Re: [ihc] Gear wrenches

["Ryan Moore" <baradium@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joel Furtek" <jf7e@domain.elided>
To: "Ryan Moore" <baradium@domain.elided>; <ihc@domain.elided>
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 06:31
Subject: Re: [ihc] Gear wrenches


> At 8:28 PM -0600 2/25/04, Ryan Moore wrote:
> >  >> who just pretzeled a boat trailer...
> >What happened?
> >-Ryan
>
> Operator Error.
> I normally tow a long, tall, heavy trailer with $300k worth of
> equipment on it -- talk about vigilant!  But yesterday I was just
> doing some service on our motorboats, so I was towing a small
> galvanized trailer that you can't see when the launch isn't on it.  I
> was driving down a path to pull a launch when I noticed a downed tree
> limb hanging on the path to the service area.  Thought, I'll climb in
> the bed of the pickup and get that down before it scratches the hell
> out my new truck.  Forgot the trailer was there, doggone it, and
> backed up, jacknifing it against the truck.  That 3" box steel bent
> like a flexible straw, 90-degrees.  Fortunately, a cross-timber put a
> small scratch in the bed of the truck but little else.  And the bent
> steel is a simple box beam, so I can replace it with a little money
> and a few hours of drilling and moving parts over.
> All in all, a cheap reminder to pay attention even when there aren't
> big bucks on the line.
> Boss even said he'd pay for the steel.
> Best,
> Joel

Glad it was a minor incident!  Even better that the boss'll pay for the
steel!

Amazing how easy some of that strong stuff can bend isn't it!

Much better to have an accident with a "cheap" trailer than with a more
expensive one!

-Ryan


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