so you think you've had a bad day

So Cal Mark · Post by **So Cal Mark** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 1:07 am

I guess it could have been worse

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Jim DeShon · Post by **Jim DeShon** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 4:53 pm

I came across an accident much like this last year while taking the wife for a night cruise with the top down in my Mitsubishi Spyder on Hwy 173 near Silverwood Lake. It was dark and, we stopped to see if we could help thinking the trailer had come loose from the tow vehicle. A very drunk driver said "my truck is down there too". I figured he could sort it out when he sobered up. At least he wasn't going to be driving soon. ...

J.D.

Gerard Del Monte · Post by **Gerard Del Monte** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 11:05 am

Freaky scary. Towing boats can be a pain. I was driving through Salt Lake City two weeks ago and someone lost the axles off the trailer on a 25' or so powerboat. Tied up traffic for MILES. When we finally passed the scene the state troopers had finally gotten the mess off on the shoulder. You could see long and wide furrows of fiberglas ground into the highway from where the boat had hit the pavement at speed. Ouch.

mdrburchette · Post by **mdrburchette** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 7:43 am

Good gracious! What's holding the truck from going down the cliff? The mishap I had pulling a boat doesn't compare, but it I'll share it. I had an old 17' ft boat that I pulled with a 4 cyl Nissan truck. The truck was barely strong enough to pull it out of the water, much less up hills, but I finally made it to my driveway, which was pretty steep. While pulling it up the driveway, I noticed the truck was doing a damn fine job. I looked in the rearview mirror and found the boat was no longer behind the truck, but still on the road! When I stopped the truck and went down the hill, I found the boat propeller imbedded in the grille of a State Patrol car...oops!

So Cal Mark · Post by **So Cal Mark** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 1:04 pm

at first I was thinking how hard it was for the driver to get out and up the cliff, but then I realized that just the hitch and ball were holding the truck. The hitch mfg could use that pic as a testimony to the strength of the product!