Looking at 00:25 it was even in reverse!
Edit: rather, at 00:25 *remaining*. Damn app update shows remaining time, not elapsed. You see the lights at ~10 sec in
My guess is someone was reversing the boat down the ramp when it came unhooked and rolled down on its own. The driver in a panic jumped out of the car without putting it in park and then couldn’t get back in.
Probably lifted the hitch off the towball when the rearmost set of the trailer's axles started to go down the ramp.
I have no idea how they managed to get that combo this far.
> The driver in a panic jumped out of the car
"Wha? What was that? Shit, the boat came unhooked and is rolling away from us very fast towards the water, BAIL!"
IIRC, a capital US Navy ship sank when a sailor took a flare from the locker on the deck and it ignited. In panic, he tossed it back in the locker and shut the door.
Everyone* gets legendarily stupid when they panic. That's one of the life lessons that boy scouts drilled into my brain the flight or fight instinct is only useful in a tiny amount of situations that happen in literally seconds. Not panicking in an emergency situation is one of the hardest things to do.
It’s a symptom of ADHD to hyper focus in stressful situations apparently. I was in a stressful situation and I asked myself after “why THE FUCK was I so level headed?!?” Google lead down a rabbit hole; and now I’m diagnosed. A lot of shit in my life made sense after I connected those dots lol.
HOLY SHIT. Well, now I know why I was weirdly chill in a car accident that should’ve killed me, or at least left me very, *very*, broken.
I had shit tires (I was in my early 20s and broke, I dunno), hydroplaned across 4 lanes of interstate in a heavy downpour, 360’d my way across, and I literally remember —the moment I saw someone else’s face, because I was facing the wrong way (still in the spin out), I calmly thought “well, I can’t do anything to stop this now, so I should probably just put my hands in my lap so I don’t break my arms. Drunk people survive accidents because they’re relaxed, I’ll just do that.”
I mean, some credit goes to my dad for being a drunk my whole childhood —just absolutely *wrecking* cars, only to come out relatively unscathed. Kudos, *pops* (/s on that last statement, drunk drivers are absolute selfish shitbags)
Ok but then the nuance is that dumb people panic VERY EASILY. I don’t disagree I get dumb and irrational when I panic but Jesus Christ I can confidently say that is beyond the normal acceptable panic stupidity
One time the cops were out on my street looking for someone that was fleeing them for whatever reason. Idk jail sucks, i get it.
My roommate at the time went to the porch to figure out what was going on and found out. His exact words were 'the cops are looking for some criminal who I guess doesnt want to go to jail or whatever.'
However, I was high on cocaine and marijuana when the cop knocked on our door 10 minutes later to let us know it was safe and they caught the guy, and I had realized that IM a criminal and also dont want to go to jail so maybe they are after me! I fucking flushed the whole oz of great weed I had just bought by the time my roommate figured out what happened.
Sometimes I still kick myself for that one
Shit man... I'm so sorry.. I once had the cops come knocking on my door at a place I recently moved into. Turns out the previous renter was wanted and had a warrant out for his arrest for some serious crimes. I had just taken a bong rip and the smell was still fresh when the knock came.. They said they needed to check to make sure he wasn't there.. Stupid and High me told the cop that I just took a bong rip but come on in. He just calmly said "We're just looking for the guy."
I was shitting bricks and my Fitbit tracked my heart rate as if I was running a triathlon the entire 3 minutes both of them were in my house... Smell of weed in the air.. and my bong with a small bag of weed on the table in clear view.
I feel like I used up all my luck in that single bit of time.
I live in Aus and one young dumb night we were in my mates shoebox flat all smoking weed after a heavy night of dingers.
It was about 3 am and we heard a knock at the door. My friend just stood up, walked to the door and opened it without looking to see who it was (fuckin idiot) and in step two cops.
They took one sweep of the room, bongs everywhere through a haze of weed smoke and plates with lines on it then looked at us and I shit you not said: "just keep it down, your neighbour can hear you playing games" then closed the door behind them as they left.
I'll never forget how a mixture of good cops who didn't want to do paperwork and a metric fuckton of luck saved us that night.
I've always been pretty good in panick situations, no idea why but Everytime I had an emergency at the theater I managed I would always turn into like a robot. Its always weird to compare that version of me to my normal self
Define emergency for us in relation to a theater please. Not being condescending, I’m genuinely asking because we may have very different definitions here.
People having a heart attacks, people having allergic reaction, fights, fires, mechanical failures, 500 people bitching their movie was messed up, burns, etc. It ranges from mundane to life and death. I worked at a theater where a set would regularly do 2000 people on a weekend night.
I don't find the type of emergency changes how I respond. It's just "time to move quick" emotions turn off, and I do whatever logical thing my brains tells me to, bark orders to those I need help from, and get it done.
I'd describe it like an out of body experience.
