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M-Haywood
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Newbie saying hello

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Hello, I'm new to the site and I'm relatively new to the sport. I recently re-did a 2001 GTO airboat that I bought from northern Mississippi. The 454 Chevrolet engine was set up and full of water from sitting outside for 5 years. I brought it back to Michigan and stripped her down to the bare hull and started cleaning. She's all back together now with brand new poly and a fresh engine, rebuilt by Doug Curey, probably one of the best airboat engine builders in Michigan. I would love to see how many fellow air boaters there are here in Michigan.
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Welcome aboard!
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Welcome to S/A :rebel:
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I diligently searched the classifieds on this site for many months before I ended up finding my boat on Craigslist. I must say that this site has been a ton of fun to browse and I finally made the effort to join. Since I got my own rig I feel that I can me an official member now lol.
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Anybody else use their airboat on the snow?
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Heck, I'm 56 years old, never seen snow!
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Welcome, you might want to look up Carpshooter1 on here, he is from Michigan.
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Welcome to SA! The guys in the Alaska Airboaters Forums have some cool videos posted of them running on snow. It looks like it's a blast!
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welcome to SA :cheers: :old_glory:
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