Stolen trailer

[frank lawhead]

There were some boats stolen around Louisville back in the 70s or early 80s where they'd steal trailer and one guy would wait at another ramp for a boat to be left unattended. He'd jump into the boat and take off. No way to chase him without a boat, then he'd meet his buddies at another ramp and load up before anybody could do anything. They'd pull the outboard and leave the rest of it to be found.

Thats a sure enough slick trick---shame that type of person can,t put their mind to better use

[yankee doodler]

a couple of weeks ago I posted on the off topic board about some old guys (older than me) that I watched almost dump thier boat w/ trailer attached in the drink. Seems they couldn't pull it out of the river, so one of them was going to unhook the trailer from the truck and take it over to a better launch site...I guess with the trailer attached!!! I hollered at him to stop, and about that time the tongue of the trailer shot up, and if not for the safety chains would have sent his head sailing. Makes ya wonder, huh?

[Limb Snagger]

A couple of years ago a guy had his trailer stolen. While he was away looking for another trailer they took his boat, apparently with his trailer.

That would most definately SUCK!!!

[redneck369]

on day while bass fishing after catching a fish i put it in the live well turned on the pump but i forgot that i had the plug in the well after a while i turned around looked back found that i had about half a boat of water i was poed had to pump the boat out took about 45 minutes but lesson learned i should have put the correct switch on when i changed it
dumb dumb actions

[drifter106]

on day while bass fishing after catching a fish i put it in the live well turned on the pump but i forgot that i had the plug in the well after a while i turned around looked back found that i had about half a boat of water i was poed had to pump the boat out took about 45 minutes but lesson learned i should have put the correct switch on when i changed it
dumb dumb actions

Probably not the safest way to get rid of water in the boat (in addition to using your bilge) is to pull your drain plug on the boat WHILE YOU ARE MOVING on plane. For my boat its around 25 mph. Water will be sucked out at a very quick rate. Had to do it about a month ago, aerator pump (switch) was left on and we didn't catch it. Had about 35 gal of water in boat (water was up to the top of my batteries in the back of the boat...main fuse that runs from batteries to fuse box got wet and shorted out). Probably would not of done it if I didn't have someone else in the boat. Not the safest thing to do but man does it suck the water out.

[slabbandit]

My aluminum boat takes on a gallon or two of water in a days fishing nowdays. My partner had gotten pretty used to pulling the plug after I got my stick steering rig up on plane and then he would put the plug back in after it had sucked all the water out and before we would reach our next spot.
One time I took off and out the corner of my eye I saw Jim pull the plug, throw it up by the motor and turn back around and stretch his feet out for the long ride across the lake....I couldn't help myself! I shut the boat down real fast and grabbed a rod and said " Let's try it right here.":D
You haven't ever seen a guy move so fast to find and put a boat plug back in!

[J.Clayton]

I watched a husband and wife launch a boat one day it was funny so I will tell ya'll here. The husband went down bought a new boat they got to boat ramp he turned it around backed it up and had it lined up so she could back it up the rest of the way she did that just fine she put the truck in park got out he set the motor in water and started it she was unhooking the trailer from the truck just as tongue got high enough there went the boat right to the bottom of the ramp in the water he was swimming to shore and she was crying what did I do wrong you to me to unhook the boat he yelled back ya the boat not darn trailer. Moral is to teach all new comers on the proper way to unhook from the trailer, I was rollin in laughter

[Countryboy N.C.]

They stole my tail gate off my truck while I was fishing, Never though that would happen.

[Psmith]

I had mine stole once. I was fishing close to the ramp and I saw the guy drive across a bridge with it, of course I didn't think anything about seeing a truck pulling a boat trailer at the time. When I got back several hours later I thought hell that was my trailer I saw. I gave the sheriff a good description of the truck model and color and all that, but never heard anything else from them. I cruised the ramps for a long time after that hoping to see it again. I guess its a good thing for them and me both I never spoted it again. It is like that guy saying it was kind of funny. I got in my jeep and thought something don't look right here, cranked it up and it dawned on me. Heck I'm supposed to have a trailer behind this thing.

[MikeA57]

Last year there was a rash of trailer thefts from Tuncia Cutoff in Northern Mississippi. I made sure both my vehicles had locking pins on the receivers. Now my question is, how do you get the ball locked on without messing up threads on it or letting it rust on?