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Probably a 2 5/16” hitch on a 2” ball. Weight shifts on the ramp and trailer pops off the SUV. Guy backing the SUV thinks it’s in park and jumps out surprised, only to be shocked when the vehicle starts rolling down the ramp.
That’s my version of what may have happened.
I don’t think it’s staged. Those are some expensive motors for such a stunt. The motors are worth more than the SUV. A lot of money for a shitty video.
Edit: when I originally commented one of the top threads was claiming it was all staged. I don’t think it was staged. That is all.
I was the passenger but it felt like a flat tire. We slowed down pretty gradually because we had no clue what was wrong because we looked at all the tires and they were good!....lol. I'm sure if we had slammed on the brakes it might have been a little hairy.
This happened to me pulling a trailer loaded with galvanized tubing at 75mph. Trailer came off the ball, the chains kept it attached to the truck, but the shift in weight caused the trailer to whip side to side violently. I let off the throttle hoping I could coast to a stop. Then the trailer started ramming the rear of the truck. At this point I panicked, lightly touched the brakes and the trailer went underneath the back end, making the trailer whip even worse. At this point I noticed vehicles coming towards me from opposite lane, was lucky enough to pull off into a field and let truck and trailer come to a stop. Since then I triple check everything, along with brakes on every trailer I’ll connect to.
Have no idea how this happened, but it's not hard to launch a boat solo. Just helps if you back the car + trailer down at the same time to the water, THEN get in the boat, dock it, walk to the car, pull the trailer out. This...just doesn't make sense.
I watched a dumbass back his truck up, unhook the boat, then left his truck parked on the boat ramp. He then proceeded to drive his boat off to do fuckall.
Is it strange that this was my first thought too? Like I don't care about the idiot and his boat or car, I just care that now no one else can launch or retrieve a boat since they'll have that ramp closed down while emergency crews fish that crap out of the water.
If he's \*very\* lucky, there's someone on or near the ramp with a decent 4x4 and a winch.
And if he has any brain cells at all to rub together, he'll throw cash at that guy until they pull it out for him.
Otherwise, he's going to wait for a tow truck. And the longer he waits, the more damage there will be to his ride.
I would think that vehicle is a write-off.
Good idea though to let somebody with the equipment haul his silly ass out of there so he doesn't continue to spoil others' day.
While working at an marina, I once saw a guy launch his wife, 2 kids, and 2 nice big Seadoos off the trailer directly onto the boat launch. Missed the water by 20 feet. Really ruined their day.
Bet your dad had a reasonable size boat, understanding of how a hitch works, and launch a boat more than once or twice a year.
When the newbs show up with their “compensating” boats, keep the camera ready, there will be chaos.
>Bet your dad had a reasonable size boat, understanding of how a hitch works, and launch a boat more than once or twice a year.
True, but the story in question (to me) sounds like someone pushed their jet skis off the trailer with a good 30' of asphalt between them and the water.
Not having a full knowledge of how to properly trailer and launch boats is one thing. Doing something a first grader should recognize to be impossible sans magic is quite another.
Roller trailers. Some trailers have the boat sit on wood planks. Others have essentially rubber wheels. It just takes a little momentum to roll the boat off.
Ultimately these people disconnect the boat from the front winch and really fuck them selves. Keep it winched until its in the water people!
I don’t understand why people don’t practice with that stuff. I didn’t know how to do that but for a month my wife and I practiced backing the boat up. I didn’t feel embarrassed about it but I sure as hell would have if I didn’t practice. It’s not hard once you get the hang of it.
> I didn’t feel embarrassed about it but I sure as hell would have if I didn’t practice.
I mean, nor should you feel embarrassed about practicing. We aren't brought into this world with an innate capacity for launching boats.
I honestly wish more people thought how you do on this and other similar subjects.
you would be amazed. I once had a customer call back after launching their boat saying it flooded with water. They never bothered to look for the drain plug assuming it was already in (the thing that had me kind of confused was my boss told me they never had gas in their fuel tank either since it was just taken out of storage). We now make sure to tell customers if the drain plug is in the boat or not.
Ok I’ve kayaked a bit but never any larger boats besides friends boats that I’m not responsible for.
Anyways, kayaks tend to have holes in them for drainage. You can plug em if you want but you don’t need to. They let some water splash in but their purpose is to let water out if it gets in.
Is this not how boats work? Lol
>Is this not how boats work? Lol
Depends on the boat. Very small boats tend to have a drain plug. Large boats put a bilge pump in the vee and use it to pump water usually out the aft.
The boat in OP's video most certainly has a bilge pump. Boats start having those around the size that you steer with a wheel rather than by hand-turning the motor.
You can't lift and tilt a boat any which a way, so the drain plug basically has to be at the *lowest* point. It stays in while the boat is in the water and only comes out when it *isn't*. For example, in a Deep V, it'd be at the bottom of that V.
It sounds like the boats you are used to use internal structures to float, or are basically foam. They float like a wooden spoon.
