Vigo man ends up in the sea - blames the tide and moss

[samsensam]

22 hours ago, Assurancetourix said:

Only in Thailand we can  read and have a look at such funny news 

 

Lucky driver..the eggs aren't broken 

 

 

Certainly brakes failed 

 

 

And this one , what happened ?

 

 

This one, I love it ..

Cannot understand how to do it 

 

 

 

 

 

 

where did he think he was going...

 

[billd766]

23 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

‘Blamed the rising tide’..... this chappy has something in common with King Canute.

 

A tough and expensive lesson to learn.

For somewhere between 15 and 30,000 baht he could have bought an electric winch for the front of his truck which would have saved him for more than the cost of repairing his truck.

[gk10002000]

happens all the time all over the world.  Some great videos on youtube.  But as for high tide, low tide.  Stupid.  It is up to the operator to look at the ramp, the water level, know his vehicle, his tires, the condition of the ramp, etc. and decide  how far down to back his vehicle.  Looks like he decided poorly.  The photo, presumably taken some time around the time of the incident doesn't seem to show a lot of wave action. 

[gk10002000]

11 hours ago, billd766 said:

For somewhere between 15 and 30,000 baht he could have bought an electric winch for the front of his truck which would have saved him for more than the cost of repairing his truck.

electric?   I grew up using manual come alongs a hand winch etc. 

[jacko45k]

6 hours ago, gk10002000 said:

electric?   I grew up using manual come alongs a hand winch etc. 

Yes I am familiar with that, the trailer is partly in the water and you can winch the boat up onto the ramp. Works for smaller boats. Usually a 2 man job. 

[RichardColeman]

On 1/22/2020 at 9:57 AM, webfact said:

Vigo man ends up in the sea - blames the tide and moss

More like the turning of the planet

[overherebc]

Mis-read North/South on the Sat-nav.

[losername]

On 1/22/2020 at 1:30 PM, richard_smith237 said:

‘Blamed the rising tide’..... this chappy has something in common with King Canute.

 

A tough and expensive lesson to learn.

Where does your quote come from?  

Edited January 25, 2020 by losername
To add "r" at the end of "you".