Launching your boat, pickup and trailer

This man was one upset fishermen as his boat was afloat but the pickup and trailer did not float very good.

This is his canopy and you can just see the top of the pickup, the trailer is totally under water. After the pickup was launched the strong wind blew it over and around the end of the dock.

This is where he wanted to go fishing not swimming in ice cold water trying to stop his pickup from going further out.

This is his boat floating nice and pretty as the crew from the wrecker, Fenders by Endres, uses the boat to stretch the cable out to the pickup to keep it from floating further out.

Nothing to do now we are hooked up to the pickup but set around and watch and visit until the scuba diver shows up.  I mean it was cold. The wind felt like ice and went right to the bone with a chill. You can tell kids are tough as he is in shorts.

Here he comes to save the day, the diver has arrived. Phil Johnston, a local diver who also works for the local fire department and scuba diver in his off duty time.

The diver and wrecking crew accessing the situation and how the best way to do this. Have to pull the pickup around the dock but the trailer is jack knifed under the bridge too.

Testing to see if the pickup is still floating or on the bottom and it is on the bottom.

Thinking, thinking, thinking.

Not the position he expected to see this view from.

Pickups do not float well.

Here we go!

 Figuring how how to unhook trailer

 Taking a closer look

Deciding the trailer is going to have to come out backwards from what the truck does.

Lucky for all that Joe has brought the small wrecker and the large wrecker as he positions the small wrecker for the boat trailer while the big wrecker in the back is still hooked to the pickup.

The boat trailer is unhooked and hooked up to the small wrecker just waiting until they can get the pickup out.

Joe has the bed of the big wrecker backed down to where he has to lay on the bed of the wrecker to operate where he is not in the water as the diver hooks the pickup up.

 Steering the pickup

 Here it comes!

 Once they got hooked up this operation was as smooth as butter.

 Almost there!

Keep steering Phil!  You are almost there.

And the actual upward trip starts.

You could see the stuff inside the pickup floating around.

Diver Phil adjusting the tow line to a different direction.

A good job by Phil (Diver) and Joe (tow truck) to get that thing to turn just perfect and line up perfect to come right up onto the tow truck.

Even the lights are full of water.

Water starts to pour out of the door and every other opening in the pickup.

On the truck!

All done, nope, still have a trailer and boat to get out.

Here comes the trailer.

Trailer is out!

loading the boat up to the wrecker.

I thought Fenders by Enders and Phil Johnston did an amazing job of getting this vehicle out. You would have thought they had lots of practice. Once they figured out the best way to do it the job was done is a matter of minutes.