Good news: Someone brought a strap so one Super Duty could help out other one. Bad news: Person in F-250 forgot about their boat.
Being in a boat on the lake can be so relaxing. You soak in the sun, listen to some music with your friends and enjoy a nice cold drink before you take a dip in the water. But getting the boat into and out of the water can be stressful. If you pick the wrong line when backing your boat down the ramp and there are a lot of people waiting behind you, get ready for some angry honks. Or if you get stuck on the way out and you’re in too much of a rush to get going, you can wind up like the unfortunate Ford Super Duty driver in this YouTube video from Mark King.
We hope the driver of this white first-generation Super Duty had a wonderful time on the water because once they’re ready to head back onto dry land, things don’t go their way. When the footage starts, the driver has their truck hooked up to their boat trailer and their small boat on the trailer. For some reason, they’re not able to get up the rocky slope they’re on. Perhaps they haven’t tried using 4LO. Whatever the case may be, the convoy isn’t going anywhere without a little help.
Luckily, someone with a black third-generation F-350 is nearby and ready to help. Most importantly, they have the equipment necessary to render aid. Once the two trucks are connected with a strap, the F-350 starts backing up the shore. Despite the angle it’s working against, it has no problem yanking its fellow Super Duty up and away from the water. The F-250 is the one with the problem. A big one.
It’s getting where it needs to go a little too easily, as if it’s losing weight as it moves forward. That’s because it is. The boat owner forgot to secure their boat to the trailer underneath it. The further up the slope the F-250 goes, the more backward the boat goes. By the time the F-350 is done backing up, the boat is right back in the water – by itself.
That seems like a clear sign that the person in the F-250 should keep the good times rolling. We hope they had enough sunscreen and cold drinks left to do it.
Derek Shiekhi's father raised him on cars. As a boy, Derek accompanied his dad as he bought classics such as post-WWII GM trucks and early Ford Mustang convertibles.
After loving cars for years and getting a bachelor's degree in Business Management, Derek decided to get an associate degree in journalism. His networking put him in contact with the editor of the Austin-American Statesman newspaper, who hired him to write freelance about automotive culture and events in Austin, Texas in 2013. One particular story led to him getting a certificate for learning the foundations of road racing.
While watching TV with his parents one fateful evening, he saw a commercial that changed his life. In it, Jeep touted the Wrangler as the Texas Auto Writers Association's "SUV of Texas." Derek knew he had to join the organization if he was going to advance as an automotive writer. He joined the Texas Auto Writers Association (TAWA) in 2014 and was fortunate to meet several nice people who connected him to the representatives of several automakers and the people who could give him access to press vehicles (the first one he ever got the keys to was a Lexus LX 570). He's now a regular at TAWA's two main events: the Texas Auto Roundup in the spring and the Texas Truck Rodeo in the fall.
Over the past several years, Derek has learned how to drive off-road in various four-wheel-drive SUVs (he even camped out for two nights in a Land Rover), and driven around various tracks in hot hatches, muscle cars, and exotics. Several of his pieces, including his article about the 2015 Ford F-150 being crowned TAWA's 2014 "Truck of Texas" and his review of the Alfa Romeo 4C Spider, have won awards in TAWA's annual Excellence in Craft Competition. Last year, his JK Forum profile of Wagonmaster, a business that restores Jeep Wagoneers, won prizes in TAWA’s signature writing contest and its pickup- and SUV-focused Texas Truck Invitational.