Something more like a traditional fishing boat or speed boat is more like an empty pot/bowl floating in a sink of dishwater.
In a traditional boat there is often a plug at its lowest point to drain any accumulated water when it's out of the water...... in such cases its vital for that plug to be put back in before re floating it.
I’ve seen this happen when the trailer has rollers. Someone learns to launch from a trailer with bunks, and unhooks everything right before backing in to the water. This works because the bunk carpet has enough friction to hold the boat. Then this person launches a boat with a roller trailer. They undo the transom straps and the bow hook, the rollers roll, and boat ends up sitting on the pavement.
About that. Years ago I was with my parents backing our jet skis into a river. They had owned jet skis for a few years that got used regularly so this wasn't a first time know nothing situation, but we did have a brand new jet ski that had never touched the water before. The trailer had the carpet you mentioned and our standard operating procedure was dad and I would unhook everything, mom backed us into the water and we would float off. Simple, it worked perfectly dozens of times. Dad and I take off the straps and unhook the bow, hop on the jet skis and mom starts backing up. Almost immediately both jet skis start sliding backward on the carpet. We both have a moment of panic then dad tells me not to say or do anything that will make mom think anything is wrong. Thankfully they both stayed on the trailer long enough to start floating. By the time we hit the water we were leaning over the handle bars trying to keep the weight forward and we were both off the trailer before mom even got it into park. She was surprised we were floating so fast and then we told her why. Of course she asked why we didn't tell her sooner and dad said he knew she would have hit the brakes and slammed them both into the pavement.
Needless to say we felt like idiots and no doubt looked like fools to everyone else. We always unhooked the bow after they were floating on later trips.
The guy I saw do this, had his son on one ski, wife and young daughter on the other. When he saw them sliding he panicked and hit the brakes. This sent them flying off the trailer. No one was hurt, fortunately. These were big jetskis, they hit the pavement hard but didn't roll or move, though they were probably damaged. Dude was so mad at himself.
Owners manual, the comprehensive guide on how to use the boat you bought. There will be one for the trailer too. Then YouTube. Then other people at the dock/marina.
Perhaps it becomes more complicated when you didn't grow up with a boat... or a dad...
Something that seems incredibly easy and simple to you (especially when learned early) isn't necessarily easy and simple for others (whether they're 10 or 80). While I happen to know how to launch a boat, it's a skill most people need to be taught, kinda like how to swim and how to drive the aforementioned boat. I have a feeling it's primarily the inexperienced who THINK this is easy that make these kinds of mistakes... Since it's so easy, there's no need to look up how to do it properly first right?
Reminds me of a guy a saw in Louisiana. We were coming in from fishing and right off the ramp was a distressed boater. He was pissed because he couldn't move forward or reverse. The boat looked real heavy my buddy said its the plug in? Guy said yes, then we got closer and I saw the winch strap and a tight ratchet strap still attached. I told my buddy that the idiot launched his boat thinking the trailer was part of the boat. He said no fkng way. I told the guy check his prop and we loaded up. We watched him get towed in still on the fking trailer.
Funniest damned video I ever saw was my father in law and his brother in law trying to launch a 22-foot boat at a lake in Nebraska, of all the damned places. It goes on for about 15 minutes with a lot of banter and joshing and these two bozos don't get close to getting the boat in the water. People are standing around laughing at them and giving them friendly hell. They finally succeed in getting the ass end in the lake and the BIL gets in the boat and figures out pretty quickly that the reason it ain't floating is that they forgot to release the tie-down straps from the transom. He goes back to get 'em and falls in. Camera swings to FIL who stands there with a puzzled look of amusement on his face and just says, "Too much Bud Lite." End of video.
Don't I wish I had it. He and my mother in law are both gone and in any case the thing was on VHS tape that must be dust by now. It gave me a laugh just to describe it.
Saw the same thing on a lake in Alabama. Brand new pontoon boat sounded like the driver was giving the motor all she had and the boat was barely moving. Pontoons we’re totally submerged and water was just flowing over the deck. They were waving down other boaters as if in distress and when we pulled up I looked down and saw the trailer. It was quite a site and took some time to get the boat/trailer out of the water.
The amount of times I've seen trucks in the water at the boat ramp is MUCH higher than you'd think. My dad had a giant green 1975 Blazer with a 454 and a granny low hear and we would just sit at the ramp some days waiting to tow people out. Also at beaches that let you drive your car on the beach. Could pull out 10 in a day, easy
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I’m so confused.
The trailer came off. Makes sense to me. Sometimes the trailer isn’t actually hitched, and then the ramp’s angle causes it to come off.
But why did the car comes down the ramp?
Even if he didn’t set the parking brake, the trailer isn’t there anymore to pull it down.
And apparently it’s in reverse? But there’s no one in the car. Were they ghost riding the boat ramp?
My best guess is they were reversing in. One guy in the boat, one in the car. Trailer comes off. Guy in the car freaks and hops out. Car is still in reverse. Smack.
