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More photos:
http://www.lincolnlandbassmasters.com/Skube%20Photos.htm
From their forums:
QuoteIf you haven't already heard, Ed Skube crashed his boat monday evening the 29 of September. He has a broken right leg in 2 places, a dislocated right hip and has had to have surgery to install a rod in his leg and rebuild his hip. He also received some staples in his head and has some other scrapes and bruises. He was in the water for a while before help came. This is the reason and we are all guilty of it, but wearing his life jacket and having the kill switch hook up probably saved his life! I have attached some pictures of his boat. The problem was that his hot foot stuck and his boat was running wide open. He was trying to free it and ran into the railroad bridge piling before he got the kill switch pulled. Go to http://www.lincolnlandbassmasters.com/Skube%20Photos.htm and take a look at his boat, makes you think, I am usally on the left side when we fish Lake Springfield, I am glad I was at work. Steve Parker
It just breaks my heart to see a pretty bass boat all boogered up like that. Wonder if he properly preserved the boat for an engineer to look at? Given the possible issues with the hot foot, there might be a products liability claim.
Quote from: Wishing2BFishing on October 28, 2008, 12:24:20 PM
It just breaks my heart to see a pretty bass boat all boogered up like that. Wonder if he properly preserved the boat for an engineer to look at? Given the possible issues with the hot foot, there might be a products liability claim.
always a lawyer. :grin:
Quote from: Wishing2BFishing on October 28, 2008, 12:24:20 PM
It just breaks my heart to see a pretty bass boat all boogered up like that. Wonder if he properly preserved the boat for an engineer to look at? Given the possible issues with the hot foot, there might be a products liability claim.
Chances are the hot foot was not properly maintained.........or He was not observing the " no wake " areas around bridges that most states have......or was just going too fast for conditions. May have had a cheap foot, the better ones will have a Toe loop that you put your foot under to drive...then if the spring breaks, you can pull the pedal back up manually. Too many people out there with boats that do not properly maintain them, hot foots need to be inspected every few times out, especially if you run a lot of rough water, bolts will work loose, the return spring will loosen , throttle cable needs to be lubricated occasionally, etc.
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I removed the one that was in my boat - never liked the hotfoot. With the hydralic steering and being so used to the hand throttle, I perfer hand. My legs also didn't fit very well with hot foot up against the front of the console so it just had to go. I am surprised that the driver either waited too long to shut the engine off or pull the kill switch, that he lost it in the bridge. Whatever, he is lucky he didn't kill someone.
Damn cheap Skeeters...
duh uh why not just turn the ignition key off immediately
i had a hot foot sitck once and the first thing i did was shut the motor off.