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Uncle J boats can handle gravel roads

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Fall Flight MMT Pro Member Joined: Thu Feb 12, 2009 3:23 pm Posts: 58 Location: Ripley TN	Uncle J boats can handle gravel roads Hunting buddy said he hooked the winch hook to the boat.....first mistake.. should have checked myself. Trailer bunks were solid ice....well you can pretty guess what happened. Leaving the ramp after a unsuccessful hunt, when my buddy says " Hey the boat is'nt on the trailer right!" I slow down and here she comes....glances the back of my truck and passes us going down the road....PD and all. Damned is thing I had ever saw....and hope I never see it again. Did more damage to the truck than it did the boat....Jason builds them good. Backed the trailer up and 4 of us load the boat back on the trailer. Hull looks fine except for some scratched paint. Just glad it did'nt come off heading down the interstate. _________________ Uncle J 18x44 / 32 Prodrive Home of: HRCH FallFlight's Flamin Mojo HRCH Fallflight's Dark Storm A Comin HR Fallflight's Cocoa Painted Lady
Sun Jan 16, 2011 10:14 pm

Gigafowl MMT Elite Member Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:19 pm Posts: 6441 Location: Trinity Bay - Texas	Re: Uncle J boats can handle gravel roads Ouch..... _________________ Eat - Sleep - Hunt ! ! ! "It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end."
Sun Jan 16, 2011 10:36 pm

POKER1 MMT Elite Member Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2009 8:02 pm Posts: 6243 Location: Bossier City	Re: Uncle J boats can handle gravel roads Slowed down to fast............... _________________ 18x48 Charles Leonard / 36PD "I do think there is a Squatch in these woods"!!!!!
Sun Jan 16, 2011 10:37 pm

earl33 MMT 1000 Club Joined: Wed Sep 16, 2009 3:47 pm Posts: 2261 Location: West Tennessee	Re: Uncle J boats can handle gravel roads That sucks... Lost one or two at the ramp but never going down the road. Your right, could have been worse.... _________________ If the Steel aint Flying the Birds aint Dying.... Uncle J 1948 holding a LT Uncle J 1848 w/?
Mon Jan 17, 2011 6:05 am

UNCLE-J MMT Sponsor Joined: Fri Jul 24, 2009 7:26 am Posts: 10388 Location: S-Ville, LA	Re: Uncle J boats can handle gravel roads Wow.. That is good news that everything is OK.
Mon Jan 17, 2011 6:50 am

da go get'er MMT 1000 Club Joined: Wed Oct 27, 2010 8:30 am Posts: 3406 Location: Prairieville	Re: Uncle J boats can handle gravel roads I had the dog leg on the winch break one time. Thankfully i didnt lose the boat but now i use transome straps or a safty chain just as a precautionary measure. Might wanna look into that being yalls bunks freeze up there quite often. _________________ 17*38 Klibert 23GDLT I toast to staying positive and testing negative!
Mon Jan 17, 2011 8:53 am

fowl habbit MMT 1000 Club Joined: Sat Jan 16, 2010 1:52 pm Posts: 1130 Location: THE ONE AND ONLY BUFFALO COUNTY	Re: Uncle J boats can handle gravel roads Yeah I also learned to never trust my brother when he said he had the strap hooked up. Last year i was pulling the boat out and went to take off from the steep landing and the boat fell right onto the ramp. I now always use straps on the transom and double check the front winch
Mon Jan 17, 2011 8:58 am

Fall Flight MMT Pro Member Joined: Thu Feb 12, 2009 3:23 pm Posts: 58 Location: Ripley TN	Re: Uncle J boats can handle gravel roads What I can't figure out is why my transom straps did'nt hold the boat? They were still hooked to the boat when we loaded it..I guess when the boat moved forward it loosened them were they attached to the trailer. _________________ Uncle J 18x44 / 32 Prodrive Home of: HRCH FallFlight's Flamin Mojo HRCH Fallflight's Dark Storm A Comin HR Fallflight's Cocoa Painted Lady
Mon Jan 17, 2011 11:52 am

POKER1 MMT Elite Member Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2009 8:02 pm Posts: 6243 Location: Bossier City	Re: Uncle J boats can handle gravel roads _________________ 18x48 Charles Leonard / 36PD "I do think there is a Squatch in these woods"!!!!!
Mon Jan 17, 2011 2:27 pm

Sando MMT Pro Member Joined: Wed Jul 07, 2010 6:41 am Posts: 399 Location: Texarkana, AR	Re: Uncle J boats can handle gravel roads I lost interest in this thread the moment I saw earl33's avatar.... _________________ FEAR MY WAKE!!!! http://mudmotortalk.com/mmt_v2/viewtopi ... =5&t=12134
Mon Jan 17, 2011 2:34 pm