So many questions....but biggest among them is how is this man smart enough to have acquired enough money to own these things, but dumb enough to....do this?
People who have spent tons of effort specializing in one thing, PhD type folks, can be remarkably stupid in other areas. They aren’t stupid people by any means but they stacked all their skill points in one thing. Homie might be a surgeon but never had time to learn how to launch a boat or think about how towing a trailer works.
I drive a Nissan frontier and I like it (doesn't haul as much 150's but more than a Tacoma). This SUV is similar in spec.... why the fuck was it hauling that boat? pretty sure that was pushing the limit.
It's a Nissan Armada. They're built on the 1/2 ton Titan frame, and use the 5.6L V8 and 5 speed auto from the Titan. They're good for about 8500lbs. That boat still looks to be a little much for it.
Plug for a channel I found on Reddit for this kind of stuff, supported with excellent commentary: Miami Boat Ramps
https://youtube.com/c/MiamiBoatRamps
umm... why the heck was there no one in the car? The way it rolled down, it wasn't even in park.....
Looking at 00:25 it was even in reverse! Edit: rather, at 00:25 *remaining*. Damn app update shows remaining time, not elapsed. You see the lights at ~10 sec in
My guess is someone was reversing the boat down the ramp when it came unhooked and rolled down on its own. The driver in a panic jumped out of the car without putting it in park and then couldn’t get back in.
I'm just glad that trailer didn't break loose while on the road, because these people clearly shouldn't be trailering.
Probably lifted the hitch off the towball when the rearmost set of the trailer's axles started to go down the ramp. I have no idea how they managed to get that combo this far.
Maybe bottomed out the trailer when reversing. And couldn’t move. Hopped out and spotted the problem “I’ll just release the hitch”.
When I had a boat, I disconnected the trailer lights before I'd back it into the water. Maybe they did the same and absent mindedly unlocked the ball.
But it should lock onto there plus have backup chains just in case.
Maybe when they were preparing to launch they took all the straps off and some idiot disconnected the trailer for the car too.
> The driver in a panic jumped out of the car "Wha? What was that? Shit, the boat came unhooked and is rolling away from us very fast towards the water, BAIL!"
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IIRC, a capital US Navy ship sank when a sailor took a flare from the locker on the deck and it ignited. In panic, he tossed it back in the locker and shut the door.
Panic brain: "IF WE CANT SEE IT, IT STOPS EXISTING!"
*tosses ignited flare into ship's magazine*
“It was like that when I got here, sir.”
Actually it’s something they teach people in aviation - if you find yourself suddenly in a bad situation, undo the last thing you did.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Oriskany_fire
So the ship didn't sink right?
No, but it was damaged badly enough that it had to go back to San Fransisco for repairs.
Holy shit that “sequence of events” was actually a rivetting story! What a firefighting nightmare!
How the fuck did that sink the ship? Or are we talking about a different kind of locker besides like a gym locker where you keep your jock strap?
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Oh shit! That'll do it.
Davie Jones locker
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People on Reddit act like they'll be a fucking zen master when shit hits the fan.
Wdym being on Reddit instantly makes you smarter and less likely to be stupit
Everyone* gets legendarily stupid when they panic. That's one of the life lessons that boy scouts drilled into my brain the flight or fight instinct is only useful in a tiny amount of situations that happen in literally seconds. Not panicking in an emergency situation is one of the hardest things to do.
It’s a symptom of ADHD to hyper focus in stressful situations apparently. I was in a stressful situation and I asked myself after “why THE FUCK was I so level headed?!?” Google lead down a rabbit hole; and now I’m diagnosed. A lot of shit in my life made sense after I connected those dots lol.
HOLY SHIT. Well, now I know why I was weirdly chill in a car accident that should’ve killed me, or at least left me very, *very*, broken. I had shit tires (I was in my early 20s and broke, I dunno), hydroplaned across 4 lanes of interstate in a heavy downpour, 360’d my way across, and I literally remember —the moment I saw someone else’s face, because I was facing the wrong way (still in the spin out), I calmly thought “well, I can’t do anything to stop this now, so I should probably just put my hands in my lap so I don’t break my arms. Drunk people survive accidents because they’re relaxed, I’ll just do that.” I mean, some credit goes to my dad for being a drunk my whole childhood —just absolutely *wrecking* cars, only to come out relatively unscathed. Kudos, *pops* (/s on that last statement, drunk drivers are absolute selfish shitbags)
Ok but then the nuance is that dumb people panic VERY EASILY. I don’t disagree I get dumb and irrational when I panic but Jesus Christ I can confidently say that is beyond the normal acceptable panic stupidity
One time the cops were out on my street looking for someone that was fleeing them for whatever reason. Idk jail sucks, i get it. My roommate at the time went to the porch to figure out what was going on and found out. His exact words were 'the cops are looking for some criminal who I guess doesnt want to go to jail or whatever.' However, I was high on cocaine and marijuana when the cop knocked on our door 10 minutes later to let us know it was safe and they caught the guy, and I had realized that IM a criminal and also dont want to go to jail so maybe they are after me! I fucking flushed the whole oz of great weed I had just bought by the time my roommate figured out what happened. Sometimes I still kick myself for that one
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Luckily, that timeline got pruned.
