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    Sometimes I think grease fittings on bearing hubs should be outlawed

    I didn't want to use a particular manufacturer's name, since it's not their fault. I pulled the hubs off the used boat trailer I bought and the previous owner had managed to completely blow the seals with his grease gun. In one case the seal was actually off the spindle and backed up against...
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    How do you discard an old boat?

    As mentioned in an earlier thread, I found the perfect boat, but the trailer's shot. I've found a good trailer with a lot of potential, but it has an old, worthless boat on it. What on earth should I do with the old POS boat? I doubt if the dump will accept it, and I've never heard of...
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    Rosetta Stone (Craigslist translation guide for used boats)

    A few months ago I finally finished my descent into the cesspool known as Craigslist. I'd been looking for a used boat for several months, and finally bought my neighbor's when he put it up for sale (I'd been drooling over it for months). I didn't actually find a boat on CL, but thought I'd...
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    Another Zebra Mussel question

    In Texas, we are now required to remove the drainplug and drain the bilge water prior to changing lakes. This is part of an effort to stop the transport of zebra mussels from lake to lake (as I understand it). Does the heat in the engine kill the zebra mussel larvae? If not, it seems as...
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    Questions about wintertime use (trailered boat)

    Greetings all. First post from new I/O owner. My former boats were straight-shaft inboards, so I have a few questions about outdrives and I/Os in general. We recently bought a used SeaRay (23 ft) and intend to use it thru most of the winter. It's stored on a trailer in an unheated garage...
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