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08-31-2011, 12:13 PM
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Vintage RV Owners Club
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Location: Port Hadlock, Washington
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Almost Amphibious Trailer!
I want a Fleetwood Pioneer.
And a truck just like this one.
And the nerve to do what this driver's doing! 
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08-31-2011, 01:32 PM
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Senior Member
iRV2 No Limits Club
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Tempe, AZ
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And the brains to know better!
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08-31-2011, 01:38 PM
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Vintage RV Owners Club Gulf Streamers Club
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Indiana
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Is that salt water?
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08-31-2011, 01:45 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2009
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Looked like the tide was comming in and they needed to get it to the other side (Quick)
Mark
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2015 GMC Canyon
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08-31-2011, 02:03 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jul 2009
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Hope he takes the truck and trailer straight to the lot to sell them!!!!
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08-31-2011, 09:16 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Anacortes, WA (Stick & Brick)
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Back in the 1970's, an English engineer converted a 15' Sprite travel trailer into a hovercraft. He put an inflatable bag-type skirt all the way round and punched a 24" hole in the floor where he mounted a vertical-shaft lawnmower engine driving a fan which inflated the skirt and the cushion.
In the back window, he mounted a motor-cycle engine that drove a propeller and behind that were a set of rudders.
There was a photo in an English magazine of this thing hovering down the River Thames at about 30 knots, passing under Tower Bridge. I've tried Google, but can't find it.
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ex-pat Brits (1968) and ex-RVers.
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08-31-2011, 09:42 PM
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Member
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Coalhurst, AB
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 I don't like pulling through deep puddles! 
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2011 Zinger ZT26BH Pulled by
2011 Dodge Ram 2500 6.7L Cummins
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09-01-2011, 03:48 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: North America somewhere
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Campingman
Looked like the tide was coming in and they needed to get it to the other side (Quick)
Mark
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I remember seeing the original of that. He was trapped by rising tide and risked bogging down in the water rather than wait until high tide flooded his rig anyway. Notice the people standing on the isolated beach in the background? It turned out to be a good move, notice the bow wake created by the truck kept most of the higher water away from the trailer. The Jeeps can drive over the sand dunes behind them, but the truck and camping trailer would not. Driven wheels on sand do well, but dead axles create a tremendous drag in loose sand.
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09-01-2011, 03:57 PM
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Senior Member
Vintage RV Owners Club
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Port Hadlock, Washington
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Note to self:
Always check the Tide Table before driving out on the beach.
Oh-
And keep an eye on the kids, too! 
Francesca 
PLEASE NOTE: THE PICTURE IS PHOTOSHOPPED, NOT REAL
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09-01-2011, 03:59 PM
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Senior Member
National RV Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner
Join Date: May 2000
Location: California Central Coast
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Francesca
Note to self:
Always check the Tide Table before driving out on the beach.
Oh-
And keep an eye on the kids, too!
Francesca
PLEASE NOTE: THE PICTURE IS PHOTOSHOPPED, NOT REAL |
What picture? 
Glenn
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2011 Chevy Colorado 4X4 with Ready Brake
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09-01-2011, 05:21 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
Ford Super Duty Owner
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Like they say...you can't cure stupid.....
Ken
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