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    Towing experts - what are your thoughts on this?
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    10-11-2009 04:30 AM
    She's sagging a bit in the back. Would airbags help?

    Note, I am using transom straps - thanks guys for that suggestion.
    Just want to be safe
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    10-11-2009 07:03 AM
    Just stay on the left lane... even on single lanes.
    Offshore Racing wasnīt designed to be a spectator sport, it's for people or companies with's lots of money to push the envelope of endurance technology and hopefully put a trophy on a mantle. It's man vs the elements, not like boats with like engines running in circles.
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    10-11-2009 08:46 AM
    Shouldn't be any issues as long as you don't speed......
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    10-11-2009 08:52 AM
    This is also a good way to roll......
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    10-11-2009 10:00 AM
    now thats Tailgaiting for YA!!!!
    Offshore Racing wasnīt designed to be a spectator sport, it's for people or companies with's lots of money to push the envelope of endurance technology and hopefully put a trophy on a mantle. It's man vs the elements, not like boats with like engines running in circles.
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    10-11-2009 04:01 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by Ratickle View Post
    This is also a good way to roll......
    The really impressive part of that rig is the 4x4 with a dowel lathed into the end to go from the actual hitch to support the tailgate. Well, that, and the chain supports from the bedrails to the tailgate.
    Those guys in Utah have the time to dream this sort of thing up.
    "Keep the bottle on the bar Ira, I won't be long".
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    10-11-2009 05:02 PM
    The worst part of the camper pic is someone really spent some time on that abortion.
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    10-11-2009 05:17 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by Buoy View Post
    She's sagging a bit in the back. Would airbags help?

    Note, I am using transom straps - thanks guys for that suggestion.
    Just want to be safe
    Call me when you get to the ramp. I want to watch you launch that thing!
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    10-11-2009 05:21 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by Ratickle View Post
    This is also a good way to roll......
    Holy crap, thats scary
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    10-11-2009 07:28 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by inbetween View Post
    Call me when you get to the ramp. I want to watch you launch that thing!
    Call you?? I was hoping you'd be the wingman in the boat

    Power brake it in reverse about 50 yards from the ramp, release brakes, and then stomp on the E-brake about 20 ft from the water.

    Isn't that how everybody does it?
    "Keep the bottle on the bar Ira, I won't be long".
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    10-11-2009 07:32 PM
    Too bad we can't get a look at the drivers.
    Jim
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    10-11-2009 08:03 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by MOBILEMERCMAN View Post
    Too bad we can't get a look at the drivers.
    They are probably in the people of wal-mart thread.
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    10-11-2009 08:50 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by Buoy View Post
    Call you?? I was hoping you'd be the wingman in the boat
    I'll be right there! Let me grab my crocs.
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    10-11-2009 09:05 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by inbetween View Post
    I'll be right there! Let me grab my crocs.
    Damn, two days in a row. Great belly laugh on that one.
    I think you must have a very good sense of my humor.
    "Keep the bottle on the bar Ira, I won't be long".
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    10-11-2009 09:15 PM
    [IMG][/IMG]

    Saw this at the local Home Depot, nice way to carry lumber.
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    10-11-2009 09:32 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by cpmarine View Post
    [IMG][/IMG]

    Saw this at the local Home Depot, nice way to carry lumber.
    It won't make it off the ground.
    Not with that equipment...
    "Keep the bottle on the bar Ira, I won't be long".
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    10-11-2009 09:43 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by Buoy View Post
    It won't make it off the ground.
    Not with that equipment...
    Couple JATO's, no problem......
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    10-13-2009 10:14 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by MOBILEMERCMAN View Post
    Too bad we can't get a look at the drivers.
    I found the drivers of these 2 nice vehicles.
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    10-13-2009 01:48 PM
    Those two guys Again...they seem to be everywhere where thereīs a F-U...

    Didnīt they star in the 1972 movie Deliverance also ?
    Offshore Racing wasnīt designed to be a spectator sport, it's for people or companies with's lots of money to push the envelope of endurance technology and hopefully put a trophy on a mantle. It's man vs the elements, not like boats with like engines running in circles.
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    10-13-2009 01:49 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by Buoy View Post
    It won't make it off the ground.
    Not with that equipment...
    2nd that..itīs a Volvo thatīs why....
    Offshore Racing wasnīt designed to be a spectator sport, it's for people or companies with's lots of money to push the envelope of endurance technology and hopefully put a trophy on a mantle. It's man vs the elements, not like boats with like engines running in circles.
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