Subdeacon Joe Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tT_SChzTGvw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Last of those I saw were about 1958 at a dude ranch up near Yellowstone. They used them for maintenance trucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 I rode in one last April. They are used for tours of Boston, touring both the streets of Boston and up and down the Charles River between Boston and Cambridge. The drivers must have a Captain's license. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 A couple of years back , I was in Branson Mo , they were running some DUCKS , on some kinda tour . I think they are still running them in the summer CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438 Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 I rode in one last April. They are used for tours of Boston, touring both the streets of Boston and up and down the Charles River between Boston and Cambridge. The drivers must have a Captain's license. They're a blast! If you see one on the streets of Boston, the proper etiquette is to let out a series of load "quacks", and to get the same in response from the passengers. When the Red Sox won the World Series, they used a flock of Ducks to tour the city in a parade. We took my Dad for a ride on his 80th birthday; the captain noted his "US Navy World War II Vet" cap, and gave him the wheel for a part of the run up the Charles River. Great people, great fun. Last I heard, they are having trouble getting parts. LL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 They still use these in Florida for aquatic weed removal in the hundreds of miles of canals.A very cool invention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G. I. Tarpicker, SASS #998 Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 There's one on display at the Museum of the Pacific War (formerly the Nimitz Museum) in Fredericksburg, TX. -- GIT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Gatlin, SASS 10274L Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Rode in one at Wisconsin Dells - cool! GG ~ :FlagAm:/> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virgil Ray Hality, SASS# 37355 Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 these things are all over the Eastern seaboard shuffling tourists around harbors and such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 The official vehicle of AFLAC insurance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 They run them on tours here in Seattle also. I have never rode in one, but I recall that during the war (WWII) and shortly after, we would see them running in convoy down hwy 3 in Southern Illinois, to service the flood areas from the Mississippi. Those GIs would always wave to a ten year old kid standing in awe on the sidewalk. Thanks for the memories, Joe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Mudd Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 The Ducks in Branson are converted to auto. trans. and diesel engines. While in the water, they will ask if anyone wants to drive it. I always do! Fun! :lol:/> B)/> Ducks at the Wisconsin Dells still have the old "crash box" trannies with gas engines and the drivers tend to be younger and a lot more fun to ride with . I try to ride in a Duck every chance I get. :)/> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.