Make my life easier

[Road King Cole]

Great thread.

MJ, I am going to build me an oil catcher w hose like you made. Not only will it get all the oil\sludge\crap out, it will be cheaper than buying a pump!

For aligning up the trailer hitch to the trailer, I had bought alignment poles like these:

http://www.amazon.com/Reese-Towpower...m_cr_pr_sims_t

I think I have also seen them at auto zone or walmart. Save's me getting in and out of the truck to see if its aligned, or even better yet: trying to understand directions from my wife.

Even without these, I would opt to do it by myself.

rkc

[macojoe]

I had a par of them poles, I still didn't like them. But I have gotten pretty good at backing up so i don't have to much of a issue there.
I am thinking of getting a slip for this year?? We shall see

[Road King Cole]

Originally Posted by macojoe

I am thinking of getting a slip for this year?? We shall see

Well, that certainly falls into the "making life easier catagory"...except for maybe bottom paint.

[bradford]

Here's a small contribution to a great thread: Instead of buying one of those rubber doughnuts to set your trailer jack wheel in, I cut a 5 inch hole in a piece of a 2x10 with a jig saw. All my friends with boats see it and say they should have thought of it.

[phatdaddy]

i made this to strip old line off reels, threaded bolt through an old water bottle cap and put in your cordless drill. works great and when full, get a new bottle, caps are pretty universal.

[Fishwhisperer 180]

Great thread. Plenty of brain work going on here. When I picked up the 180 the in-gunnel rod boxes were hanging on by a thread. All cracked and and in peices.
I removed all the peices. Put them together like a puzzle and held the peices in place with masking tape from behind. Then I took um to the local spray bedliner guy and told him to give the fronts a light blast. That was 5 yrs ago.
The pic shows the spray with no tint. You can have them done in the color of your choice. They are stronger than new. When I reinstalled them I ripped a couple of 1" strips of pressure treated from a 1/2 " board. I placed them behind the inner hull to frame the length of the cutout and screwed through the edge of the box, inner hull and into the wood. Now I have to put back the teak mouldings.
Says the new guy.

[Blue_Runner]

Great idea....can they tint white? What did they charge?

Thanks for posting!