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That's a fantastic trip. We did it on a cruise ship. Way up in Glacier Bay National Park we were the only boat there except for a 4588 Bayliner.

Wow, Good math! You about nailed it. Regarding the Bayliner, we just sold our old 4588. Maybe the same model boat that you had? It had thrifty fuel sipping Hinos in it. I can't tell you how many times my wife said that she wished we were doing the trip in it instead. BTW, we sold the Bayliner to...

You are absolutely right on that fuel observation. I'd hate to admit how much fuel we burned between Pompano Beach and Pittsburgh.

You are right regarding the trailer. We made it out of salvage beams, axles, etc. The only thing new is the king pin and air brake lines and valves. I definitely studied the M1000 trailer a while before starting the design. I kept visualizing the havoc that would ensue if the gooseneck bottomed...

We hooked a tow chain to the front of the M1070. It gave it just enough extra umph to get things moving again. Once we got going again, it went smoothly.

The boat weighs 66,000, we estimate the trailer at about 30,000.

We pulled our boat out today. Upper Allegheny River, 40 miles northeast of Pittsburgh. We used our 1994 M1070, but it quit pulling once the boat broke water. It just spun, even after deflating the tires. We went back to the shop and got one of our trusty M816's. Once hooked on front, it easily...

I'll post photos with the boat once it is out of the water and safely on land. I don't need embarrassing video footage on AFV or on YouTube.

I'll post photos once it is out of the water and safely on land. I don't need embarrassing video footage on AFV or on YouTube.

I'll post photos once it is out of the water and safely on land. I don't need embarrassing video footage on AFV or on YouTube. I know that I keep reposting. I can't seem to be able to find the delete button anywhere in the edit tab. Sorry.

We are finally getting around to building a trailer for my m1070 to pull my boat with. I've had the truck for 6 months now and just noticed that the pigtails/gladhands are missing for service to the trailer. Not the ones at the rear frame rail, they are there. I'm referring to the ones in front...

I would think that it would make it that much harder to get in and out. I don't use any roof on mine, and mostly don't even bother to get inside to operate. I've found that it is much easier for me to just stand behind the compartment and just reach over to the controls. Of course my lifting is...

Timeline 98 and shenkmen are both dead on. You won't actually get to meet Amanda though. She schedules from Mechanicsburg. Always pleasant, but more so now that she got a window in her door.

Here's some other shots. Note the boom facing forward in the one shot. If we don't do that, the front end lifts coming up the ramp with the heavier boats. The blob of steel on the back is an old counterweight from a dozer that we welded to the frame to give it a little more weight.

The truck in photo 3 and 4 is a stripped down M818 with a boom installed. We use it the most because there are a lot less hoops to jump through for day to day boom work, but it's nice to have the 816's around for heavy work and pulling the 40,000 pound boats.

Our money is spent keeping them running safely, not upgrading tires that still have years of life on them. Don't get me wrong we try to keep them nice, but 30 new tires is out of out of our budget.

I really like that! Mine are "workers" or I'd consider it.

Thanks for the idea. I finally got around to looking at it and hooked on to the boom with one of the other wreckers. Freed up pretty easily. Did a little investigating and found the gearbox to be dry. Filled it up with Hi Vis gear lube and ran the boom back and forth awhile. Took the opportunity...

Fired up one of the M816's today. It hadn't been used in awhile but worked fine when parked a month or two back. Anyway, the boom controls all work fine and everything works like it ought to, except that the boom will not turn in either direction. It sounds like the hydraulics are deadheading...

1970 XM816, 1971 XM816 and though it doesn't count, a 1971 818 minus the fifth wheel and with a long reach boom added. All used daily.