Recent content by kkrueger

Thanks, I feel better now. I fished sat eve and idled as little as possible. Try to add some pics soon.

I bought a used Mercury 40/30 jet this week. It is a 2000 model (I believe) that has been meticulously maintained. I ran it today for the first time. Hooked to the hose it pee's really good. Moving down the lake it pee's really good, at idle it is just dribbling. I know next to nothing about a...

I had a 1648 and loved it, but had to sell it. Then I got a smaller boat. What I learned was the smaller boat fit in my garage uncovered with all my gear in it ready to go. I found it was far easier to slip away for a few hours and fish. Often times I'd get home early from work the bigger boat...

BassBoy, That sounds good. Sign me up. I'm in Dallas now, this site still shows me in McDonough. So i'm close by.

We're taking the front bench out of my Dad's boat and want to put in a seat like many of the stick steer or crappie boats have. I'm having trouble finding the box to mount the seat on. Anyone know where I can find one? Here's a pic of what I'm hoping to find.

Here is one I did last spring.

This isn't a tin boat i'm working on, but I can always depend on the Tin Boat folks to help me out. I just bought a Baja today that needs all new upholstery. I'm a do it your selfer all the way and I wanna tackle this myself. Does anyone have a good source for inexpensive vinyl for the seat...

I don't remember the size, but the ones i used had to be ground down a little bit to fit snug. I could find too big or too small. I think that whole versa track system was a good idea, but there really aren't accessories readily available. I wound up making my own.

WB, First of all, cool name. Second, that's probably good advice. I bet it's all gummed up, it's been sitting for quite a while. The tank had some nasty old gas in it.

Thanks Jim, I'll add that to the list.

I just bought a 1997 yamaha 4 stroke 15hp. I think I got a great deal, but.... when I went to check it out it wouldn't start. Because it wouldn't start I offered 1/2 price. and got it. Here's my plan.... Change oil change plugs fresh gas Anything else I need to key in on?

This boat had pretty rough paint, several bare spots, plus someone took red paint and spread it on real thick with a paint brush, then placed vinyl letters over it. I sanded everything down real good, primed it with self etching primer, then painted the entire boat with a flat khaki colored...

I discovered that Aluminum can get pretty pricey. Figured if I could find an old ladder it might work for the frame work, as it's probably engineered to handle more than anything I can design. Did a couple searches on here and found where other people talked about using old ladders but I...

I had what I consider the perfect boat for the places I fish. It was a Tracker Grizzly 1648 with a 25hp Yamaha 4 stroke. But... things got kind of tight around our house last year. Decided to sell the boat knowing the money would only last us a few weeks anyways. Things have gotten better around...

Cool, thanks. The bronco rocks. I've got a Bronco II for my hunting rig.