You see, I have a very steep driveway. And last night after returning from the river I pulled my truck up to the level area at the top, but the boat was on the incline. I've done this countless times before, so it isn't a big deal. This picture was taken from where I parked the boat, you can see where it was when I woke up:
Here is a closeup of where it was when I woke up:
Fortunately for me, this tree is at the bottom of the hill:
If the tree wasn't there, the boat and the truck would have gone right over the bank and down onto the road:
Here's some of the damage: (the trailer)
(my truck)
As you can see, this could have been MUCH MUCH worse. The worst part of the whole thing is I can't figure out how it happened. The first thing I checked was to see if it was in gear, and it was. My E-brake doesn't work all that well, but the truck was still in gear. We had a wicked wind and rain storm that night, so the only ting I can think of is that the wind rocked the boat enough to make it start sliding the truck down the hill.
-Mike




