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    12' Springbok Ghetto "Repair"

    Welcome aboard TC10Z !!!! I see you took my advice and joined the forum ! hahah its a must when fixin up a tinny !!!! You posted a few more pics on here then you did on OFN ! Hopefully you can get away with that patch job.... like the others said... if your not leaving it in the water, you...
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    Wiring my trolling motor... help !

    Im pretty sure its a 12 V.... it was given to me so Im not 100% sure... I have no owners manual or nothing. Its a 36lbs thrust motor guide !
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    Wiring my trolling motor... help !

    Hey Ok so we need to start the wiring for my trollin motor. I was told that I need to wire it with 6 guage wire. The plug coming out of the foot pedal is only 10 guage. Then the plug in which it plugs into, when you buy it, comes with 10 guage leads.... but I noticed it also says for a 24V...
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    Post a Pic of your boat!

    If your talking to me ... haha its just steel flex on the bottom and then the bare aluminum up top.... I was going to paint the top side, but I dont know what color to paint it... Im thinking I might just leave it the bare aluminum and polish it ! the inside I havent touched yet... the...
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    Post a Pic of your boat!

    Hey everyone, thought it was my time to post. This is my first boat I've owned. My grandfather and I have been refinishing it, and its all most complete... We've stripped the paint, done some weding of cracks, replace transom, adding flooring, trolling motor, steel flexed the bottom...
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    Question on transom height and trailer bunks

    Hey everyone... I went and got the 2x4's for the new bunks today and grandpa and I did a mock up of how/where the new bunks would be and how the boat would sit on the trailer with them in. The old bunks are about 3ft long and it left a lot of the weight of the boat on the front roller... well I...
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    Questions regarding transom height and new bunks

    Hey everyone... I went and got the 2x4's for the new bunks today and grandpa and I did a mock up of how/where the new bunks would be and how the boat would sit on the trailer with them in. The old bunks are about 3ft long and it left a lot of the weight of the boat on the front roller... well I...
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    Steel Flex is on !!!! Bit of a problem tho ?

    Well my grandpa assured me he mixed the pigment all the way ! He followed the instructions exactly.... Also, we did it inside... left it over night and then around noon he moved it outside. Tonight when I went there... about 24hrs after it was put on... its definitely ROCK SOLID.... I ran my...
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    Steel Flex is on !!!! Bit of a problem tho ?

    Hey everyone, Well the steel flex went on yesterday and I was away at a meeting all day for work so when I came home she was nice and hard ! One thing that kind of concerned me was the color.... it well... CHANGED color ? It was green, wait..."olive drab" when we put it on but it dried brown...
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    Best way to make new bunks

    Hey everyone I want to make the bunks on my trailer longer... at the moment they are about 4' long. But I would like to extend them to about 6 ft. Ill show a pic and explain ! At the moment they only reach to about the axle of the trailer.... I want to extend them to the first cross...
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    Need some opinions on Steel Flex

    I just read the blue book that came with it ! haha I didnt even see those pages till I went and looked at all the stuff again ! I guess the best thing to go would just be to have at'er and get it done.... I worry about things to much haah
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    Need some opinions on Steel Flex

    Thanks for all the help everyone I have one more question.... The guy that had it before me must have put a bunch of bondo or something on the seams at the front.... would it be best to remove all this stuff before adding the Steel Flex ??? the stuff is on there pretty solid... it takes an...
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    Need some opinions on Steel Flex

    I guess I should have said Im from the great north. I paid the right price for it from Fasco, but after shipping, Plus once it got to my door I had a nice $40 charge for duty :evil: :evil: , It cost me roughly $150 canadian. Now I read the directions, but I have noticed that the directions...
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    Need some opinions on Steel Flex

    Hey there, This is for all you guys that have used the product before. What is the best way to lay this stuff on ? I did a search and couldnt really find the EXACT answer I was looking for. I want to hear from the people with experience with the stuff just because it looks like it can be a...
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    Steel Flex color ? HELP !

    Hahaha yea well I went and got the money order for the amount with the pigment so Im not going to paint it now ! I guess we'll see what it looks like ! Thanks for all the help !
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