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After you have done the update, just erase the card and put it back in the unit. That update info on the card is no longer needed once you put in the unit and it updated from it. It will automatically load the info on the card that's needed and then you can use it for extra storage.

As long as you don't ground it, it's not going to get stuck in weeds. If they are extremely thick, you might have to pull the tm up so it's just skimming the top of the water to keep it from getting imbedded and clocking up but it should still pull you out. It's going to make a bunch of ruckus and throwing water like crazy but it usually pull you through. I used to fish the St. Johns river a lot for copper head bream, and kept a long pole in the boat to push my way though large patches of lily pads to get to open holes in the middle of them. Even in a big, heavy, 20' glass boat, never once got stuck. Might have lost a little religion cursing the dang things, but getting stuck was never a concern. I purchase things to use them, boats are for fishing, not a lot of fish stay out in the middle of the lake, so I go into the place they want to stay in. If it gets scratched, so be it, that's what I bought if for. That's like the people that buy the fancy four wheel drive trucks and Jeeps, then won't even drive through a mud hole because they are scared of getting it dirty.

Well, it dang sure ain't something made by Promariner. I was a die hard ProMariner user for many years, before they went to China. I bought one of the Chinese built ProTourny 300's, it didn't last and got another under warranty. That one lasted about one month past the warranty, so I sent it in for repair. They said it was too old and they no longer had boards for it (seems like it was about two or three years) but they would sell me a replacement at a reduced rate, so I did that. That one also lasted just a couple months past the warranty, so I sent it back for repair. Same BS, it was too old and they no longer had boards for it, but they would sell me a new one at a reduced rate. I told them they could just take that one and stick it where the sun don't shine, I'd had enough of their junk. Great charger while they are working, but I can't afford to buy a new one every couple of years. I bought a boat that had a Dual Pro in it, and when I sold that boat, it still had the Dual Pro in at and it was about 12 years old. I have a Minnkota Digital MK330 I've had for several years that I just mounted in my Pontoon and it's still working. I'm not a big fan of the way it works, but it works.

When I got out of it, my wife didn't want me to sell the equipment so I could still frame her needle work and stuff. I still have the equipment for a full blown frame shop. That's the pneumatic V-nailer under pinner, saws, Fletcher mat cutter, Fletcher Oval mat cutter, Fletcher wall mounted mat and glass cutter, vacuum mount, hundreds of acid free mat board, bunches of sued mat board, and hundreds of feet of molding, plus about anything else one would need. A full blown, operational frame shop was all stored and hasn't been used in 20 years. Thousands of dollars worth, just in case the wife decides she wants something framed. Which I would not have the room to set it up if she did. I was actually very good at hand carving matts, I studied Brian Wolff's technique and pretty much mastered it. Now days it's all done by computer, but I still think the hand carved looks much better.

Reminds me a lot of Jack Terry's work, a painter from the Texas hill country. I have a large number of his Limited Edition, signed prints. One of my things for several years was picture framing. I was a CPF, and had a very thriving business in Texas, until I moved to GA, and found how cheap the south GA women could be (got tired of hearing "well Michaels on charges" it wasn't funny. I did mostly high end, conservation framing, and hand cut mat designs, hand laced needle work etc. The way it's supposed to be framed, not the way Michaels does it.

I was always told the biggest bass could swim 50 mph so you had to have a 70 mph boat to get in front of them to catch them. I like to spend my time fishing, not moving from one spot to another, so when I need to move, I don't putter around. As for how fast I fish, the lure and fish dictate that. If they want to hit a spinner burning through the water, I burn a spinner bait. If they want it slow rolled, I slow roll it.

At least ya'll had yours. I took the pontoon on it's first today and haven't even mounted them yet. Waiting until this day was done. Now that it seems like a keeper, I've got a ton of other work to do on it to make it more user friendly.

I've had mine setup for almost a year so if they are not on my Contact List, the phone doesn't even display the call, but it will still list it in my recent calls. As for giving you my phone number, other than a doctor or someone that absolutely must be able to get me, 95% of the time if they ask for a contact number give out my home phone number. There is no home phone, the number is just because my carrier requires I have one for my internet access.

