Submersible Ram

[HVAC]

How about possible captions for this picture?



1. ) We don't need the boat till the water gets deep.



2. ) I prefer to bass fish right from the cab.



3. ) Those 150 horse Ranger boats ain't jack compared to my

HO Ram : )



4. ) I installed the marine cam and injectors, she's never run

better!

 

[JoeyD]

It looks to be still running. Did the truck make it out?



How about, I installed the marine injectors and cam but something is still missing.

 

[DavidC]

The propeller on the hitch

 

[Joe G.]

The best free summer intertainment is the local boat launching ramp. Lawn chair and a little beer. You are all set for some laughs. A magazine to hide the laughing behind is a good idea. The stars of the event may take objection to the spectators' glee.

 

[HVAC]

Speeding

Ok, it turns out the boat is a sherriff's department vehicle that had stopped the Ram for speeding : ) The Ram is being boarded as the sherriff's search for illegal Nitrous systems etc.

 

[Dane]

Oopsies!

 

[lmills]

Typical Ram driver. Always willing to pull someone out, no matter what it takes.



Notice the GMC sitting on the side? Scared to go in. It might sink, "Like a Rock"

 

[Thomas]

I think Nowel has found the answer to THIS question.

 

[Cummins Cowboy]

whats illegal about a nitrous system??

 

[nickleinonen]

here in ontario canada, they have made it illigal, and they are going to try and pass a bill making all aftermarket performance accessories illigal, just because of the kids in ricers street racing. a nos bottle add's a lot of fuel to a car fire...

 

[Proram]

FLOOR IT LESTER!!!!















Proram

 

[Adam]

I feel his pain...

This is a picture of my first CTD trying to launch for a caribou hunt this past August on the Sagavanirktok River about 50 miles south of Prudhoe Bay, AK. When we put in four days earlier, the river was flowing about 45,000 gpm. When we left camp (chased off by a large grizzly bear) the river was flowing 1800gpm, and we had to lever the boat off a gravel bar just to find the main channel. This picture was taken after we re-fueled and were trying to go back upstream to get the remainder of our hunting equipment. Should have known better, as only 45 minutes after we got the boat out, I hit a gravel bar that sucked a bunch of rocks into the water pump and fragged the motor, which resulted not only in the loss of all our remaining camping gear, but a lovely (COLD, WET, MISERABLE) 3-hr drift trip back to the launch, frequently punctuated with swears as we jumped over the side to push the boat off another gravel bar, or, in one case, up to my chest to keep the boat from floating to the Arctic ocean. Oh, what fun :{ . While it might not look too bad (I had to really trim the photo to make it fit) keep in mind my truck is buried to the frame (as is the attached boat trailer) in gravel covered river silt with no help anywhere to be found, 50 miles from the top of North America.



-Adam

 

[JTBMC]

I'm glad you asked, Yes Adam I Love My Country, What a trip I've been in similar situations but down here help isnt to far away, and there aint no Grizzlies.

By the way how did you get un-stuck.

TJ

 

[Adam]

It's kinda embarrassing but...

After walking all the way around everything, (again getting wetter... did I mention it rained or snowed the entire four days)we managed to find a solid patch of gravel from the end of the access road to the gravel bar in front of my truck. A hunting partner who is deathly afraid of moving water was finally persuaded (he had more gear up-river than I did) to pull his truck onto the gravel in front of mine and hook up. After we unhitched the boat trailer (PITA!) and yanked the truck out with a snatch strap, we hooked a line-puller to the boat trailer and levered it back close to the truck, hooked up, WALKED the projected launch route, confirmed it was solid (kinda) and launched the boat. Then we hauled butt back to solid ground where I smoked half a pack of (wet) cigarettes trying to find where those God-awful screeching and rattling sounds were coming from! Turns out it was rocks in the front brake dust shields rubbing the rotors, and loose gravel on the transmission and transfer-case skid-plate. This incident, (and the many other sad, sad hunts that proceeded it) was the final straw... I will NEVER AGAIN take friends or relatives from the lower-48 states on a hunting trip in Alaska :{



-Adam



P. S. He pulled me out with a gasser, but at least it was a Dodge!

 

[THerman]

Re: It's kinda embarrassing but...

Originally posted by Adam

I will NEVER AGAIN take friends or relatives from the lower-48 states on a hunting trip in Alaska :{



-Adam



P. S. He pulled me out with a gasser, but at least it was a Dodge!

Been there, done that! (When I was still up there)... Mostly flying them in and out of impossible places... .



Awww.... the good old days!



Tod



Great story!

 

[C. Harlan]

In the picture that HVAC posted, the words that would have led up to that, as well as a majority of wrecks would most likely be "OH S--T!!!" Here in Texas, its a little different... You see, here, we like to say, "Hey, Hold my beer and watch this!"



-Chris-

 

[gitchesum]

Kind of reminds me of these two pictures. The truck pulled out under it's own power.



"I thought you set the parking brake. "



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