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Picked up an older 12 foot aluminum boat, trailer, and trolling motor for a VERY low price from the guy that lives down the road. That boat has been sitting upside down next to the trailer for the entire 4 plus years we have been here.

One trailer tire was old and dry rotted and the other looked brand new. Go figure.... Got the tire off and then got it off the rim. Went to TS and got a new tire but for the life of me I can't get it on the rim. I can get 12" and up with a little struggle but this 8 inch just ain't going on the rim without some hydraulic help. Truck and car tires I can do by hand but the little guys just don't bend like you expect em to. Monday I'll take it to the car shop and have em put it on their machine. I had to do that with an 8 inch yard machine tire also. No biggie...I have no problem admitting defeat.

I checked the boat over good and I will have to replace the wood backer board on the inside and outside of the transom. It was rotten and they had put a lot of silicone sealer around the edges. It must have leaked through the bolt holes and they fixed that by sealing up the edges which effectively trapped the water inside the boards. That'll learn ya durn ya!!!

Since every boat must have a name I asked my wife what we should name it. She popped out with LaraBeck for Larry and Becky. I wish I could do that as fast as she does. I have to puzzle over stuff like that for a LONG time and she pops out with it almost instantly.

Liberal use of WD40 has loosened everything else up on the trailer so I should be able to get the puppy in the water by next weekend I hope......I am already starting to experience the syndrom of a boat being a hole in the water that you pour money into...

True Padre, but there a lot of fun!!! The innards on my plow truck (89 GMC 1 ton, 454, etc) drivers side door are trashed, rusted, disintegrated, etc. Finally tracked one down w/ manual window control--they're tough to find non elec. window. Anyway, what a venture getting the old door off--bent pins, rusted, etc. Today I'll go take the new to me door off a 98 GMC p/u & put it on the plow beast. I'm thinkin it'll be fun___NOT!!! Was gonna bale today but it rained last night. God knows we need it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

freetown fred wrote:Today I'll go take the new to me door off a 98 GMC p/u & put it on the plow beast. :

Geeze, FFred, just leave the door off! It's cooler in the summer & safer in the winter.

blrman07 wrote:I am already starting to experience the syndrome of a boat being a hole in the water that you pour money into...

B.O.A.T. : Bust Out Another Thousand! But... I think in your case your wallet won't suffer that much.

lowfog01 wrote:Thanks for reminding me that it's zucchini season

August is the only month in Maine that we keep the car doors locked.... if you don't, for sure, you'll open 'er up & find a zucchini on the seat!

Indeed Freddy. This part of NYS also!!

WOW, this dryness is unusual. The horse riding arena is like dust and the girl who comes into water it has left us (again). I decided to install an automatic watering system and it's working real well. Then, in went a bigger fan.... just in time for falI I am sure. There, we are all set everybody can relax ... it will rain for the next 100 years. You hay farmers can thank me later. I know, I know, Rob will give me many demerits for messiness but this is as neat as I get.

FF, for those hinge bolts you can't beat an impact driver. The old style, the kind you smack with a hammer. For the rusted bolts, Kroil is the best, or a 50/50 mix of acetone/ATF. Liquid Wrench is pretty good, as for the rest, wd40 PbBlaster, etc, waste of time and money. I do like like wd40 for things like trailer light plugs and padlocks, it's just a lousy penetrating oil.

Padre, looks like a fun project. No such thing as a cheap boat though. What kind of wood do you plan to use on your transom?

coalnewbie wrote:WOW, this dryness is unusual. The horse riding arena is like dust and the girl who comes into water it has left us (again). I decided to install an automatic watering system and it's working real well. Then, in went a bigger fan.... just in time for falI I am sure. There, we are all set everybody can relax ... it will rain for the next 100 years. You hay farmers can thank me later. I know, I know, Rob will give me many demerits for messiness but this is as neat as I get.

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No demerits from me (this time ). I am impressed that you installed gauges to monitor the pressure drop across the sediment filter.

top top wrote:For the rusted bolts, Kroil is the best

Agreed, it really works wonders in the right application. Once in a while I get a flyer from Kano Labs with a deal on 2 big cans of Kroil, and I usually can't say no...although I am approaching the limits of cabinet space in the shop.

Is today the day for mounting those tractor tires? I was thinking earlier that I am surprised the tire wheel combination you have can be run tubeless, a lot of older tractor wheels/tire combos cannot.

I had planned to mount them yesterday but got sidetracked. Might tinker with them today. One of the tire irons broke when breaking them down, looked for a replacement. Talk about sticker shock. $130 for a 7 lb steel bar! A decent duckbill tire hammer is even more. Prices sure have escalated over the last 40 or 50 years. lol This tractor is a '71 vintage 580B LBH, I think tubeless is pretty normal for them. When I bought it 20 years ago they were tubeless, I bought a used tire a few years back and used a tube in it. The used wheel I just bought was also tubeless. Here are the pics the junk yard sent when I bought it. Even paying shipping it was less than half what I was quoted for a new wheel.

Congrats on the boat, Rev. Larry. I'm sure you will have a great time with it.
Be sure to get a license for it, so you don't get a ticket. Pa. changed their licensing laws a while back, and I think a license is required for most anything that floats, except innertubes and life preservers.........but that may change soon also

You must be a pretty rugged guy, tire irons usually don't break unless you leave one leaning on a block and back over it with a loaded truck! I never used a duck bill hammer, only a slide-type bead breaker...and a Case W20 loader when needed.

That wheel looks excellent. Good luck with the assembly. That TRC Tire Seal really is a fantastic product, too bad more people won't give it a chance due to a poor experience an inferior product (like the green stuff).

If you ever have any questions about the other TRC products, or how much Tireseal to use in a different size tire, let me know.

Damn, the door venture went surprisingly well!!!!!

Only a few fenders and another door to go!

Hey FF, it just needs a quick wrap

Come on guys, this is Freetown. Havin a new door that opens from the in & outside with a window that works plus 4 brandy new M & S sneakers is like dying & goin to heaven!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

FF,
Nice looking door, and even with a mirror, WOW, Top shelf!!!

And now, tell the truth FF: "I did all that in one day" ???????

I have a '97 plow truck that I named "Rusty", and I'm tired just thinking about it.

Cheers