Well, first trip on motor went well. I had already idled it for an hour on the hose. Ran it at about 2,000 for an hour, then 3,000 for an hour Took to 4,500 for a couple of minute and then back to 3,000, then slowly added longer run times at 4,500. After about a half hour run at 4,500, we called it quits for this trip. As for speed, you gotta know my wife. She liked it better at 3,000 than 4,500. Don't have a clue what the speed was, haven't installed Garmin's yet, but it was slooooo. After all, it's only a 13 pitch prop. The funny part, when doing the 4,500 run, I actually passed one boat on the lake. It was another pontoon, it looked very nice and brand new, with a BIG 300 on it. Don't know if he was just doing his break-in or if his wife was like mine, or just didn't want the feed that monster. I almost took a video on my phone just to document that one. I saw bunches of them clipping along pretty darn fast. One tritoon looked like he had to been going 50 or more.

Yea, I used to do that, but I've decided that only makes them add you to a dozen more list just out of spite. Every now and then I will do that now to for payback, play dumber than dirt until they finally just hang up on me.

Phone and computers have apparently become big business for the scammers and it seem nothing is being done to slow them down. I guess there to million billions being made by the companies marketing stuff to "Protect You" from them. Between computer emails and phone messages I get at least a 1/2 dozen a day. My PayPal has been frozen, verify you account, My internet has been frozen, verify your account. There has been unknown computer to access your ebay, verify your account. Your automobile warranty had expired, update your warranty now. There is a federal warrant out for your arrest, Call the federal law enforcement now. Your bank account has been frozen for suspicious activity (banks I don't even have an account with) verify your account. The list goes on and on, these are just some of the most frequent. After the fourth call in one day, I even answered one of the Federal Warrant calls and told them they were as much Federal I was an astronaut and would they take me off their call list. He just replied "absolutely not" and hung up. I keep my phone on Do Not Disturb and only allow callers on my contact list so I don't don't know they are calling until I actually look at my recent calls on the phone and see all the red missed calls, but dang, I get tired of deleting them. Same with my internet, I just delete them, don't even open them if I don't know who them. If it's something I might want to check on, I just sign into my account on line, I dang sure wouldn't respond to no email.

Looks like, according to the wife, it's going in the water tomorrow. I "thought" I was just going to run it a couple of hours to start the initial break-in of the motor since it was bored and all new pistons installed. This morning I asked my wife if she wanted to go if I went, "I'll see" was her reply. This afternoon, while getting ready to go into town and eat, she asked me if I had enough life jackets for "everybody". I ask who is everybody? It seems my, may go to the lake to run the boat some, has turned into a family boating trip on the lake with a 1/2 dozen people.

I'm new to Garmin units, so can't say anything about which is better. I bought the 73SV UHD and 93SV UHD with the GT54 transducers at BPS when they were on sale a month or so back at the price they want just for the 93SV UHD with the GT56 transducer now. I know I was not even interested in anything less and would have probably gotten the GT56 transducer if I fished deeper water or wanted to extend the side scan further, but for my needs, the ones I've talked to says the GT54 transducer is very adequate. I have not mounted either one of these on a boat yet, so can't even comment on how I like these and if I thing they are better or worse than my older Lowrance HDS units with side scan. Looking at them in Demo mode while setting the up and learning them, the UHD models look great.

I would say, if a steal of a deal came along on a 115hp four stroke I might would buy it. Simply because they are much quitter and the fact that they do get much better fuel economy. Since I usually only buy this kind of stuff when I can get it for pennies on the dollar, and I have no experience with four strokes, it would have to be one hellava deal for me to want to learn them. It would also have to be a fresh water motor. I try my best to keep as far from saltwater motors as possible. They are a total nightmare when it comes time to try taking one apart and many times, half of it's junk from corrosion when you do get it apart. Let me rephrase that just a little, I have no experience with four stroke outboard engines. I have tons of experience four stroke automobile engines. I've been building those since my drag racing days back in the 60's. Back in the 80's I was building mega super charged engines used by a couple of professional pullers that competed in national truck and tractor pulling events and engines for a number of local circle track racers.

