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T, when i replaced the trailer lights, i use an extension cord for each side. you get black & white for the light and the green is the ground that you take all the way back to the tongue. good wire and double the insulation over stock wire with wire kits.
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Man yall got some good ideas, Kinda like MJ , I use two gallon ziplock bags to catch my oil on my 470 I/O. Just slip them down beside the oil pan,drop the plug and let it fly. When your done zip it up and slip it out. Just be careful not to rip the bag open taking it out.
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Ok I'll add one, a rope.
A rope saved my tail more than once when I had my 70hp evinrude. Then towards the end after I had sank the motor my starter wen out I could start that thing in 2 pulls wrapping the rope around the flywheel. I loved the look on peoples faces when we'd be out 3 miles off the beach fishing and it came time to leave I'd pull of the hood, wrap the rope around her and fire her up! Pricesless! |
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I have used and will again the ex cord trick!! ;)
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Speaking of extension cords,
when I installed my Guest charger, I bought a 50 foot outdoor cord and used it as my plug cord. Now instead of fumbling around to find an extension cord, my cord is always there. |
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For draining oil from the I/O I used a square fish tote and put a small pipe thur the side with a hose, the hose goes out the drain hole to the back of the boat, Pull the oil drain and it all goes in nthe pan, come back when ready all oil drained to bucket outback.
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Then you wax the motor well right? ;D *
Fish tote with a tube? *Do the same thing with the fish, let the fish slime and blood go down the tube. *;D |
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This is one I’ve been doing on the boats to keep trash and pissy kitties out the boat.
Finally got my neighbor talked into it. http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w...Picture291.jpg It doesn’t hold heat in or promote mildew growth by letting the boat breath and provide some shade. http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w...Picture292.jpg No real supports needed. Harbor Freight started carrying the material already grommeted in 12 x 20 squares. http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w...Picture293.jpg Negative aspects are if under pine trees, the needles get stuck in the material and it will let dust, dirt and pollen thru also. * It's somewhere between 60% & 70% shadecloth. http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w...Picture294.jpg |
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I put a rocket-pack up my butt and now I can LEAP over stuff I used to have to walk around...:sand:
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http://www.wellcraftv20.com/communit...ine=1214931363jjjtronics http://www.wellcraftv20.com/communit...er_offline.gif Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Puerto Rico Posts: 90 http://www.wellcraftv20.com/communit...cons/icon1.gif How to hang your nuts..... Jejejejeje, Got you !!! Well, here is a little trick for those hard to mount/reach ( hidden ) nuts. See photo. This are 7/16, 1/4"-20 SS nuts, mounted on a 3/16"-thick piece of starboard. The holes for the nuts are 1/2", and the nuts are driven into the holes with a light hammer. I used this trick to mount the antennas. Hope it helps someone someday. JT Attached Thumbnailshttp://www.wellcraftv20.com/communit...1&d=1218110880 __________________ Make the habit of radio-checking your VHF, and use it. Father God is too busy to come down to help you himself, He sends His Angels. They have no wings, They are just your true friends. |
I have a friend that uses his camper only a couple of times a year and he swears that putting regular roofing tar paper (felt paper) between the tires and the ground keeps ants out. Around here we have lots of ants and I seen lots of boats with ants in them.
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At fish camps they put the legs of the cricket cage in buckets of water to stop the ants from getting to the crickets.
Heard about the same thing with the power cable and water connection to the camper to stop them from comming aboard. |
Can't remember when you changed the water seperator??
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w...ki3/002-28.jpg I also do the same thing with the oil filter on the autos but put the mileage. |
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Who needs to buy one of those fuel catchers with suction cups,
not me, I made my own. A plastic milk jug (pint size or quart), cut a keyhole for the overflow and vwala: |
I just spill it on the ground!!
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Mine is on the trailer, so I go to regular gas station, so no worries!
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See those two rod-holders mounted on front of the splashwell?...those are the handiest bastards on the boat...not shown, but they hold at the ready spinning rods ready to throw and a bait-dip net (2nd photo) for retrievin' live-bait from the bait-tank...easily over-looked, but sorely missed...
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Oh man, I am imagining that old geezer stroking out if all them rods go off at once
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That "Old Geezer" (ain't me) just moved back home to SC after "enoughs enough" followin' Katrina...he been livin in N' Orleans and fishin the low country of Louisiana for last twenty years and caught more fish than me n' you put together...my pleasure to have him aboard... ...and every now and then they do all go off at same time...turns into Chinese Fire Drill QUICK!!... |
I have been using the rear rod holders for years in my V also, thn upgraded to nice one when I got the OX I tie stuff to them, add nets, rods pliers, what ever its needed for at the time!
