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    Boat Battery Questions - Cranking

    If your getting more than 6 years out of a battery, you are a lucky man, way above average for battery life overall. According to mfgr averages...cheaper batteries avg life 2-3 years. Better quality batteries avg 3-5 years and so called premium batteries avg 4-6 year life span. At one time I...
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    Boat Battery Questions - Cranking

    What folks need to understand here is.....a deep cycle will work to start an engine, same as a starting battery will run a trolling motor...no one is saying it won't work !! But ...is it healthy for the battery ? Ask any battery engineer, a deep cycle is designed to give a long steady draw...
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    Required Safety Course

    Just because they completed a course and have papers, does not mean they learned anything !
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    Anyone have experience with exterminating Rats?

    Not to many years back, we had a restaurant out in the boonies with a big trash hopper in the back in front of a small wooded area. Long after closing and after dark, a few of us would meet up about 100' or so out from the trash dump with our air rifles. We would get setup then turn on the car...
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    Sad Day For the SS United States

    Good looking vessel, she looks fast...even going slow !
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    Anyone have experience with exterminating Rats?

    That is what I use, set out bait and get a good red light to light up the night. Great fun and quiet !
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    82 Starcraft MR 180 floor, slight refit and leaks

    If at all possible, dunk the hull without the interior, then mark any leak areas. In my 60 plus years of aluminum boats, I have saw many damaged from being filled with water....to much weight and hull not supported enough equals junk twisted hull. Just some words of warning....
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    Required Safety Course

    According to a DNR officer I became friends with, of those that have taken the boating safety course in our area, most do not remember anything they were taught after 30 days ! Only took the course to get the papers for their insurance discount.
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    Boat Battery Questions - Cranking

    Ask any battery mfgr, we have two different mfgrs in our area. Their engineers as well as the instructions that come with every deep cycle battery I have ever bought claims that high amp charge rates can lessen the life of a true deep cycle battery....thus the reason for the dual purpose...
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    Boat Battery Questions - Cranking

    Get two new gp 27 combo batteries. They are a cross between deep cycle and starting type battery, commonly used in motor homes and larger boats without trolling motors. WallyWorld has them as well as most battery dealers. Always replace batteries in pairs when running them together. Deep...
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    How many very new 4 stroke engines will be running trouble free at age 50 to 75 years old ?

    Due to labor and repair costs, the newer four stroke engines will not need much of a repair to become a parts engine. My local marine repair dealer says it is far cheaper to just replace a short or long block, rather than due a teardown to make a repair....at least for warranty repairs. Once...
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    Swapping to an opti

    That is why you use a quiet air rifle, no one will know !
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    Don't know what I got

    Another popular saying is....the boat you get for free will cost you the most !
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    100+ outboards

    Find a flea market around the great lakes area, load up a trailer with small out boards and spend a long weekend there. Small out boards are hot sellers as trolling motors on larger boats and typically move quickly if in good condition. If they look junky or don't run, you can't give them...
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    Random

    Another example is when a woman has a baby, it is normally not to long after when she considers having another baby. I don't ever recall a man asking for another kick in his nuts after the last one.....child birth must be easier !
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    Questions about purchasing a 1982 75 HP 3 cylinder Johnson

    This is why we run tests on things before we purchase them....without testing all we are doing is guessing. Next question is cost.....is it priced to allow normal replacement of wear and maintenance items ? We can't see, feel or touch, so anyone's guess.
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    Wild Finish at Daytona

    Side by side ads are even a bigger joke, no sound and smaller, harder to see. Worse part about all the ads, is they are the same ad over and over and over ! Anyone else notice how many if these repeating ads are for prescription medications ? We can't buy it without a script from a...
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    Wild Finish at Daytona

    With all the "equal" cars on the track, the races have become extremely boring ! Glad we have a hopper, we record most everything we watch just to eliminate the advertising which is horrible ! Average TV show is now 50% ads, sports games and news reports are 65-75% ads. Hardly worth watching...
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    battery volts

    When I was a young lad, my father charged our batteries in the basement. At one of the windows he built a shelf and made a box for the batteries to set in that had an open vent to the window that was cracked open. It appeared to work well, but over time you would see some type of crud building...
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    Required Safety Course

    My boat has always been fitted with correct requirements, never failed a safety inspection in my 60 plus years. When I change boats, one of the first things I do is look for a safety inspection. In my area they are generally around, especially on weekends. The Aux typically posts the launch...
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