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Just got back from LOW today. The truck was on it's side last week but is now back on all fours! earlier this week "they" tried to pull it with 2 large resort boats. Result was two blown motors! I was in the bay this morning and 3 DNR people were scoping it out. I heard they are trying to work out a plan to pull it from shore. Now that would be fun to watch! It has now been 5 weeks and it's still there! Bigger tourist attraction than the big walleye.

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AT LEAST IT WASNT A MAROON NISSAN!!!! I HEARD THE "CAT KING" SHOWED ALL YOU GUYS HOW TO CATCH FISH THIS PAST WEEK. DID HE SHOW YOU HOW TO MIX A GOOD VSOP AND 7 TOO?

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I don't understand why they just don't float it to shore with air bags or pontoons? One cubic foot of water weights 62.4 pounds so how many cubic feet of pontoons, air bags or 55 gallon barrels would it take to float that truck? Get out your calculator!

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They make air bags for underwater recovery. You hook them to the truck and inflate them with a divers air supply. Should be able to float it and tow it close enough to shore to winch it out of the water.

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thats how they raised portions of the titanic, should work for a truck. if i have time today or tomorrow, i will take a look at the problem. havent worked out a good engineering problem since college. i will see what i can come up with. part of the calculation would be to take a best guess as to the air volume in the gas tank and the size of the tires on the vehicle. i am guessing a truck like that would be about 6 kips less the weight of the water.

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ok, here is my best effort. we will use the tires and any air in the gas tank as safety factor. if the truck weighs 6000 lbs, mine is around 5400, a guy would need to tie approximately 720 empty gallon milk jugs to the truck to float it.

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Truck just got towed in with little flotation on it they towed it in off ski's point nw of wig wam, with a long cable.

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