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    Can You Wear This Shirt

    Have a similar unit in my old toolbox, but mine was for milling machine cutter speeds and feeds before carbide became popular.
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    Trail camera issues fixed, now pics from them ...

    Mabry just a little to the side a bit more for a better shot, I mean picture !!
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    Force 40 issues

    You may have answered your own question. "Idle is extremely high", rpm needs to be down around 600/650 rpm of your gonna tear something up, if you haven't already done so. Idle speed is set/ adjusted while underway on the water, not on muffs....
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    Hope you are not afraid of heights!

    Pity on the helper below....not sure my pants could hold it all ! About 1758 feet to tall for this old boy.
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    Boat Recommendations

    Or...we often added a small extension out the back and called it a doghouse for the outboard, so we could close the overhead door. Mabey that is why most dog houses are behind the garage ??
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    Boat Recommendations

    That is what you call a full boat !!
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    Making a 16' Aluminum fish boat TOO LIGHT.

    I have some of these, they work but barely.....slow down and adjust the trim
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    Making a 16' Aluminum fish boat TOO LIGHT.

    Gotta slow down when the going gets ruff.....yea I know, we want to keep going fast, in our nature.
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    Trail camera issues fixed, now pics from them ...

    Add some food variety, feed and they will come ! We get deer mostly, cyote, bunnies, skunks and racoons
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    Older 4-stroke or newer 2-stroke?

    Honda builds reliable stuff and have a proven record that you can't argue with....but any future repairs that might be needed are gonna be costly, four strokes are expensive to work on. The Yammy also has a good reputation and will be less costly for any similar repairs needed on the Honda...
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    New Winch or Winch Strap?

    Quality of winch makes a big difference, years back I had a trailer with a 2000# manual winch but an off brand cheap job, it did work fine, never an issue, so I thought. Friend found a brand new winch at a garage sale for cheap, also rated at 2000# capacity. What the hey.....new shiny winch vs...
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    Trail camera issues fixed, now pics from them ...

    Animals are survivalists, they will do whatever needed to make it on their own ! People on the other hand have learned to cry and whine about everything being someone else's fault and can't help themselves.
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    Vinyl seat repair

    Back in my younger days, I was a car guy and vinyl roofs were popular. We used " D&L hand cleaner" with landline to clean and protect our vinyl roots in showroom condition. It is still made under another brand name if you search. Your stuff may be to far gone, but the hand cleaner is only a...
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    What should I offer on this outboard?

    I find these electronic powered motors to be far more difficult to work on, and these electric gizmos are expensive ! Give me the more mechanical motors anytime...my current motor is a 1992 Merc, the newest motor I have ever owned in my 60 years of boat owning and it has been excellent !
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    New Winch or Winch Strap?

    It works when you have two people....I am usually alone...and even when I do have another person, I have been doing this for so long, that another person gets in the way ! If I still had my 22'....that would be another story.
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    New Winch or Winch Strap?

    Now that I have spent some time thinking about your idea, the better I like it.. Not sure how well it would work on a 1 speed winch where the cranking can be difficult, but with my two speed in low gear, I don't think it would be a problem. I can crank my 1200# boat on with just a finger like...
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    New Winch or Winch Strap?

    I considered that before buying my two speed winch. Then figured how much time it takes to crank less than 18" on the winch. I would be done cranking long before I had the battery connected on the electric winch. Now if I still had my Islander, there would be an electric winch on there !! My...
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    New Winch or Winch Strap?

    I thought the same thing...but then I realized it is rare that I crank up the full length, normally (95%) it is just pulling up the last foot or two at most. Both my shoulders have torn rotator cuffs...so I know what your going thru. In honesty, I don't use my shoulders when in low gear, I can...
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    Lund 315 new to me - now what do I do?

    Stringers usually rot out before the transom, boats rot from the bottom up ! Testing is easy, please test for the safety of your passengers ! If you have never saw a fiberglass boat skeleton fail while underway....it is not pretty...and your insurance won't cover it.
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    Lund 315 new to me - now what do I do?

    Once you get the motor running, now is the time to check hull strength. Most of these old boats have a wood skeleton for support and that needs to be solid. If the wood is rotten and the skeleton fails, you will sink. You will also want to check under the floor for excess water that will add...
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