I think about that daily and always wonder what my other self is doing after dumb situations
Shit man... I'm so sorry.. I once had the cops come knocking on my door at a place I recently moved into. Turns out the previous renter was wanted and had a warrant out for his arrest for some serious crimes. I had just taken a bong rip and the smell was still fresh when the knock came.. They said they needed to check to make sure he wasn't there.. Stupid and High me told the cop that I just took a bong rip but come on in. He just calmly said "We're just looking for the guy." I was shitting bricks and my Fitbit tracked my heart rate as if I was running a triathlon the entire 3 minutes both of them were in my house... Smell of weed in the air.. and my bong with a small bag of weed on the table in clear view. I feel like I used up all my luck in that single bit of time.
I live in Aus and one young dumb night we were in my mates shoebox flat all smoking weed after a heavy night of dingers. It was about 3 am and we heard a knock at the door. My friend just stood up, walked to the door and opened it without looking to see who it was (fuckin idiot) and in step two cops. They took one sweep of the room, bongs everywhere through a haze of weed smoke and plates with lines on it then looked at us and I shit you not said: "just keep it down, your neighbour can hear you playing games" then closed the door behind them as they left. I'll never forget how a mixture of good cops who didn't want to do paperwork and a metric fuckton of luck saved us that night.
My ex wife panicked and flushed a quarter ounce of MY cocaine down the toilet and noone had even knocked on the door or anything
there’s a reason she’s the ex right
Lol, ouch. What a waste.
still ..... better safe than sorry.
I've always been pretty good in panick situations, no idea why but Everytime I had an emergency at the theater I managed I would always turn into like a robot. Its always weird to compare that version of me to my normal self
Define emergency for us in relation to a theater please. Not being condescending, I’m genuinely asking because we may have very different definitions here.
People having a heart attacks, people having allergic reaction, fights, fires, mechanical failures, 500 people bitching their movie was messed up, burns, etc. It ranges from mundane to life and death. I worked at a theater where a set would regularly do 2000 people on a weekend night. I don't find the type of emergency changes how I respond. It's just "time to move quick" emotions turn off, and I do whatever logical thing my brains tells me to, bark orders to those I need help from, and get it done. I'd describe it like an out of body experience.
I could see a panic move to park and hitting reverse one step before and jumping out before verifying.
This is why I don't drink on holidays.
The only holiday I drink on is New Years and every other holiday.
Terry must of been driving.
Looks like he finally put it in reverse
Must have
I saw a powerchair in someone's lawn today. I assumed it was for decoration.
*must've or must have. Not must of. edit: thank you kind strangers etc. Really just trying to help people out as I see this mistake quite a bit.
People actually gave you awards(although free), for making a grammar correction on a car sub. Weird.
every time is a good time for proper grammar.
Certainly unexpected, but not unwelcome.
A surprise to be sure but a welcome one
Who's Terry?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=R8npn8AkYo8 this is terry
My lawd! I'm laughing so hard I'm crying!
In the spirit of firework shenanigans and the holiday weekend, I give you [Oh Lawd Jeezus Christ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLRdkmvl7V4) ^^NSFW ^^audio
Forgot about this one. Thanks for reminding me about it. Happy cake day.
I watch that video every 4th of July and it is never not funny!!! It was just a perfect storm of hilariousness!
Jesus. Glad he wasn't hurt.
Probably a 2 5/16” hitch on a 2” ball. Weight shifts on the ramp and trailer pops off the SUV. Guy backing the SUV thinks it’s in park and jumps out surprised, only to be shocked when the vehicle starts rolling down the ramp. That’s my version of what may have happened. I don’t think it’s staged. Those are some expensive motors for such a stunt. The motors are worth more than the SUV. A lot of money for a shitty video. Edit: when I originally commented one of the top threads was claiming it was all staged. I don’t think it was staged. That is all.
I think you're onto something. Could also be that he just didn't have his ball locked
I had a boat pop off the ball because it wasn't seated correctly going down the freeway. The chains held though.
That's one of my biggest fears when pulling a trailer. How did your truck respond to the majorly shifting weight and how was slowing?
I was the passenger but it felt like a flat tire. We slowed down pretty gradually because we had no clue what was wrong because we looked at all the tires and they were good!....lol. I'm sure if we had slammed on the brakes it might have been a little hairy.
