I walked onto the lot this morning and there is a full-on Yamaha SX190 sitting right in the middle of the mud. It is parked between the stack of plywood and the temporary fence, just taking up space where the Lull needs to get trough. I have seen guys bring thier motorcycles or maybe a jet ski on a trailer if they are heading out early, but a nineteen-foot motorboat is a first for me. The ground is a total mess from the rain yesterday too, so that trailer is going to be caked in clay by the time he pulls it out. Most of us are placing bets on who it belongs to. My money is definitely on the sparkies since they always seem to have the most toys and the earliest finish times. I guess if you are hitting the lake the second the clock hits four, you might as well bring the rig with you. Has anyone else seen somethig this ridiculous on a site lately? It is not like we have any extra room to spare with the HVAC guys arriving.
Is it normal for guys to bring their boats to the job site now?
May 05, 2026
Last reply: 2 months ago
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That boat is going to be a nightmare to wash once that red clay dries on the bunks and the trailer frame. If he is blocking the **Lull path**, he is lucky the operator hasn't just nudged it out of the way with the forks already. I have seen guys get kicked off the site for less, especially when you are bottlenecking the HVAC delivery and making everyone else's life harder just beacuse you want to catch the evening bite.
My money isn't on the sparkies, though. usally, the electricians are smart enough to park their toys at a storage unit near the ramp or at least off the main haul road. This smells like a **subcontractor foreman** or a trim carpenter who thinks he owns the lot. The fact that it is a nineteen-foot Yamaha tells me he is more worried about looking good at the sandbar than actually being able to tow it through a rough job site without bottoming out the hull.
I had a drywaller do this once with a pair of jet skis during a summer heatwave. He thought he was being clever by beating the Friday traffic, but the site super made him unhook and move them to the street after the concrete truck could not make the swing. If that ground is as soupy as you say, that trailer is going to sink to the axles by noon. I hope he brought a 4x4 and some recovery straps, because a standard work van isn't pulling that out of the muck once it settles. At the very least, check the cup holders for those tiny Fireball bottles or empty Gatorade caps. That will tell you exactly wich crew is planning to check out at 3:30. If it stays there past the morning safety meeting, the super is definitely getting a phone call from the project manager about site access and safety hazards.
I’m still new to the site, and I’m honestly just worried about where I park my Corolla so it doesn't get crushed. I didn't realize you could just bring a whole boat! If the Lull operator actually nudges it with the forks like you said, wouldn't that cause a massive insurance headache for the company? Or is it more of a 'park at your own risk' kind of deal? I’m curious if there's usually a formal rule against this in the safety orientation, or if it’s just one of those common sense things most people follow untill someone decides they relly want to go fishing.
Liability is a joke on a site like that. If you park a $40k pleasure boat in a mud pit blocking the telehandler, you've basicly waived your right to complain. Most supers have a "move it or lose it" policy. I once saw a super hook a chain to a plumber's bass boat and drag it fifty yards into a ditch for blocking the crane pad. The insurance guys whould laugh him off the phone once they saw the site logs. My bet is on the flooring crew. Those guys are always rushing to the coast the second they finish a room. If that thing sinks, he's digging til 8 PM instead of fishing.
I'm putting my money on a project manager or some hotshot sales guy. Those Yamaha SX boats are jet drives, wich makes this ten times stupider. If he gets any of that wet clay or a stray pebble sucked into the intake while he's trying to pull it out of the muck, he’s going to chew up the impeller before he even reaches the boat ramp. He’ll be spending his weekend at the repair shop instead of the sandbar. I’d love to be there when the HVAC box truck shows up and starts laying on the horn beacuse they can't make the turn.
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