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Old 03-02-2008 | 10:58 AM
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Originally Posted by duke252
How was the boat dropped?
Look at post #5

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"Forklift driver dropped it down in Florida."

Hard to find more info about this incident

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Old 03-02-2008 | 01:58 PM
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75 with twin 496's. yeah right
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Old 03-02-2008 | 02:32 PM
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I heard they were trying to lift the trailer & boat together with a fork lift when it dropped. Obviously the boat transom wasn't strapped down to the trailer.
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Old 03-02-2008 | 03:12 PM
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If I remember correctly the 40 that was dropped had twin 1075's did'nt it? I've got an engine bay pic somewhere.... The one I posted has twin 496's. What a waste with that power.
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Old 03-02-2008 | 03:26 PM
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That's got to be a typo....it must have tripple 496 HO's....check the helm pic you posted with the three throttles and three shifters.
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Old 03-02-2008 | 08:13 PM
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even triple 496's seems too weak for a 12k lb boat. twins would just be worthless
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Old 03-02-2008 | 08:25 PM
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HO's with those outdrives? I think not, unless the 1050's were swapped out. The boat dropped only has twins.
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Old 03-02-2008 | 09:16 PM
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This one and the dropped one are different boats.
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Old 03-02-2008 | 09:35 PM
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Im not talking about the one dropped. The one listed only has one picture and says twin 496's 75mph
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Old 03-02-2008 | 10:44 PM
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There was a thread about the dropped boat when it happened. Fell off the fork lift, hit the trailer and then slammed into the ground. From what I remembered there was some pretty harsh internal damage that was not worth fixing (stringers/bulkhead/etc.) Boat was dropped from pretty high up. Last I heard around the time it happened it was not to be fixed.

But maybe irishtornado is right and it was repaired. I would like to think so. But then again, if it was repaired it'd be talked about whenever it was seen and it would be on the boards from time to time I would htink.. That thing was a MONSTER with the 1075's, 6's and the "school bus" seating. Bad mo-fo!
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