My new toon didn't come with stern tiedowns. When I towed it home from Havasu (40 miles) on Friday, I was taking it real easy due to the wind. 55 MPH tops, and slower in the curves. I'd already seen the pic of the toon on the road by then and was a little nervous to say the least.badmoonrising wrote:Yep...and how many boats don't come with straps installed from the factory ? My PC didn't. In fact, Bass Pro Shop's crew told me they weren't necessary when they saw me putting them on when I bought it.
First thing I did when I got home was buy some straps.
The one flat on the road belongs to a friend of mine. She said that a gust (dust devil?) picked it off the trailer and dropped it on the ground. Broke the winch strap and the safety CHAIN. She said that if the stern had been strapped down, it probably would have flipped the trailer AND the truck.
It was pretty slick how the tow truck driver recovered it. He picked up the bow, slid the flat bed of a roll back underneath it at an angle and tilted the boat up level. Then they just took it down to a launch ramp, ran the bed into the water and floated the pontoon. Then just loaded it back on the trailer. She said that the guys thought it was no big deal, like they do it every day.
