Tybo

Every year I get a present that stands out from the rest,

This year was no different.

Joey and I usually don't give gifts that are hobby or work related.

Joey went one step above this year in presenting me with a

SPEIL'S CUSTOM,

Thanks hon!

Put it thise way.

Cooks bay ice fishing.

There is a thousand people ice fishing.

500 have fish finders,and you are still catching fish.

Over the years,when the boat,boats needed to be stored outside.

I will remove the lower unit and store it in the basement.

It take 15 minutes to take it off.20 to put it back on.

when storing in the garage,I first tilt up then pour either gas line anti-freeze or

windshield fluid in the hub them tilt all the way down.

I have seen what a little bit of ice can do.

split the lower unit and,or crack the hub.

2 things you have too do before you get married.

1, Buy a plot, If you are going to bury yourself, you might as well be

burried where you want.

2. You buy the ball and chain, If you leave it up to the wife,She will get you

a girly man one(pink and fuzzie).

Glen, Can you throw your parka on,once in a while.

It would make use hosiers feel a little bit better.

Happy birthday Lew.

Good wrench. It's where mechanics take their vehicles when they don't

want to work on them.

Raf, Theres a good chance you are going to need a heater core.

That stop leak is nasty stuff.

It binds itself to the calcium build up and plugs every thing.

A flush may work. It all depends on how plug it is.

Give her some more gas, She'll pull off.

Lower Niagara in February.

Never have I felt water that cold.

Been lucky,Only had one soaker and released many fish.

In real sports, Their is no such thing as a natural.

It all comes from hard work and dedication.

Note: put two shovels in the truck.

The ramp will get cleared faster if your partner has a shovel too!

1200 for a brake job on a car. What are the pads made of,Gold.

I do my own on the truck. use high carbon rotors and porcelain pads.

this is what I pay for in parts and this is the highest grade stuff you can get.

How much is the hourly rate for a garage now days.

Any industrial hardware store will have what you are looking for.

Traction. concord hardware. cisco. thees places charge a little more. But they don't

sell JUNK!!!

Before you run the cable, rap it in cable loome.

This storm is a monster.

Here's some pics of the devastation, and one of the storm from space, its massive.

Hurricane Ike Pics

Joey

Weed-eater been using a CAT on there engines since 1976.

Most of thees new laws are to get rid of the ready mix tanks.

With ready mix, you only think you are mixing 50:1.

Which in fact you are mixing higher.Due to the oil that is stuck to

the tank and is wash free every time you fill with fresh gas.

You'll want something between 400 to 600 and a min of a 136" track.

If you want big guns, A articulated track the way to go.

The Skandic line up is very nice, but very hard to come by used and they are

costly.

Hey Peter, Pick a number between 1 and 10.

MMMMMM, I guess 8,

Hercules. I have used thees tires on a couple of trucks now.

I'm running the 245, 10 ply.

115 installed.

I have found the big name companies build crap for the price.

Wouldn't run badyears or fire blowouts if you gave them to me!

Wild, I never said that you can't weld aluminum.

I said their is places you can't weld.

On fully welded hulls. The the ribbing is precisely at point where the boat gets it's

max flex, with out compromizing the integrity of the welds.

When the first aluminum rivet jon boat was designed, it went from paper to use in four weeks.

Since then all rivet boats have been built much the same.

Where the brake throughs came from the grade of aluminum,rivets and sealent, and don't

forget about auto-cad.

The testing on welded aluminum has not stop to this present day.

Up to not long ago most boats that where welded cracked some where.

Don't get me wrong.

I'm not against welded. At todays standerds I would buy one,

It' just I fish open water in the dead of winter. I have hit alot of ice.

I would perfer to knock out a couple of rivets or bend a plate. then to get a crack or rip a

weld out.

If the melon gets tossed.

the market can claim it as a loss on their taxes.

They can definately be transported. My grandfather worked at a grocery store when he was younger and got bitten by a banana spider while unloading the bananas from the boxes. Nearly killed him!

Joey

there is only a few places you can weld on aluminum boats.

Even if the hull is welded.

Aluminum is a non-farris metal.

This mean that it shrinks from heat.

If you weld near rivets the aluminum will shrink around the rivet, choking and weaking the rivets

beside or near the weld..

You can't weld seam because of the above statement, also there is a sealent placed under the

seam plate.

you can't weld the plates do to shrinkage and hardenening of the aluminum. It will crack right

be side the weld.

All boats need to flex. if you take the flexabilaty out, it will crack some where else.

What I like the most about the people that make thees comments,most are owners

of super sized industrial companies.

Doug maybe he's tying up the Mrs

Slip knot for sure

Use the half hitch for the wife.Doesn't madder how mush she struggles, they

wouldn't tighten and cut off circulation.

Thanks for the replies.

Doug, I will be mostly tying to snap swivels.

pretied leaders.