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Bumper locations?
Can't ever seem to have the best location for a bumper to be tied to without adding an extra cleat or stringing rope from one end to the other?
I'll bet you have the perfect locations for the rodholders though, well combine them!! http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w...ki3/001-25.jpg http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w...ki3/002-29.jpg http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w...ki3/003-15.jpg 1" PVC with a 3/4" (or less) hole drilled into it, cut to the depth of your rodholder. |
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I love it too!!
P.S. Tsub - time to take some ajax and a scrub brush to that bumper DAWG!! LOL just ribbin ya! Mine don't look much better. |
That is a good idea, I've seen similar items forsale somewhere......I have brass clips on my bumper lines and have put small stainless "D's" where I need em. (Sorry, no pics)
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Rope Storage
Something I'm sure some of ya'll are already doing, I just haven't stepped back to watch what I'm doing with anchor rope.
In the past I would store anchor rope neatly coiled and tied. Even to the point to wrap Velcro straps around them to keep them neat. While washing the ropes in a 5 gallon bucket of water, it dawned on me, just keep the ropes in an open container. You can transfer them, access them, do just about anything you want and don't have to worry about tangles, knots, etc. What I've got is a 100', 1/2", primary anchor rope in a holder ready for deployment, then the secondary anchor rope, throw line and dock lines in the other container. http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w...ki3/002-31.jpg They are stackable, you can wash the ropes in the container and then store them. http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w...ki3/004-13.jpg http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w...ki3/003-17.jpg |
How many times you have been at the boat ramp by your self and wished the trailer tongue was a little longer in order to drop the tailgate on the pickup or open the rear hatch on the SUV?
After building a trailer for my duck hunting boat that would allow me to open the tailgate and back down the ramp at dark doom thirty, it dawned on me, just extend the hitch (idiot). Couple of months ago went to get the material to make an extension, well as fate normally has it they already make such an animal. http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w...3/hitch002.jpg http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w...3/hitch003.jpg http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w...3/hitch004.jpg The load limit is reduced due to the extended length. I wouldn't suggest it for road trips but it is great for the weekend outings. |
Such great and inventive ideas! Keep this going! I found a couple I can use! Thanks...:nice:
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One that Daddy showed me a couple years ago, happened to have this flag on a fiberglass pole laying around the yard and he stuck it there for an example.
He said when he owned the V, the only thing he had a problem with, was aligning the boat to the trailer at the ramp cause he couldn't see the winch stand over the bow of the boat. Well it has been just stuck in the hole since, no real need to replace it till someone steals it. http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w...i3/flag001.jpg http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w...i3/flag002.jpg It really does wonders, letting you line up the boat and you have a good idea when it is to the winch. |
Great idea there Tsubaki. I have the same issue. The bunks on my trailer do a pretty good job of getting her centered, but I am always afraid I am going to power right up into and perhaps over the winch.
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Engine flush drum
Daddy did this a couple of weeks ago.
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w...i3/drum006.jpg http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w...i3/drum005.jpg This does many things: if you have neighbors that complain about boat noise, it will greatly muffle the engines exhaust, it will allow you to get the engine up to correct operating temperatures for testing and adjusting, you can easily replenish the amount of water in the drum by hooking the hose to the spigot/drain. I'd been using a drum cut in half for years on smaller motors, I just never thought about doing this for the bigger engines. |
You have a very clever Pop there Tsubaki. Lightweight, portable and adding the spigot to it was probably the right thing to do so you would not be running all the exhaust filled water back through the cooling system.
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be very very careful with the larger motor in the barrel, if you don't keep the hose running the whole time in the barrel you will over heat your motor and loose water out other places and cause lower water to the pump as well. exhaust will heat the water and cause the over heating plus the fact the water is reused threw the motor.
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Excellent posts keep it going..
Inline Ignition Spark Checker they have a 90 degree also.. As part of my on board tool bag I have one for each cylinder, Connect up and you can see if your engine is dropping a spark etc.. $ 6.00 each ! http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...temnumber=4424 |
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We're moving two of the boats to the other side of the yard under another shelter, I hope this will prevent my sister from backing into the tongue's whenever she visits. Yes it is silly looking. http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w...trailer003.jpg Daddy had been placing a 5 gallon bucket over the tongue's to act as a bumper for shin protection during the possibility of an intoxicated event, the Giraffe's should act as double duty. http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w...trailer006.jpg |
very nice and it will also be nice o line up the tuck when loading!!
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