Four Stroke and two stroke a two totally different animals. I've never owned or worked on an four stroke outboard but have ample experience with two stroke. I'm sure the four stroke has a much more sophisticated ECM and probably has anti-knock sensors to detune the timing when needed with this junk we have for gas now. Plus they are a whole lot more fuel efficient than two strokes. A 2009 two stroke is not going to have anything about it that's would be considered sophisticated. That's why you should never run a two stroke at WOT when it won't reach near max rpm. Any motor that's loaded down with todays gas is going to pre detonate. This starts pitting the piston and eventually destroys the piston, meaning good by motor. That's why most of your better mechanics detune most two strokes about two degrees on the timing. About 10 years ago, I built an engine for a guy's 24' deck boat that pushed it 65 mph but you are sitting so high up off the water, it didn't feel like you was running anywhere near that. You take a low profile bass boat and run 65 mph and it feels like you are flying. However, I have no intention or desire to make this one fast. First off, that aluminum bucket on the back that hold the motor does not look super strong. The reason my wife would not ride in any of my bass boats is she always said it felt like she was gonna go flying out of it. So, I'm sure she would not be happy with this thing going fast. It would not make me mad if this one would run at least 35mph so it could be used to water ski, but other than that, I would have no desire to change it.

To tell you the truth, I don't have a clue. It seems now the lady wanted to take time to make sure she wanted to sell it. That's all been between my wife and her cousin. I've kept my mouth shut about it. After over 50 years, you learn when it's best to do that.

Finally, took two (boat and a motor) and made one (boat with a motor). Motor is on the boat, checked out and ready for the lake, so Sunday should be able to see what is going to do. Rain and severe weather forecasted for Saturday, so it will have to be Sunday. (maybe) My bother put his in the water and says he leaves it all summer, so I could use his trailer, hopefully one will show up by the time he gets ready for his back.

Wow, thanks a million, I was going to make an Italian bread today, made the starter last night, but got sidelined. Had a doctors appointment, and then went to a junkyard and got a hood for the VW. I was amazed, I actually found one the right color, so it only cost me $80 to repair it. There was a few hours of other work getting it so it would latch down though. It drove the latching system back about an inch and down about 1/2", so I spent a few hours making everything fit like it was supposed to, and getting the hood to latch down, but now, you would never know it. Funny thing, I bought a Livia 90 espresso machine in 2000 so the wife could make her a cappuccino like she enjoyed in Italy. I didn't even drink coffee then. She has never brewed the first cup and I'm roasting coffee. Which, like everything else, I can't keep it simple, I have to have everything very precise and computer controlled. Which for that, I have to make my own circuit boards and controllers for doing that. Through all this, I never got into Latte Art. My wife is big into needle work, and she has a stitching group that meets at different members house each week or so. They say they love coming to her house because they never know what kind of coffee or treats they will be having. These small town country women don't even know what a latte is but they love for me to fix that coffee with the foam on top. My wife hits me up to do something special for them each time. Looking at your oven setup. It sounds like you have the same Bosch oven we have. You are using the same pizza stone I have, and until my wife stopped me from using her cast iron pans, I did the same setup. Finally made some out of 1/2" thick steel that will produce even more steam than the cast iron did.

One little trick many of you may know, but for those that don't. If you find yourself in the water and having a problem getting back in the boat. If the boat has a motor and it has power tilt and trim, most have a trailer switch on the side of the motor to trim the motor up. Stand on the anti-cavitation plate, hold onto the motor and use that trailering trim switch to trim the motor up. It will pick you up and almost dump you in the boat.

Well, since there is always that possibility of falling in cold water on a cold day, or even getting stranded and have to spend a cold night on the lake, which either can be deadly if not prepared. I always keep a space blanket, rain suits and a poncho in the boat. The rain suits is great for a wind breaker to help keep you warm, and the poncho makes a great emergency tent. I also keep a butane lighter and magnesium/flint fire starter as a backup and a roll of toilet paper in a zip lock bag. Beside the obvious use, it gives you dry material to get a fire started. These few items take up very little space and can mean the difference between either dying or just having a bad night. I keep my vehicles basically stocked the same way because I used to spend a lot of time in the woods.

