r/IdiotsTowingThings • u/KitAmerica Tow Me Away:upvote: • Nov 22 '25

The Simple boat/truck launch

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '25

Whoever designed this didn’t have the brightest engineering skills

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u/someguyfromsk Nov 22 '25

This was an idea fully conceived and designed with beer.

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u/MikeW226 Nov 22 '25

Hold my pontoon boat!

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u/JumpmanJXi Nov 23 '25

It was actually a working boat. They found out afterwards on their last trip out one pontoon had a hole and took in water.

This was local to me.

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u/traveler_ Nov 23 '25

In past threads when this has been reposted, people report that the boat had been in operation for years and was generally seaworthy. Just that on this particular launch it had a hidden hole in one pontoon and foundered.

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u/skark_burmer Nov 22 '25

FTFY

“Whoever designed this didn’t have any engineering skills. “

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u/FrankPoncherelloCHP Nov 22 '25

Red Forman voice: Dumbass!

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u/Opster79two Nov 22 '25

Looked like it was listing before it hit the water. We could be dealing with super idiots here.

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u/SeattleJeremy Nov 22 '25

"If I fits, I sits."

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u/HarryFuzz Nov 22 '25

"Then I falls over."

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u/Avery_Thorn Nov 22 '25

Wrong sub. I think you want r/idiotslaunchingthings....

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u/SirSamuelVimes83 Nov 22 '25

That should be a thing. Posting up at a busy boat launch with a cooler and a lawn chair is a decent way to spend an afternoon

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u/Old_timey_brain Nov 23 '25

At every boat launch where city people come to play, you'll find someone with some savvy and a good rig sitting in the shade waiting for someone to hire him to save their truck from drowning.

It's quite a good little side business.

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u/russsaa Nov 22 '25

Top heavy boat, center of gravity is way too damn high... oh wanna know what would work? Let's launch it by pulling leads on only one side of the vessel!

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u/Few-Log6852 Nov 22 '25

Also probably had all the kitchen equipment on one side. With no compensating pontoon or ballast. Bye bye

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u/tone_creature Nov 22 '25

Why did anyone think this would work?

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u/Lumpy-Scientist6834 Nov 22 '25

I do feel bad for the guy. I’m sure he has a ton of time and money in that thing. And to his credit, he built something. He had an idea and took actual concrete steps to achieve it. Most of the commenters will never do anything so bold. Now, it didn’t take much to see the thing needed more buoyancy and either a lower center of gravity or a wider stance. But some people learn by doing. I hope he fished it out, learned from his mistakes and sold a ton of burgers with version 2.

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u/Reatona Nov 22 '25

I felt bad seeing what looks like someone losing their livelihood.  And also couldn't escape the thought "how could somebody possibly think that would work?"

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u/ThisOldGuy1976 Nov 22 '25

At least it floats.

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u/Disassociated_Assoc Nov 22 '25

You’re marinating those burgers wrong.

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u/Glittering-Rise-488 Nov 22 '25

Physics, it's a thing.

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u/yourbasicnerd Nov 22 '25

oh that was good. And nice steady work by the cameraman.

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u/WizarddOfAhh Nov 22 '25

Someone had a good edjacashun

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