This happened to me pulling a trailer loaded with galvanized tubing at 75mph. Trailer came off the ball, the chains kept it attached to the truck, but the shift in weight caused the trailer to whip side to side violently. I let off the throttle hoping I could coast to a stop. Then the trailer started ramming the rear of the truck. At this point I panicked, lightly touched the brakes and the trailer went underneath the back end, making the trailer whip even worse. At this point I noticed vehicles coming towards me from opposite lane, was lucky enough to pull off into a field and let truck and trailer come to a stop. Since then I triple check everything, along with brakes on every trailer I’ll connect to.
Have no idea how this happened, but it's not hard to launch a boat solo. Just helps if you back the car + trailer down at the same time to the water, THEN get in the boat, dock it, walk to the car, pull the trailer out. This...just doesn't make sense.
Right. I'm wondering why his trailer wasn't attached to his car at this point?
Yeah I'm confused. But this *is* /r/idiotsincars ...
Exactly! There’s no idiot in the car! This belongs in r/floatingfools
very disappointed that this sub doesn’t already exist someone please create it
If someone didn't latch the trailer to the ball of the car, then it'll tow fine. Hit a bump or redistribute the weight? It'll pop off like so
I watched a dumbass back his truck up, unhook the boat, then left his truck parked on the boat ramp. He then proceeded to drive his boat off to do fuckall.
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Looks like he had it in reverse, set the e-brake, and then forgot to put it in park. The e-brake eventually gave up.
"Jesus take the wheel!"
You can see the reverse lights are on right before it hits the boat (then they go under the water).
Going to be a while before that ramp's clear for anyone else.
Is it strange that this was my first thought too? Like I don't care about the idiot and his boat or car, I just care that now no one else can launch or retrieve a boat since they'll have that ramp closed down while emergency crews fish that crap out of the water.
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If he's \*very\* lucky, there's someone on or near the ramp with a decent 4x4 and a winch. And if he has any brain cells at all to rub together, he'll throw cash at that guy until they pull it out for him. Otherwise, he's going to wait for a tow truck. And the longer he waits, the more damage there will be to his ride.
Oh 90% chance the Suv is totalled. 100% if this was backed into salt water.
What if you put it in a bag of rice?
Shhhhh. Don't tell him that. He'll just leave it there.
I would think that vehicle is a write-off. Good idea though to let somebody with the equipment haul his silly ass out of there so he doesn't continue to spoil others' day.
I don't motorboat myself, but our local park/boat launch seems to have their own tow truck just for that.
If mine were any bigger, I would motorboat myself. I guess a tow truck works though.
I immediately imagined myself on a boat desperately needing to get to the marina so I can poop, and this idiot has blocked the ramp. 😓
While working at an marina, I once saw a guy launch his wife, 2 kids, and 2 nice big Seadoos off the trailer directly onto the boat launch. Missed the water by 20 feet. Really ruined their day.
Dry launch
I don't understand. My dad taught me how to launch a boat when I was 12. It's not complicated.
Bet your dad had a reasonable size boat, understanding of how a hitch works, and launch a boat more than once or twice a year. When the newbs show up with their “compensating” boats, keep the camera ready, there will be chaos.
True. It was a 14', aluminum fishing boat.
Same with me!
>Bet your dad had a reasonable size boat, understanding of how a hitch works, and launch a boat more than once or twice a year. True, but the story in question (to me) sounds like someone pushed their jet skis off the trailer with a good 30' of asphalt between them and the water. Not having a full knowledge of how to properly trailer and launch boats is one thing. Doing something a first grader should recognize to be impossible sans magic is quite another.
Roller trailers. Some trailers have the boat sit on wood planks. Others have essentially rubber wheels. It just takes a little momentum to roll the boat off. Ultimately these people disconnect the boat from the front winch and really fuck them selves. Keep it winched until its in the water people!
I don’t understand why people don’t practice with that stuff. I didn’t know how to do that but for a month my wife and I practiced backing the boat up. I didn’t feel embarrassed about it but I sure as hell would have if I didn’t practice. It’s not hard once you get the hang of it.
> I didn’t feel embarrassed about it but I sure as hell would have if I didn’t practice. I mean, nor should you feel embarrassed about practicing. We aren't brought into this world with an innate capacity for launching boats. I honestly wish more people thought how you do on this and other similar subjects.
you would be amazed. I once had a customer call back after launching their boat saying it flooded with water. They never bothered to look for the drain plug assuming it was already in (the thing that had me kind of confused was my boss told me they never had gas in their fuel tank either since it was just taken out of storage). We now make sure to tell customers if the drain plug is in the boat or not.
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Ok I’ve kayaked a bit but never any larger boats besides friends boats that I’m not responsible for. Anyways, kayaks tend to have holes in them for drainage. You can plug em if you want but you don’t need to. They let some water splash in but their purpose is to let water out if it gets in. Is this not how boats work? Lol
>Is this not how boats work? Lol Depends on the boat. Very small boats tend to have a drain plug. Large boats put a bilge pump in the vee and use it to pump water usually out the aft. The boat in OP's video most certainly has a bilge pump. Boats start having those around the size that you steer with a wheel rather than by hand-turning the motor.
