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  3. What to do.

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    Yes the overtime helps with the toys. There is just no way of telling when I'm going to get it. I am about finished with ice fishing after the last two seasons were not productive for me or the ice. Some times I think about unloading all of it cause that would would give me a big bag of cash for stuff for the boat not to mention clean out the garage some. The big expense for me this year will be a new roof. That will be a big bite in the wallet. I still did good over the winter picking up some trolling gear which was a must for me. Good luck this 2017 season everyone.


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    Good luck to you!

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  7. Trolling bags

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    I did that on my last boat, a 25' hardtop. Lost a little top end speed but was able to troll at 2.0 consistently. Two bags out in my 19.5' aluminum allows me to run a touch higher in RPMs while still trolling at 1.5 ish. Bags are nice in choppy water too, kind of stabilizes the boat.


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    Did you set your idle while underway or did you set it fry docked?

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  16. Starting my boat

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    image.thumb.jpeg.1e491cfe4d4034ae897cafd686f54a47.jpegimage.thumb.jpeg.8c2753afea8df39f94ad0b484c967a01.jpegimage.thumb.jpeg.3c0ced1a3d859269832c6ebddbb238ae.jpegimage.thumb.jpeg.76322226873fcf395fde2a80fd30d5a6.jpegI couldn't agree with mr580, this is just a teaser from Mother Nature!! Towards the end of the week it's going to get cold again. I just rebuilt my motor this winter because it cracked, I used the pink antifreeze, I never did this till I over heated a motor due to rust clogged the holes"water jackets" in the block. So I drained my block, manifolds ect and put the pink stuff in like everyone else does. I ran 5 gallons through just to make sure it pushes all the water out. This winter I needed a multimeter that l left in the boat so I pulled the tarp back to get in, I thought I better take a look. I saw a pink stalactite hanging out the side of the block, at first I thought it must be water getting in somehow and running down the side. So I broke a peice off and tasted it its antifreeze. I pulled the hoses off and the juice is bone hard. My heart sank down to my knees, wtf I did everything the way I've been doing this for years. To read the whole story go to LOU thread when can I put my boat in. To make a long story short, this RV antifreeze gets slushy at 28* and freezes bone hard at 13* but the RV antifreeze doesn't expand when froze like water does. I was under the impression that it stayed a liquid as the green stuff, this is not the case. As I explained in the beginning I thought this was a sure fire way of ridding the water in the block such as the water pump hose the power steering cooler ext. not so I think I diluted the pink to much and it took on the properties of water and pushed the block enough to crack it and the pink juice came out. I did a little testing with a pint canning jar with a rubber lid and a metal ring to hold the lid on tight, by adding a half cup of water to the juice and put it in the freezer, it pushed the lid up and cracked the jar. Here are some pics. of strait  RV antifreeze in a jar I had to pound the screwdriver into the m

    Thanks pap!

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