weed wacker o/b

jimr

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Re: weed wacker o/b

anything is possible :D
 
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SlowlySinking

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snapperbait

snapperbait

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Re: weed wacker o/b

You just hate that echo something fierce, huh?...<br />Jimr is right ya know... A torch, some bail'n wire, a little duct tape, and a old spare prop of something, anythings possible...
 
Bob_VT

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Re: weed wacker o/b

If the shaft straightening don't work... try a minkota plastic prop. I bet the drag on the prop would out-weigh the torque capability. It would be an annoying sounding trolling motor.<br /><br />Bob
 
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crab bait

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Re: weed wacker o/b

thanks all.. yeah it would be noisy..<br /><br />i like to take my floatin' lawn chair in the mitey susquehanna river at connowingo dam hydroelectric plant .. it's the first dam in,, off the chesapeake bay.. mucho stripers hang there cause it's a smorgasboard when the turbines run.. which is pretty constantly in a/c season.. <br /><br />fish of all kinds walleye , jumbo jumbo 90 lb cattys,,tiger musky,, even sturgeon an of coarse,, it's smallmouth haven.. <br /><br />boats can't get where i wanna get .. it's way to rocky.. the current can be alittle swift at times when generating..but not too bad on this side of this mile wide river cause it's BOULDER city..<br /><br />a supplimentle power-prop mite come in handy.. <br /><br />belive me fellas,, i gotta go fishin' here.. cause no one can get a real boat up there.. <br /><br />IT'S CALLIN' ME IN A MAJOR WAY..
 
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rwise

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Re: weed wacker o/b

My little brother used to power his boat (14' allum. v hual) with a weed eater, never looked at how he mounted the prop. It wasn't fast but he got there, that is if there was not to much head wind! He would buy any weed eater he could find at yard sales, seem they dont last to long doing this.<br /><br />And watch out for the currents!
 
roscoe

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Re: weed wacker o/b

You'll really go for a ride if you hook a big cat or sturgeon while floating in a chair!!! YeeeHaawww
 
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crab bait

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Re: weed wacker o/b

LOL , ROSCOE..<br /><br /> yeah, i have heard many a tale or snapped rods , bend stra8 hooks from shore fisherman.. <br /><br />buddy-of-mine in his 18 ft river boat down river somewhat,, hooked into somethin' ,, an got pulled into a cut in "sh!# rock" a big ole gigantic house size rock .. famous for it's all white from covered with the stuff.. he literally got pulled into a crack an got briefly stuck .. of coarse,, the line broke an 'whatever' got away..<br /><br /><br />PRETTY NEET,, MELLOW.. !!<br />but still alittle pricey..<br /><br />i'll just take off the wacker head an see.. maybe bore a hole an thru bolt an cotter pin on a minni prop.. <br /><br />thanks RWISE.. i can imagin they wouldn't last long.. it just needs to last long-enuff.. :) ..<br />weekend project.. thanks..
 
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Re: weed wacker o/b

I can imagine some awful thing happening with a homemade outboard mounted to a floating chair...I think I'd use only a plastic prop!<br /><br /><br />-dd-
 
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