Recent content by lukeD

So I have been thinking with all of the projects that I have seen here like the small jet ski jet boats that have been built have you all had any problems with insuring them? Reason I ask is I am thinking about trying to find a 18/56 hull and build an inboard out of it. Got the welder to do the...

looking at here around winter hopefully to change out my 100 hp merc to go to at least a 200 EFI...was wondering if you all could tell me what shaft length my jet should have when i start looking for motors. i got a lot of places to look but most are Bass boat sites with prop motors. i know ill...

Gator Boats is just down the road from my house a few miles. Randy is good people and builds one heck of a boat. i would love to have one but the wife says no. so ill jsut have to put more motor on mine next year. the 100HP just aint gonna cut it for much longer.

got a little john boat i use on the river here to trap out of during the winter. its got a pretty good split in one of the ribs up front that leaks pretty good. short of having it welded what would be a good way to seal it up. boat aint worth much at all its jsut a little 14' john that my dad...

seth....my nephew totaled out a little boat he had last summer. he got about $4k or maybe a little more out of it. and had maybe $1k in the boat so he bought a brand new Alweld hull and redone his while setup and now has a dang nice rig.

thinkin about making a run up to the Gascoganade sometime here soon before it turns freezin cold any was wondering if any of you have been on the river lately

well i should get my boat back from the shop (once again its in the shop) tomorrow and really wanting to go somewhere so i think i might just take and run up to bridge on the Gasgaonade for the day this sunday. havent been on the G for a long long time and ill prob just leave the boat home from...

thanks a bunch bud. i know the river is pretty low was thinkin of takin the boat but maybe ill jsut leave it at home this time and jsut go camping and not worry about the boat. might take the old boat to the gasgonade this weekend. its been in the shop for 3 weeks starting to have river withdrawls

wife and i are takin the kids camping at Meramac caverns the first weekend of July...thinkin about takin the jet with me but never been on the river there. if i take the boat im gonna put in at Sand ford and only saw the one riffle that is between the caverns and sand ford and it didnt look bad...

i called them today and talked to them again..they are gonna give it another go the tech lives fairly close to me so hes gonna pick the boat up and take it back in. told him i dont want it back till its running right. im taking my son and mother camping for memorial weekend and ill probably be...

im gonna give them the benifit of the doubt and give them one more shot to get it running right after that ill be takin it to Troutts

so last Sat after getting the boat back from Eberlin boats working on it i took it to the river. Tech told me when i picked it up that he had the motor at 4800 RPM in their test tank. well took it out Sat and with my wife me and 2 kids couldnt get it to turn more than 4400. wasnt sure if that...

how can i tell if its a larger Impeller? i talked to a few people dealer/tech wise and they all said the same thing that the RPMs are low. im gonna try and take it out this week after work with just me in the boat and see what it does. if its still not getting what i think it should ill take it...

so the RPMs will stay the same no matter the load? jsut sounds odd to me but im also comming from big proped boats when i picked the boat up the tech said he got the motor running to 4800 RPMs but the best i saw yesterday was about 4400 or so and that was full throttle. im gonna try it out...

im kinda thinkin they are low also..not sure though with carrying that many people...boat is still new to me so im not sure. im gonna try and take it out again sometime and see what it does with less people and if im still not getting any RPM ill probably end up taking it to a diffrent tech and...