At least yours are not dead spots because of believing what you read on the internet. Last year, I tilled and sodded half my backyard with Zenith Zoysia. By the beginning of winter in November I had a nice thick green carpet lawn. I was getting a good many weeds coming up in places during the winter, so while it was dormant in Jan, I read on the net, it was safe to spray Roundup on the weeds. Since it only works through the leaves, the weed leaves were green and active, and the grass was brown and dormant, it wouldn't hurt the grass. WRONG!!! In March, when the Zoysia started turning green, the Roundup has killed the crap out of large patches of grass. Now I've got to try buying some Zenith Zoysia seeds and see if I can get it back. Which supposedly this is a hard grass to grow from seed, and the seeds are not cheap by no means, but the only way I can get sod is at a minimum of 500sq. ft. and I don't need a fourth of that. In your case, I would check with the county extension agent or some landscaper's and see what's a good, drought tolerant grass that will give you the look you want.

I've been messing with things a long time, buying, fixing and selling. The first two things I do to any motor that has sat for a while and not used regularly, is pull the carbs off and clean/rebuild them, and drop the lower unit and put a new water pump in it. Even if it does seem to run OK, both of those items can fry a motor in no time. If the motor was regularly used, and carbs look great, I still drop the lower unit and replace the water pump impeller. That's one of the most neglected, critical items on a boat motor. I change them every three years, but I had 15 and 20 year old motors that had never had one changed. That like playing with dynamite, and not knowing when it's going to blow and when it does, it's usually very expensive to recover from it. I forgot to mention, if the fuel pump is a model that can be rebuilt, you should clean it also, the valves can be sticking. By the way, for those that say they put SeaFoam in one to clean it out, after the fact. SeaFoam will do almost nothing to clean a gummed up dirty carbs. Then you have those that say they sprayed carb cleaner in them, totally useless. The ONLY way to clean the carbs is to pull them off and take them apart. If that is done by someone that knows what they are doing, most likely the motor will run great.

Pretty neat and very good. That required just a little bit of wood working skills. Unless you took a short cut and painted it, but even if painted, it's interesting.

Actually, they make a vinyl siding cleaner you can add some bleach to and it works great. The eve's and gables on my house has siding on them, got tired of keeping them painted, and I use that cleaner. I got it at HD or Lowes. I spray it on with a 3 gallon, pump up sprayer. My pressure washer has a chemical siphon port but I don't use it. Don't won't to take the chance of chemicals getting the pump. Chemicals and pumps don't do well together.

The best thing is to do like I did, plug it up to a 12V source, sit down and spend a few days going through all the menu's and settings. That way you won't have to be trying to figure things out while on the water and you can make the changes the suit your likings. As mention, the first thing you want to do is go into gps settings and turn on WAAS. Don't know why they don't do that on a fishing sonar in the initial programing. Actually, the very first thing you want to do is make sure it has the latest version software in it. My 9 had the latest, but both of the 7's had something like version 4.6 and the new I think is 5.1. You will need to get you a 32GB, Class 10, micro SD card (they will have a C on them with a 10 in it) or faster. Plug the micro SD in, turn the unit on it it automatically loads required data on it. Take the card out, plug it into the computer and Garmin Express will automatically check the update and register the unit. Do the update if needed before you put anything else on the card because it's going to erase everything on it when it loads the update. After the update, erase the card and put it back in the unit so it can load it's info on it again to use it. I did setup contour colors for the first five depth's on the fishing maps, you can make those any color you want and that makes it a lot easier to tell if something on the map is a deep hole or an hump coming up to shallow water. Another thing I did was make that menu bar automatic, so it goes away and pops back up when you touch the screen. There are a lot of things you might want to change to your preference but they are things you need to go through and learn. You can put it in Demo mode and it will still let you make changes to see if you like it or not. Like I said, I spent close to week sitting here at my desk learning how a what each thing did, so I would be very familiar with using it when on the water. Color schemes are something you might want to change to your preference. I didn't like a lot of the ones Garmin used. It will require the transducer be connected when you are doing this. I also turn off a lot of the automatic functions like back light, contrast, sensitivity, etc.