It's the little boats used to get out to the big boats that they haul with
the pick-up trucks. All of the parking lots at the harbors I photographed
were full of big pick-up trucks and trailers.
Tina
On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 11:29 AM, Bob Whitmire <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> I am going to respectfully disagree. I live in a fishing community,
> surrounded by lobster fishermen of all sizes and stripes and successes. Not
> a single one I know or know of hauls his own boat out of the water at the
> end of the season, or hauls it to the boat launch at the beginning of the
> season. They _all_ use a boat hauling service. (A few exceptions of younger
> fishermen just starting out with small dories or such that are easy hauls
> for pickups. None owns a pickup such as the one pictured.)
>
> As for hauling traps to and from the water’s edge, it’s true a good
> fisherman can stack a whole lot of traps in the bed of his truck, but he
> doesn’t need a 350 to haul them. They could make do with a nice Subaru and
> a flatbed trailer, haul as many pots or more, and save a lot of money.
>
> I fear I must submit that fishermen drive these trucks for the same reason
> I ride a 96 cubic inch Harley-Davidson instead of a 650-cc Honda: Attitude.
> <g>
>
> --Bob Whitmire
> Certified Neanderthal
>
> On Oct 19, 2014, at 12:48 PM, Tina Manley <tmanley@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > The guy that owns this truck is a lobsterman. They need the largest
> trucks
> > possible to load up all the traps they can and to pull boats.
> >
> > Tina
> >
> > On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 12:46 PM, Mike Lazzari <
> watershed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> (the uselessly large truck)
> >>>
> >> I share your sentiments Chris. True for about 95% of the PU trucks in
> the
> >> US which never see a bale of hay or a net or a cord of firewood. Or
> even
> >> get dirty. The F150 is the best selling vehicle in the US. However a
> decent
> >> truck is a required bit of kit for a fisher or a trades-person. Even
> then
> >> the truck may be 2 sizes larger than practical. Can't comment on the
> owner
> >> of this truck....
>
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