I got my Tige and then had a flat in the first couple of months. I have never had problems putting a boat (friends included) on a trailer, until I got my Tige, then tore a prop up and chewed partway through a bunk.

                              Now that the pain is over I suppose that anything is possible, even putting a boat that was not tied down on top of a truck.
                              Ray Thompson
                              2005 22V

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                                #60
                                Originally posted by NICKYPOO Well, there you go Ray, ya got me.
                                That was never my intention. But if that is the worst that happens to you this week you had a good week. Being "got" by me, even if it were true, is hardly something to write home about.

                                Your view of what happened may indeed be 100% correct and mine is 100% incorrect. It may be some ratio between the extremes or completely opposite. I was merely debating and substantiating my position without trying to offend or belittle. If I was not successful in that than I have errorred.
                                Ray Thompson
                                2005 22V

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