Reminder to check gear before towing.

[MikeSchinlaub]

I was driving behind a truck towing a boat the other day, and these caught the wind and flew out of his boat.



Luckily, there were no other vehicles nearby, and I was pretty far behind. I stopped to pick them up. I was heading home, and he wasn't in town when I got there, so he didn't get them back.

So just remember to stow everything securely where the wind can't get to it.

 

[cyclops222]

Some pickup truck guys are the worst people. Tailgate down or removed. Loose crap piled up in the bed. Hope they injure themselves. Enough following people have been killed or badly injured by the

 

[Scott Danforth]

I got most of my life vests and flotation cushions from people that do not stow gear.

also got a 105 qt cooler, and could have gotten a riding lawn mower if it would have fit in the convertible.

 

[MikeSchinlaub]

could have gotten a riding lawn mower if it would have fit in the convertible.

How do you lose a mower on the road?

 

[Jeff J]

I got an old Mercury motor running for a buddy a while back. It belonged to his grandfather. His plan was to use it on a small boat to push docks and slips around. On the first job, his crew pulled the motor, carried the boat to the trailer and loaded it then set the motor unsecured on the transom. The motor could not be found when they retraced their steps.

I see a lot of unsecured items on trailers. I watched a set of ramps fall off a trailer. I knew the owner so I picked them up and chased him down. He could not fathom how unsecured ramps could just slide off the deck. They fell off a block from his house.

Riding lawn mowers and small tractors with nothing more than the brakes holding them are a common sight.

Why on earth would the average boat owner think coolers, life jackets and seat cushions can’t be sucked out of a boat going down the highway? They must not see all the stuff laying along the road and in the ditch after every weekend.

 

[airshot]

Learned my lesson in my early days of boating. Just had new canvass made for my center console, thought it was folded and stored away and would not blow out. Boy was I wrong.....back then it was well over 500 bucks gone in the wind....actually !! Now everything is stored in lockers or have some type of hold down ( bungee straps etc) or, in the back of my SUV. Nothing loose in my boat !!

 

[matt167]

My boat doesn’t have any storage onboard that won’t blow out, so I keep all that stuff in the truck. I don’t worry about the anchor. That stays, and the Bimini stays in the down position, strapped down

 

[airshot]

My boat doesn’t have any storage onboard that won’t blow out, so I keep all that stuff in the truck. I don’t worry about the anchor. That stays, and the Bimini stays in the down position, strapped down

Years back, I had an open skiff with no storage either. Picked up a couple old coolers at garage sales, added a couple vents and bungee corded them to the bench seats. Kept stuff in place while boat was underway and nothing flew out on the highway. Could easily be moved into another position if needed.

 

[Scott Danforth]

How do you lose a mower on the road?

Don't tie down the load on a flat bed trailer.

 

[Grub54891]

Found a lid for a cooler, picked it up, a mile down the road was the cooler. Still have it 35 years later! Buddy got a fairly new chainsaw out of a snowbank. Another guy had an electric beer cooler that held kegs he got out of a bar, put a wheeled chassis under it and we used it for family reunions and other get togethers. His sister was towing it home and when she got home it wasn’t behind the car. Went looking for it and it had come off the hitch and rolled in the ditch. Totaled out the cooler. Sad day…..
I lost a Buick v-8 out of my flatbed truck, it was sitting on a tire, slid right out when I turned the corner to my house. A car stopped and four guys got out and lifted it back into my truck. It was a scrap Motor anyway……
on a side note, a guy was bringing his boat home and after cooking on his grill at the picnic area he had hot charcoal that he figured would be good when he got home so he put the grill in the boat. By the time he saw the fire it was to late, the entire boat burned on the side of the road before the fire dept got there.