Safety chains worked

[4Waters]

Holy shit, DFW area is all I know, wife saw it on FB

 

[HST4ME]

Send it!

 

[Dunerking]

Wow…that’s a hell of a park job…at least the 8” exhaust tip is salvageable.

 

[SixD9R]

Wow- hope everyone was okay.

The safety chains worked but the tie down(s) on the boat sure didn’t.

 

[4Waters]

Wow- hope everyone was okay.

The safety chains worked but the tie down(s) on the boat sure didn’t.

Nothing on FB said if everyone was OK or not

 

[FCT]

That’s insane!

 

[bk2drvr]

Think it’s totaled? Lol

 

[DarkHorseRacing]

Clearly spent all his coin on the truck…

 

[Outdrive1]

 

[Ultra...Good]

Damn. That must have just happened because there is not one piece of emergency equipment there yet.

I would be surprised if people are not hurt badly from that. Although there is the one guy there looking at the boat so ?????

 

[pixrthis]

Pretty sure that’s not going to buff out

 

[Activated]

If you look at the pic, he does not give a f*)% about his truck, he’s looking at his boat. Lol

I would be doing the same.

 

[DRYHEAT]

Looks like he hit the water barrels dead center and road them up on top of the K rail.

 

[ElAzul]

Cat converter was probably stolen before the boat landed

 

[RiverDave]

Damn!!!

 

[monkeyswrench]

That has to suck! Insurance or not, everything you hustle and work for is going away on a wrecker

 

[04-24Stealth]

If you look at the pic, he does not give a f*)% about his truck, he’s looking at his boat. Lol

I would be doing the same.

I’m trying to figure out what I’m the back of the boat

 

[Xtrmwakeboarder]

Ahhh now I know why there were so many emergency vehicles headed that way on the 114. Hope everyone was OK.

 

[stephenkatsea]

Dallas Fort Worth area?

 

[4Waters]

Dallas Fort Worth area?

Yes

 

[AEA]

Dallas Fort Worth area?

Must of forgot his transom tie down straps.

 

[coolchange]

Damn that boat had some hang time!

 

[DLC]

If that was an F150 it would have taken out the bridge / over pass!

Hopefully everyone is ok !

 

[riverroyal]

His summer has officially concluded

 

[rrrr]

I’m trying to figure out what I’m the back of the boat

He's pissed because one of the seat cushions is gone.

 

[4Waters]

He's pissed because one of the seat cushions is gone.

It's in the bed of the truck

 

[wzuber]

I'm curious to know what the ladder on the ground just beyond the truck had to do with this situstion if any? Was it in the back of his truck and just flew out in the crash or was he avoiding it possibly causing the crash?
That was a real...ohshit moment if their ever was one. I'd say those water barrels saved his bacon...

 

[OLDRAAT]

Kinda looks like a Cobalt bote.
If so, that was indeed an "oh shit!" moment.
Hope all are OK. Wonder what actually happened?

 

[samsah33]

If you look at the pic, he does not give a f*)% about his truck, he’s looking at his boat. Lol

I would be doing the same.

"Dang, finally tried that new prop and looks what happens..."

 

[bk2drvr]

That boat covered some distance airborne. Jesus.

 

[Groper]

It's pretty obvious that he used the wrong size Prop, probably too much pitch I'll bet

 

[4Waters]

It's pretty obvious that he used the wrong size Prop, probably too much pitch I'll bet

IDK, looks like it came on plane pretty quick, bet he has a 15p and needs a 19p

 

[COCA COLA COWBOY]

Lucky he had that equals tip. Could have been way worse

 

[rivermobster]

What? Was I on my cell phone? Why would you even ask that!!!

 

[Cdog]

Those freeways around DFW are worse than LA. I've towed a 50ft camper/race trailer and it's a white knuckle experience.

 

[Cobalt232]

Kinda looks like a Cobalt bote.
If so, that was indeed an "oh shit!" moment.
Hope all are OK. Wonder what actually happened?

Yeah, an older Cobalt.

 

[Dr Rob]

"Dang, finally tried that new prop and looks what happens..."

It looks like that prop had plenty of lift.

 

[OLDRAAT]

Yeah, an older Cobalt.

Heavy mofos.
Glad those involved walked away.

 

[Chili Palmer]

Damn. That must have just happened because there is not one piece of emergency equipment there yet.

I would be surprised if people are not hurt badly from that. Although there is the one guy there looking at the boat so ?????

He’s probably looking to see if the outdrive and the prop are okay and if he can still salvage the weekend at the lake. Or he’s looking at the 2 hooks just under the swim step at each side thinking “If there was some kind of strap I could use to attach from these hooks to the trailer, the boat may have not shot off the trailer and over the truck”.

 

[Roosky01]

I had no idea that crab steering was even an option on a Super Duty?

 

[JUSTWANNARACE]

This is what happens when you have to use your boat to push your Ford down the road

 

[spectra3279]

Those safety chains look a little long

 

[Justfishing]

Why did the boat come detached from trailer.

 

[Roosky01]

Why did the boat come detached from trailer.

 

[CLdrinker]

I may be wrong. But I don’t think that’s a boat launch.

 

[Justfishing]

If you have the bow chained and strapped to the trailer as well as the stern i wouldnt have expected it to ride into and over the cab as well as going 100 feet more

 

[JUSTWANNARACE]

Why did the boat come detached from trailer.

Physics

 

[zx14]

Those of you that say transom tie downs would have prevented this. I don’t agree. I went from calif to Florida to get my fastech 312. And pulled her home. The freeway in Louisiana suck, beyond potholed. I had the proper ties on the transom. We stopped for fuel. I was dragging one of them, the ,”S” hook was straightened out. The other, was hanging from the transom tie down, and the ,”S” hook at the trailer end straitened out. This was just from bouncing hard. They might help, a little, but for holding back a heavy ass boat, Nop..

 

[TomD]

Either hauling and a sudden stop or he got rear ended. Still sucks.

 

[DarkHorseRacing]

Those of you that say transom tie downs would have prevented this. I don’t agree. I went from calif to Florida to get my fastech 312. And pulled her home. The freeway in Louisiana suck, beyond potholed. I had the proper ties on the transom. We stopped for fuel. I was dragging one of them, the ,”S” hook was straightened out. The other, was hanging from the transom tie down, and the ,”S” hook at the trailer end straitened out. This was just from bouncing hard. They might help, a little, but for holding back a heavy ass boat, Nop..

Trailer tie downs will never prevent this. Unless it’s some little 200 pound tin can with a 5 horse Johnson outboard.

Tie downs only help hold the boat to the trailer so the trailer suspension can act on the whole load as a unit, and to prevent the boat and trailer from bouncing independently which is hard on everything and typically breaks bunks and trailers.

If you want to hold the boat on the trailer for a sudden crash stop or getting rear ended by someone I don’t even think superglue would help. And you’d need tie downs so massive theyd probably fold the trailer in half like a taco.