Nortech Off The Trailer On I 75
10-09-2008 | 10:10 PM
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In all honesty.. I can't even say "exactly" what and how things snapped, broke etc. at the time.. I only had two.
All I saw is my boat on the pavement, truck on the side and I was ready to cry.. I do know that my stern straps did brake.
I just checked. (I have another set.) Breaking strenght 10000 Lbs. Working load 3333 pounds. I was shocked that the stearn eye bolts didn't give first. It's also possbile the straps were draging on the pavement. Not sure..
All I saw is my boat on the pavement, truck on the side and I was ready to cry.. I do know that my stern straps did brake.
I just checked. (I have another set.) Breaking strenght 10000 Lbs. Working load 3333 pounds. I was shocked that the stearn eye bolts didn't give first. It's also possbile the straps were draging on the pavement. Not sure..
10-09-2008 | 10:19 PM
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Good point scarab.. Now when I go longer distances, I put the spare tire on the front and side, If something brakes,, and generaly the weakest point and the most of the load is at or near the hitch or the tounge, I have the tire hitting the pavements first. That might hold things up a bit, instead of metal digging in the pavement. I was pretty carefull trailering before, now I'm totaly anal about it.
10-09-2008 | 10:22 PM
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10-09-2008 | 11:33 PM
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10-09-2008 | 11:44 PM
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Gotta love the local news. They run out there, give you the wrong info about the boat, don't really know how it happened and to top it off, they find some idiot bystanders who don't know anything either and ask them what they think. 
10-10-2008 | 12:25 AM
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Lesson Learned...
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10-10-2008 | 05:55 AM
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At least we all learned a valuable lesson in this tragedy. NORTECH, Customer service kickss AZZ!!!!!! Those nortech guys suprize me every time, I even saw the Nortech support staff help out a 42 fountain with 6's, get home safely from the bahamas on one engine simply by switching a prop,, Way to go Nortech.
