Pine Island Bay north to the head of Wall Creek in early 1980.

Gary S wrote:If it's good reuse it. If it's bad throw it away.

This!

Mine is mounted behind the rear braces, 2 1/2” in front of the prop blades.

terrible ted wrote:The switch is also good to shut the bastteries off from posible drains when not in use.

Yes, it is.

I always shut everything off (except the auto bilge pumps) that way.

I’ve been running the Perco switch and dual batteries in boats for many years without issue.

I currently have that same setup in both an airboat and a pontoon boat.

k-dog wrote:Thanks for the heads up on the ramp east side don’t want to get back to truck at 11pm and find I have no wheels on it or no truck

I’ve been there.

It’s not a place you'd want to be, and the area you go through to get there isn’t either.

One Eyed Gator wrote:Everyone I have ridden in except one rode hard on the nose.

Mine does too, if I really get on it when loaded down.

When I’m by myself, only about the last three feet of the hull is touching the water when on the plane.

Rick Mcc, what setup do you have and does it run dry ok? I know it’s more about the setup than anything just curious on how the hull reacts compared to another. Stay pretty flat in the turns? Plan on? Thanks again.... Well I’ve never run it “dry” as most on here seem to mean; running through pastur...

My boat is a FC, an ‘07 built in late ‘06.

After 11 years of running exclusively in salt water, the hull is still in great shape, as is everything else.

I believe that Floral City Airboats also builds boats for use on snow and ice.

Mike would be the person to speak to there.

It really is not that big of a concern if the correct alloy is used. Sometimes a corrosion problem can be found where the screws (stainless) go through the aluminum as they are dissimilar metals but that is usually late in the boats life. What is really bad for aluminum is to have carpeted bunks ma...

Thanks for all your help!! Just get one (outboard squeeze bulb) on the more expensive end of the prices. The last one I bought (from Walmart) was @$20.00. Most these days are made to handle ethanol. That’s why they cost so much more than they used to. That said, I only use ethanol-free gas in my ai...

Couldn’t agree more, Cowboy!

When my Dad had our boat built 12 years ago, it came with a cable that didn’t have near enough travel either way, though one side was a little better than the other. I told him that he needed to insist that they change it out for a different style cable. They did, and the steering’s been much better...

This rig is about 12 years old now, and was built for saltwater use, fishing and hauling gear to the hunt camp. It’s 18X8 with a two foot solid catcher, high transom, all stainless rigging, 454CID/425HP Edelbrock crate motor, with 2/1 belt drive and three blade Whirlwind stump puller prop. For scale...

RIP, Sir.

Prayers to the family...

I have never understood why people can't respect our land and personal property. There is no excuse for anyone thinking they can just throw their trash and garbage down ANYWHERE and walk off. I may step on some toes but I don't care when it comes to people just throwing down their trash or not clea...

The issue with using steel case ammo in a semi auto lies with the extractor. Aluminum is a soft metal and will not hurt the extractor claw but steel case ammo "could" be an issue. The Glock pistol was not designed to use a steel case round nor was it designed to use a unjacketed projectile. If it's...

I agree, there is plenty of work that could be done to make the current legislation more efficient. The main reason I defend it, to use the Everglades as one example, is that without the current protection the Everglades receives, partly through the ESA, they wouldn’t open it back into an untouched...

My mount is a piece of stainless tubing on the starboard side of the cage that the fiberglass pole slides down into.

I put the flag into place at the boat ramp before launching, and remove it when the boat’s back on the trailer.

It’s worked fine for over 11 years now...

I haven't needed a trailer, but I had Chris make me some aluminum guide-on brackets a few days ago.

They're top quality, were made on time, and at the price agreed upon.

He's definitely got my business from now on!

Nice work Sir, and good luck!

Well, I'll add to it then.

My first airboat back in 1980 was Corvair powered with an aluminum prop.

Waggs wrote:My registration shows for propulsion "airprp" .... just syayin

Mine too.

Do whatever it takes to keep them on! Many years ago when I was much younger/more stupid, neither I nor an Aussie that was our "once in a lifetime dog," wore ear muffs when airboating. He deserved better. The dog was deaf as a post in his old age, and my ears have been ringing for the last 25+ years...