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05-21-2015, 10:14 AM | #1 |
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Any Suggestions for Island Transport
We are looking to transport a small John Deere Gator to an island in Gilford this weekend. We tried all the obvious ones and they are unable this weekend. Any other suggestions? This can be done on a pontoon style barge. Thanks
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05-21-2015, 11:46 AM | #2 |
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Slowly tow it on a swim raft? Chain or strap it down very well and go. Single point tow at boat to two tow points on the raft to keep it straight(er). Just a thought and maybe a silly one.
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05-21-2015, 12:24 PM | #3 |
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The swim raft sounds pretty risky... The center of gravity would be pretty high relative to the size of the 'buoy'...
Have you called Dive Winnipesaukee at 603-569-8080? Tom may have a suggestion. |
05-21-2015, 02:46 PM | #4 |
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pontoon barge option...
Matt Nolan in Meredith has an old pontoon boat that he stripped down and uses as a barge - not sure how to get hold of him directly, but he works out of Y-Landing Marina and they could probably direct you.
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05-22-2015, 09:10 PM | #5 |
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Minge cove rents a 24' pontoon barge on their website.
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05-22-2015, 09:12 PM | #6 |
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Swim rafts don't tow well with nothing on them. Putting a gator on one would be disastrous.
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05-23-2015, 07:00 AM | #7 |
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05-23-2015, 10:55 AM | #8 |
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... rafting a heavy Chevy!
On the Discovery Channel, a full sized Chevy pickup was rafted 120-miles down the Yukon River on a home-made raft built with tree trunk logs ..... could be a video on this showing how you can do it?
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05-23-2015, 11:17 AM | #9 |
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this is how we do it !
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05-23-2015, 03:53 PM | #10 |
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I would like to thank everybody for there suggestions. We are going rent the pontoon boat at Minge cove.
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