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Originally Posted by Top Dawg
We went to grand isle one year for the 4th of July rodeo. Pulled my boat (25' grady white heaviest boat in the world) all the way there. We got to bridge side about 11pm. We also had 2 55 gallon drums of extra gas aboard. Well when they backed me in the water the launch was so steep and all the weight in the boat both motors went under water. Finally got off the trailer and ready to go. My buddy pushes off and smashes front running light. No big deal. We roll out. We just cruised slow that night until day break. Once daylight came we punched it. The seas had kicked up and we had an ice chest strapped to the top of the T top. Hit a good wave the straps broke and food and beer everywheres. Make a few adjustments and keep rolling. We ran 100 miles out and never found clean water. Fished all day for tuna without a bite. Then it really started to kick up. We decided we should probably head in. On the way in we make a couple stops and the grand total catch was 1 Bonita. Finally get to the steep *** launch. Hit the trailer with my boat and snap a front running board. Do a little rigging and get her loaded. We got a hotel that night and had a few well needed drinks. Wake up early the next morning to start back to westlake. Got about to Houma and heard a terrible noise. Pull over to find my back axle of my trailer snapped. So we decide to put the front axle on the back and try to limp back with 2 axles. Only tools we had were a pair of channel locks and crescent wrench. Well after about 3 hours in the scorching heat and bloody knuckles we were ready to roll again. Hop in the truck and the A/C goes out. So we roll 5 deep with the windows down. Stopped to get diesel my dad notices the boat is about an inch from the front roller. He tries to get one more crank out of the wench and shears all the gears in the wench. So now we have to rig the from up with a ratchet strap. By now we think nothin else can go wrong....wrong. We stopped at the best stop to get some crackins before makin the interstate trip. Get back in the truck and the battery is dead. Damn. After we found a jump we do ally on the road again. Get about to the Chloe exit and I loose all electrical in the truck. No radio, windows, gauges all go dead. But the truck was still running and I wasn't stopping. The ol power stroke coughed and sputtered to get to the top of i10 bridge with that boat. Made it over the bridge and to the tracks in westlake and she died. Alternator went out. So I had to call my wife and my cousins ol lady to bring our trucks. On to pull the boat home and one to pull my ol mans truck the last mile of the trip. We do ally made it home and decided to never go to grand isle again lol.
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Good lawd that's a bad trip. Lol
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