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Running Dry/Running the Hill Question

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rost495

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Hey Folks

I see lots of references to the above.... I'm assuming anytime I see something to that affect, it means dry ground, that it never simply means running through grass in a marsh, IE grassy/weedy but inches of water or more under.

Am I correct or are there different terms? Got 2 other folks interested in airboats now here locally and want to make sure I'm correct when I interpret things.

FWIW I used to think any reference to a slick bottom was "plastic" I didn't realize til recently one is painted on and wears off quicker, and one is bolted/riveted on and lasts a bit longer, and that there are slickness differences between the 2 types.

Thanks, Jeff
 
Pretty much the same,I think of running dry as short shots accross dry patches and running the hill as leaving the water and not seeing water under the boat till you go back to it. But thats just how I see it 8)
 
rost495":s0rlzjmb said:
Hey Folks

I see lots of references to the above.... I'm assuming anytime I see something to that affect, it means dry ground, that it never simply means running through grass in a marsh, IE grassy/weedy but inches of water or more under.

Am I correct or are there different terms? Got 2 other folks interested in airboats now here locally and want to make sure I'm correct when I interpret things.

FWIW I used to think any reference to a slick bottom was "plastic" I didn't realize til recently one is painted on and wears off quicker, and one is bolted/riveted on and lasts a bit longer, and that there are slickness differences between the 2 types.

Thanks, Jeff
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Running dry to me means you can stop on dry ground, no water at all, and take off again. Now if you can cross dikes, levies, etc, you can run the hill.

Just remember no matter how bad the boat is it can still get stuck. All airboats can get stuck. If you have not been stuck you have not found the right stuff yet.
 
Running dry to me means you can stop on dry ground, no water at all, and take off again. Now if you can cross dikes, levies, etc, you can run the hill.

Just remember no matter how bad the boat is it can still get stuck. All airboats can get stuck. If you have not been stuck you have not found the right stuff yet.
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Reminds me of the time the FWC officer ask to see are Life Jackets. Not thinking I say why I haven't seen water in at least and hour. needless to say I would have rather gotten a frontal lobotomy then have to deal with him the rest of the night.
P.S. There is a big difference sticking a fiberglass boat then sticking a metal boat. :shock: [/quote]
 
Raymond Mott":2kdrl4xu said:
Huh?? :shock: Difference! I always thought stuck was stuck. Please explain!!!!!
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Most people can get out and shake loose a light fiberglass boat. But a heavy metal boat you better have a lot of friends. :wink:
 
Her you go Check out running the Ridge. AKA n----- Ridge. Enjoy the ride



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During the weekend of the Freedom Ride I brought a GPS with me for work reasons but while there I decided to trip check my ride. When I left the water and knew I would not see any for a while I reset the trip odometer. When I came out of the woods the odometer said 27 miles which is not hard to find given that we are in a drought. By the way I did not see another boat until I went to the bus. Hill?
 
rost495 said:
They have answered the question.... 27 miles of no water is impressive...

Jeff
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If you want to run 27miles of dry ground you should sell the boat and buy a 4-wheeler. A polly job is to expensive to run that much dry. If you have to run that much dry ground you should at least install a soap system.
 
If you want to run 27miles of dry ground you should sell the boat and buy a 4-wheeler
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we don't have as big a boat as u do. so running that much dry is easy on a smaller boat
 
Heck I'm just hoping I can hop out of the creek and up a couple feet bank, and run down the dry grass about 200 yards and hop back down....with my 500 DD caddy and the right prop...

27 miles....
 
rost495 said:
Heck I'm just hoping I can hop out of the creek and up a couple feet bank, and run down the dry grass about 200 yards and hop back down....with my 500 DD caddy and the right prop...

27 miles....
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You can always install a soap system to help you out if need be. Trust me a little soap is much cheaper then HP parts. Back in my DD days I had a soap system I used when the polly started to get hot and grab.
 
It's really not that impressive because the miles add up faster than you think. In the woods you are often taking a meandering trail rather than a straight line. I've watched people at popular sites like the bus run more hill than they might think. If 20 boats are there and you just drive around them to avoid blowing someone or to simply move your beverage cooler to the other side of the crowd because there is someone there you wish to talk to you may have gone 1/8 of a mile and all you did was change parking places. Remember 1/8 of a mile is only 220 yards so by the time you take a circuitous route around 20 boats it's easy to reach that distance. The same thing applies if you drive around one large oak tree or other obstacle. If there is no water at all it adds up pretty fast. My boat is fairly light and I use slick bottom instead of polymer. I usually get about 500 hill miles out of a bottom. Expensive and time cosuming? Sometimes, but it's what I choose to spend my money on. The areas of the Kissimmee chain are my home and I'm not going to let a little dry weather keep me from going home. My boat? It is a hill boat. 11'7" Gore with a four cylinder Lycoming.
Starter=none
Alternator=none
Flywheel=none
Seat cushions=none
Radio=just a guitar
Sitting on the cage because as airboats are often referred they're just sleds and to anyone who has ever seen a tractor pull, when the weight gets to the front of the sled the 5,000 horsepower tractor usually------stops.
Oh and my boat has not changed since 1972, just replace what breaks
 
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