Great Day for a Boat Ride

"That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms" (thatbastardkurtis5) 09/28/2018 at 07:31 • Filed to: None

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Occasionally for my job, I get to hop on the Prudence Island ferry and go deliver lumber over there. My truck is big and the boat is tiny.

Today is kinda rainy and crappy, but the water looks fairly calm so there’s that. Last time I did this I had a single huge framing load and only one stop, this time I’ve got about 11 pallets and...looks like 9 or 10 different stops. I fueled my lift before I left, because if I run out of diesel on the island I’ll be syphoning it out of my truck’s tank with a straw.

I did break my lift yesterday:

I was backing that load up to drop in front of this house, and a hydraulic line let go. I was still able to put the load down roughly where the guy wanted it, but the lift was dead in the water. I ended up having to leave it for a flatbed to pick up, run back to the shop and pick up another lift to finish my deliveries.

Anyway, we’re underway to the island, so I’ve got about 25 minutes before I have to pretend to work for the rest of the day. Can’t wait. 

itschrome > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 09/28/2018 at 07:46

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Big truck on a little boat!!

OPPOsaurus WRX > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 09/28/2018 at 07:50

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dod the boat workers give you a look like are you nuts?!?

pip bip - choose Corrour > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 09/28/2018 at 07:54

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that sucks having a line blow.

very inconvenient.

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > OPPOsaurus WRX 09/28/2018 at 07:58

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Today is actually a pretty small load. We don’t come over often, so when we do we load this thing the hell up. My GVW is 64k, I’m guessing today I’m around 45k...last time I think I was about 58k. 

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > pip bip - choose Corrour 09/28/2018 at 07:59

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Worked out okay for me, the lift I have now is newer and nicer than the one I broke, haha. 

Sovande > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 09/28/2018 at 08:38

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I used to service a lot of moorings around Prudence Island. What a cool spot. We would occa si onally see deer swimming across the bay there. That’s actually where I saved my boss’s life one day when he fell off the boat in full rain gear into water that was about 40 degrees.

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 09/28/2018 at 09:11

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You blew a line. That sucks.

But if you suck a line of blow then that's a real problem.

ttyymmnn > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 09/28/2018 at 09:58

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That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > Sovande 09/28/2018 at 10:05

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Yikes! That would be a terrible way to go. 

Sovande > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 09/28/2018 at 10:43

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It was exciting for a minute or two. The boat was a small tug with a deck that was only about a foot above the water. I was able to reach down and grab him and slide him up on the deck without much trouble.

Do you work for a lumber company?  I used to build docks up there too.  Fun job and a beautiful area.

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > Sovande 09/28/2018 at 16:37

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Yup, Arnold Lumber. I work over in Bristol, so Prudence Island is all mine apparently.