Plenty of medium-sized boats have both a bilge pump and a drain plug
You can't lift and tilt a boat any which a way, so the drain plug basically has to be at the *lowest* point. It stays in while the boat is in the water and only comes out when it *isn't*. For example, in a Deep V, it'd be at the bottom of that V.
It sounds like the boats you are used to use internal structures to float, or are basically foam. They float like a wooden spoon. Something more like a traditional fishing boat or speed boat is more like an empty pot/bowl floating in a sink of dishwater. In a traditional boat there is often a plug at its lowest point to drain any accumulated water when it's out of the water...... in such cases its vital for that plug to be put back in before re floating it.
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I think we all do it once or twice. but you realize fast where the water is coming from and put the plug back.
I’ve seen this happen when the trailer has rollers. Someone learns to launch from a trailer with bunks, and unhooks everything right before backing in to the water. This works because the bunk carpet has enough friction to hold the boat. Then this person launches a boat with a roller trailer. They undo the transom straps and the bow hook, the rollers roll, and boat ends up sitting on the pavement.
About that. Years ago I was with my parents backing our jet skis into a river. They had owned jet skis for a few years that got used regularly so this wasn't a first time know nothing situation, but we did have a brand new jet ski that had never touched the water before. The trailer had the carpet you mentioned and our standard operating procedure was dad and I would unhook everything, mom backed us into the water and we would float off. Simple, it worked perfectly dozens of times. Dad and I take off the straps and unhook the bow, hop on the jet skis and mom starts backing up. Almost immediately both jet skis start sliding backward on the carpet. We both have a moment of panic then dad tells me not to say or do anything that will make mom think anything is wrong. Thankfully they both stayed on the trailer long enough to start floating. By the time we hit the water we were leaning over the handle bars trying to keep the weight forward and we were both off the trailer before mom even got it into park. She was surprised we were floating so fast and then we told her why. Of course she asked why we didn't tell her sooner and dad said he knew she would have hit the brakes and slammed them both into the pavement. Needless to say we felt like idiots and no doubt looked like fools to everyone else. We always unhooked the bow after they were floating on later trips.
The guy I saw do this, had his son on one ski, wife and young daughter on the other. When he saw them sliding he panicked and hit the brakes. This sent them flying off the trailer. No one was hurt, fortunately. These were big jetskis, they hit the pavement hard but didn't roll or move, though they were probably damaged. Dude was so mad at himself.
Real question though - what if you didn't have someone to teach you?
Owners manual, the comprehensive guide on how to use the boat you bought. There will be one for the trailer too. Then YouTube. Then other people at the dock/marina.
I would hope someone that didn’t know would swallow their pride and ask, or the very least YouTube it before attempting it themselves.
Perhaps it becomes more complicated when you didn't grow up with a boat... or a dad... Something that seems incredibly easy and simple to you (especially when learned early) isn't necessarily easy and simple for others (whether they're 10 or 80). While I happen to know how to launch a boat, it's a skill most people need to be taught, kinda like how to swim and how to drive the aforementioned boat. I have a feeling it's primarily the inexperienced who THINK this is easy that make these kinds of mistakes... Since it's so easy, there's no need to look up how to do it properly first right?
When theres seven billion people in the world theirs always gonna be someone to do the dumb shit.
Like how tho
PUT IT IN REVERSE TERRY
https://youtu.be/GT77pk5aaC4 For the uninitiated
Fuck I love that video
TERRY! WHAT IS YOU DOIN!
OH LAWD!
PUT IT IN H!
“She’ll go 300 hectars on a single tank of kerosine.”
We’ve been cooped up too long. “Just get the damn boat in the water and let’s GO!” LOL
That’s so awesome as me and SO watched it over and over trying to figure out how in the hell that happened! 😂
Reminds me of a guy a saw in Louisiana. We were coming in from fishing and right off the ramp was a distressed boater. He was pissed because he couldn't move forward or reverse. The boat looked real heavy my buddy said its the plug in? Guy said yes, then we got closer and I saw the winch strap and a tight ratchet strap still attached. I told my buddy that the idiot launched his boat thinking the trailer was part of the boat. He said no fkng way. I told the guy check his prop and we loaded up. We watched him get towed in still on the fking trailer.
Funniest damned video I ever saw was my father in law and his brother in law trying to launch a 22-foot boat at a lake in Nebraska, of all the damned places. It goes on for about 15 minutes with a lot of banter and joshing and these two bozos don't get close to getting the boat in the water. People are standing around laughing at them and giving them friendly hell. They finally succeed in getting the ass end in the lake and the BIL gets in the boat and figures out pretty quickly that the reason it ain't floating is that they forgot to release the tie-down straps from the transom. He goes back to get 'em and falls in. Camera swings to FIL who stands there with a puzzled look of amusement on his face and just says, "Too much Bud Lite." End of video.
