This is a unusual story generating the rounds of Oregon television retailers, but it is also a unfortunate story: Law enforcement in Eugene say they stopped the driver of a sedan who was attempting to tow an aged Bayliner boat.
The boat looks to be in the 24- to 27-foot selection on a tandem-axle trailer, that means the common tow vehicle of decision would be a pickup, most properly a hefty-responsibility one.
It is hard to notify accurately how the boat owner/driver has the trailer “hitched” on the inside of the trunk. But it truly is easy to see that the tongue weight on your own is more than the auto, which appears to be an aged Hyundai Sonata, can manage. It really is challenging to imagine this arrangement at any time moved. Anyplace. At all.
Law enforcement issued the driver a warning. This all transpired about 11 a.m. Tuesday.
That’s the odd section. The unfortunate section is, the driver told officers that the boat was his or her property. And the photograph conveys a sense of the desperation in that scenario.
Now here’s the sadder element.
Eugene station KVAL-Tv reviews that a photographer these days checked the region all-around wherever police encountered this rig, and identified the boat on the challenging (below). Nearby was a discarded couch, some trash, and inexplicably, a lawnmower. The auto and trailer ended up long gone. And the driver is now plainly adrift from what minor dwelling they had.