Tenpoint MMT 1000 Club Joined: Thu Aug 27, 2009 5:22 pm Posts: 2029 Location: Patterson LA	Re: Uncle J boats can handle gravel roads _________________ 19x48 Rink/Aucoin Bateau w/35 GTR 20x60 Home-made skiff w/200 Merc
Mon Jan 17, 2011 6:19 pm

forever draggin MMT Elite Member Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:10 pm Posts: 6664 Location: in the marsh with a boat load full of dead hookers	Re: Uncle J boats can handle gravel roads
Tue Jan 18, 2011 11:45 am

HUNT4DEER MMT F.E. Joined: Sun Jan 03, 2010 10:39 am Posts: 833 Location: DODGIN ROCKS ON THE RIVER OR CARS ON THE INTERSTATE	Re: Uncle J boats can handle gravel roads i got a good one, its about 3 in the morning and we are coming home from the lake with the air boat. we are running up the turnpike at like 75 mph. all the sudden it feels like we got hit in the a$$ and the truck jumps up to like 85 mph. in a second. its a full moon and thankfully no other traffic, and in the moon light you can see the boat. its up right and doing 360's down the interstate. well were on the brakes and stoped on the shoulder. the boat ends up also on the shoulder, about 1/2 mile back. run down the interstate fire up the boat run it back up the road and onto the trailer. turns out it was hooked up but only with the strap. it was new a new strap and the stiching pulled out of the loop for the hook. it was an alum hull with poly so there was no real damage. we tied the boat down and got home. it got a chain the next day. the lesson we learned was not to trust the strap. that night we tied the hook to the strap and since it was a good strap we left it that way. worked like that for a long time. since then ive cut the hook off all the others and tied it back on. its not pretty but its alot stronger than the stiching. it was a sight to see the air boat running up the interstate though.
Sun Jan 23, 2011 10:24 am

kibb MMT 1000 Club Joined: Wed Jan 14, 2009 8:58 pm Posts: 2731 Location: Lafayette, LA	Re: Uncle J boats can handle gravel roads Do like I do with my boats. Attach a chain to the trailer with an eyebolt and then hook that to the hole where your strap is tied to the winch hook. _________________ 1644 WeldCraft / 27 GDLT Ranger R71 / 125 Merc
Sun Jan 23, 2011 11:02 am

Joey p MMT Pro Member Joined: Thu Mar 05, 2009 11:41 am Posts: 210	Re: Uncle J boats can handle gravel roads Winch strap, safety chain, two ratchet straps on transom. Every time. _________________ 18x48 Brother Breaux 36 PD FPR
Mon Jan 31, 2011 8:45 pm

LA Mudder MMT Pro Member Joined: Wed Oct 21, 2009 9:18 pm Posts: 422 Location: Belle Chasse, LA	Re: Uncle J boats can handle gravel roads damn good to know J builds em right, i lost one on the levee but thankfully never on the road _________________ 18x58 w/healthy GTR 35 "A good friend will bail you out of jail but a true friend will be sitting by you saying damn that was fun"
Wed Feb 02, 2011 4:58 pm

Brasso	Re: Uncle J boats can handle gravel roads Glad to hear everythings ok. Ha that happened to us this year to with our longtail. We tried putting on on flat creek (no boat ramp) and almost got stuck so my buddy decided to haul ass because he was pissed off, get on the road, go across the bridge over the creek and try the other side.. Well im still in the boat when he decides to do this so were hauling ass on the side about to pull onto the road and a car is right there, so he slams on the brakes, well that's about the same time that we both realized the boat was still unhooked so the same thing happened except he was turnes just right to where i missed the truly Ck and went straight into the road, the car just barely missed the boat. Needless to say we had to buy a new seat for the boat because my ass bit a chunk in the one that was in it
Wed Feb 02, 2011 8:23 pm

Belchos MMT Member Joined: Sat Mar 13, 2010 10:42 am Posts: 21	Re: Uncle J boats can handle gravel roads In the Northwest, drift boat fishing, the pavement is your friend. WATCH THIS! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISRVScQvwSw _________________ 1654 Homebuilt / 35 Marine Vanguard / MudBuddy old school trim frame Two things I won't do sitting down: pee and drive a boat.
Fri Feb 11, 2011 1:08 pm

WestEndAngler MMT Moderator Joined: Thu Mar 05, 2009 9:11 am Posts: 9143 Location: Houston \| Surfside	Re: Uncle J boats can handle gravel roads I have a safety chain on my rig just for that reason! _________________ GTB 1860 w/ 2019 GTR40XD-HO
Fri Feb 11, 2011 1:42 pm

quaak MMT Pro Member Joined: Wed Nov 03, 2010 9:27 am Posts: 108 Location: Alabama	Re: Uncle J boats can handle gravel roads _________________ 2011 35 GDSD pushing 1844 Go-Devil Hull
Fri Feb 11, 2011 2:33 pm

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