Decided to try out my transom mount 50lb thrust trolling motor in my very light boat. Speeds 1-4 weren't especially impessive. Stood up to get a better view while casting and clicked it up to #5, big difference big mistake in April.
Same boat different lake. Decided to step out of it without tying off. I have done it many times before but this time I dropped the rope. The boat started drifting away and without second guessing I jumped in, swam after it and retrieved it. The people fishing on the dock didn't even acknowledge anything had happened.
Using a farmers old forklift I began moving a stack of a dozen or so 180lb well greased grain bin sheets to a concrete pad for erection. Traveling down a slight incline I found the brakes didn't work. The incline increased along with my speed and the sheets bounced off and scattered in a single file line for about 80'. After gathering and dropping them on the concrete pad I began backing the lift up. The rear wheels dropped over the edge of the hill next to the pad and as I shifted into forward gear the lift began rolling backward, preventing gear engagement. About a second later I was traveling down a 45 degree slope at about 90MPH. I ended up about 70 yards out in the farmers bean field.