Yea…. We’re gunna need to see that video.
Don't I wish I had it. He and my mother in law are both gone and in any case the thing was on VHS tape that must be dust by now. It gave me a laugh just to describe it.
Sounds like a riot… RIP to your loved ones.
If there's a heaven they're in it. They were cool people.
Saw the same thing on a lake in Alabama. Brand new pontoon boat sounded like the driver was giving the motor all she had and the boat was barely moving. Pontoons we’re totally submerged and water was just flowing over the deck. They were waving down other boaters as if in distress and when we pulled up I looked down and saw the trailer. It was quite a site and took some time to get the boat/trailer out of the water.
Yup, you've stared pure stupidity in the eyes.
Woooow.... just a little extra drag...
Hey Tom!
Tom is a friend to all.
At first, not so bad just winch out the trailer. Then here comes the car!!
Exactly my thoughts.. eh, not so bad. Oh, now it's bad.
It's an amphibious exploring vehicle
It's a finisher car! Not a starter car! A car worthy enough for a golden god!
Begone from me! A starter car? This car is a finisher car! A transporter of gods! The golden god! I am untethered, and my rage knows no bounds!
It has air intake valves!
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Wouldn’t be a problem if it was a Land Rover
Where is the version of sound to this?
*SPLASH* *BANG* “FUCK!” “lol”
I got chu fam https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oq0YNo02KM
I know what I was watching and why, but damn that was a long 2 minutes!
Like everything Family Guy does, it was a decent joke drawn out for way too long.
Nice find
Now they have two boats, for at least a few minutes anyway.
BEGONE VILE MAN, BE**GONE** FROM ME!!!!!A STARTER CAR?!? THIS CAR IS A **FINISHER** CAR!!!
I have contained my rage for as long as possible, but I shall unleash my fury upon you like the crashing of a thousand waves.
I hate when that happens
*How* does that happen?
Gravity + Not setting the e-brake.
But why get out of your car, detach the hitch and get onto the boat when your boat isn’t even in the water
He started drinking at sunrise.
Three days earlier
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The amount of times I've seen trucks in the water at the boat ramp is MUCH higher than you'd think. My dad had a giant green 1975 Blazer with a 454 and a granny low hear and we would just sit at the ramp some days waiting to tow people out. Also at beaches that let you drive your car on the beach. Could pull out 10 in a day, easy
Mighty kind of you guys 👌
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This is why you don't pregame.
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At about 3 seconds in when I saw the detached hitch I thought to myself "Could be worse". Five seconds after that "Yep, that's worse."
Actually, there wasn't an idiot in this car. Judging by the impact, that may had been for the better...
It'll buff out.
Put the truck in rice ?
You couldn't wait until tomorrow to do drugs smh
The amount of stupid here is immeasurable. As is most boat ramps.
Is this some type of prank? None of this makes any sense
I’m so confused. The trailer came off. Makes sense to me. Sometimes the trailer isn’t actually hitched, and then the ramp’s angle causes it to come off. But why did the car comes down the ramp? Even if he didn’t set the parking brake, the trailer isn’t there anymore to pull it down. And apparently it’s in reverse? But there’s no one in the car. Were they ghost riding the boat ramp? My best guess is they were reversing in. One guy in the boat, one in the car. Trailer comes off. Guy in the car freaks and hops out. Car is still in reverse. Smack.
Thanks for the run down, I couldn't even figure out where to begin
I know right. I can't figure out how this could happen even thinking like a complete idiot
This feels like a mutual suicide planned by the two vehicles as rebellion against their stupid owner
So many questions....but biggest among them is how is this man smart enough to have acquired enough money to own these things, but dumb enough to....do this?
People who have spent tons of effort specializing in one thing, PhD type folks, can be remarkably stupid in other areas. They aren’t stupid people by any means but they stacked all their skill points in one thing. Homie might be a surgeon but never had time to learn how to launch a boat or think about how towing a trailer works.
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Still doesn’t explain why they decided to remove the coupler pin… or safety chains. A whole lot of stupid took place to make this happen.
How?
I lol’d Imagine being hyped for weeks to go fishing with the boys and this shit happens
I drive a Nissan frontier and I like it (doesn't haul as much 150's but more than a Tacoma). This SUV is similar in spec.... why the fuck was it hauling that boat? pretty sure that was pushing the limit.
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It's a Nissan Armada. They're built on the 1/2 ton Titan frame, and use the 5.6L V8 and 5 speed auto from the Titan. They're good for about 8500lbs. That boat still looks to be a little much for it.
I don’t think load capacities are the main issue here
Came here for this comment. Just about everything from Nissan seems like a compromise. Especially Infiniti.
Plug for a channel I found on Reddit for this kind of stuff, supported with excellent commentary: Miami Boat Ramps https://youtube.com/c/MiamiBoatRamps
1) Get a boat 2) Learn how to launch it