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Gonna be a while before I get the boat up to the cabin I think.  ?

FYI, Canadian Tire has a sale on some Garmins starting on Friday.

When I retire I want one of these.

I like the ease of mobility of a truck camper over a trailer and don't mind the smaller space.

Got to get me a truck to put it in first. though. 

https://www.lancecamper.com/truck-campers/825/

I have a herd of Garmin's on my boat and they are excellent units.

As has been said, go up to a 5 or bigger. The 4" units are just too small when you want to use the sonar and GPS in split screen mode.

You're better off going with an Echomap Plus or Echomap Chirp unit with the Canadian Lakeview maps built in rather than the basic GPS of the Striker units.

These are the 7" and 9" Echomap Chirp units on my boat.

18 minutes ago, AKRISONER said:

lol I dont know a single person watching hockey anymore

I am. ?

Motor's back where it belongs.

Just have to finish installing the new hydraulic steering and clean her up.

Now where's some open water?  

What a great day to be Canadian!!!!

Canada plays for gold tomorrow and the Raptors are in the finals!!!  ❤️

Just about done now.
Just have to bolt the motor back on and hook it up.
Also got a new hydraulic steering system to hook up too.

Just do like I do and screen your calls.

If I don't recognise the # I let it go to voicemail.

If they don't leave a message and call back 3 times without leaving a message I block the #.   

This little dude shreds!!!!  ?

21 hours ago, Rattletrap2 said:

 Lol I can’t wait to join your club! Lol

Me too.

I just hope I can afford it. 

Don't want to be stuck in my cabin not being able to do anything because the price of gas is higher than diamonds or gold!!! ?

2 minutes ago, Squid said:

I am all for St.Louis winning the cup this year!!

Me too, especially since they have never won one.

And the payback to Boston for Bobby's 1974 goal would be good too. 

At the lodge on Great Bear we had two old Honda quads, they are 1980's vintage and are still being used daily during the season to this day.

This is the unit I am looking to purchase.

https://atvsxs.honda.ca/atv/rubicon/rubicon-500-dct-irs-eps

10 minutes ago, moxie said:

Thats what most leaf fans are. Teams out they go dark. Nothing to say about the game cause they dont know anything about the game other than theor team plays it. . Call it what you will.

Well it's now going on 2 days without hockey on TV and I'm already starting to have withdrawls!!!

Gonna have to record the iihf games to watch in the evening as they are on during the day. 

LET'S GO BLUES!!!! ? 

How's the fuel mileage?  ?

2 hours ago, glen said:

Everyone knows when Dave does something he does it right. 

but did the ram charger start on fire?

The pic was the second time it got stuck. Not near as bad as the first time.   It started a grass fire under the engine. I thought it was going to burn to the ground.  I quickly grabbed all of my gear out.  Now that it’s out it’s starting to be funny. 

Wasn't me, it was my buddy.

I was just along for the ride.

That's not stuck, just a minor inconvenience.

Back in the 80's we got my friends Dodge Ramcharger stuck going in the back route to an off road race.

We found a little mud patch and played for a bit until we got stuck. His truck had a 12" lift and 44" mudders on it.

When we gave up trying to get out by ourselves the rocker panels were touching the ground.

My buddy was one of the marshals at the race so we went to the race and got some of the boys to pull us out after the race.

It two rows of 4X4's and two big winches to pull us out.

One line had 7 vehicles and the other had 8!!!  

That's stuck.

6 minutes ago, BillM said:

Dave, did you have any pin holes in the transom before you started?  How did you take care of that during the rebuild?  

Didn't see any. The metal is in good shape.

Only holes are ones that have been drilled through it to hold stuff.

If there had been any I would have used the urethane on it. Stuff sticks like crazy and is waterproof.

They use it to hold windshields in cars. 

28 minutes ago, Tom S said:

Can I ask the reasoning behind the 10 coats of clear? Wouldn't it be faster and more reliable to glass and vacuum bag it? Or is it a matter of keeping things simple?

Don't have the resources to do that.

The original was just plain marine ply with no sealing.

It lasted 28 years, so this should last longer and I'll be dead before it needs doing again. 

A little closer to being done.
Covered in 3M-4200, liquid urethane and paint.
Probably take half the summer for it to wear off.  ?

Should get the motor put back on next weekend. 

45 minutes ago, BillM said:

Good job Dave!  Make sure to seal that thing up tighter then a ducks ass

OH, it'll be sealed.

I have 2 tubes of 3M-4200 and a tube of liquid urethane to lock it all together.

Getting closer to having this thing done.
Marine ply core built and coated with 10 coats of clear.

And installed back into the transom.

New stainless brackets and 1/4" aluminium reinforcement plate test fit.

Reinforcement plate drilled and painted.

Stainless brackets painted up.

Should be able to get it back together tomorrow.  :)

rent a portable winch?

Get a high lift farm jack and fill in the ruts with logs.

https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/bulldog-36-in-farm-jack