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farmer 
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 Topic: Hey,watch this !Posted: November-12-2008 at 1:05am |
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You all remember the redneck joke right? Well,I almost lived it. I set up my one man rig to flip my project hull right side up .I had the hull hanging upside down by the straps.Everything looked good so I began to winch the boat towards me(standing on an 8 foot stepladder) to roll it over. I only winched it about a foot and a half when it suddenly flipped over on it's own.I hadn't thought about the bottom being so much heavier than the deck.Scared the crap out of me!Luckily I had guessed correctly on the height necessary to clear the rigging and the ground so nothing was damaged except my pride.
Now on to the stringers and floor. Farmer |
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JoeinNY
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Posted: November-12-2008 at 2:08am |
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Alls well that ends well. I cant count the amount of times i should have destroyed myself or a vehicle and all worked out... something about god taking care of fools my mother always said...
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Hollywood
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Posted: November-12-2008 at 2:11am |
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farmer, you have put in the work a few bounces are bound to go your way!
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MartyMabe
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Posted: November-13-2008 at 1:47am |
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Who's hands were in this?
Truck doing 75 mph coming from right hand side of pic. Ran through guardrail, flipped end over end ,over the culprit and landed on the other side. Occupants unhurt. Got out and looked where they could have landed! 
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farmer
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Posted: November-13-2008 at 11:00pm |
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Ouch!! They must have soiled themselves.My little miscue seems pretty trivial next to that. |
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Riley
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Posted: November-15-2008 at 12:00pm |
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I'll take being lucky over good any day. Glad you didn't get hurt Gary and the boat's alright.
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farmer
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Posted: November-15-2008 at 10:56pm |
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Thanks Bruce. I saw the boys' new toy.They look pretty proud of themselves as they should be. Question,how are you going to get the fleet to the reunion next year?Good luck with the new boat. Gary
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Posted: November-17-2008 at 5:23pm |
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I love photo editing!
LMAO! Matt |
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