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I know a lot of people that tow without permits and never get hassled. If your not a professional hauler it's usually more hassle for the cops to try and ticket you than its worth for them. I'll permit if I ever decide to go out of state towing but that's only because I have a CDL and if I did...

One more thing... I bought the 2500 Ram specifically because of the rear coil springs. My wife has a bad back and while we almost exclusively tow our boat rather than moor it, we use the truck way more for in town and for light haul road trips than we do heavy hauling. I have a few friends with...

Quarantine Santa called today! My sheet of seafoam starboard showed up! Looks like I'll be able to stay busy for the rest of the two weeks, possibly longer if needed!

Actually not surprising, when I go to factory training all the guys from the central part of the country are awe struck by the Verados, Most never see anything over 50, MAYBE 150hp. Kinda funny because I hardly see anything under 150, so I'm always asking about the little motor quirks and they...

I have a 2003 Marlin with 4.2l Yamaha 300's on a triple axle aluminum I-beam trailer. With full tanks of fuel, including the weight of my truck with a full tank of fuel, the scale weight was 21,940lbs. The very next day I did a dump run and the truck weighed in at 8,540lbs on the way out, and of...

Very nice! Love the sound of a Verado! I'm a Merc guy through and through and would love to have a pair of V-rods on the back of our Marlin. That being said I'm totally happy with the 4.2L Yamaha's it came with.

Thanks for the info! Those Fischer Pandas are so small I can see that. I think I'll be putting a tank somewhere similar. Right now I think my inverter bank will be two maybe four AGM golf car batts which should leave me enough room. A little update from yesterday. Cleaned up the back side of...

I've climbed all over the boat. Like I mention earlier I'm a pretty skinny guy and I've been in every hatch and hole, hell I was sitting in the aft bilge for an hour yesterday! That being said there's no damage, staining, or abnormal corrosion that I can find other than what's visible on the...

Spent an honest 8 hours under the dash today continuing to tearing out old wiring and unneeded/redundant circuits. Got the new battery cable ran and generally got most things finalized, just need to run new power and ground for the stereo and add about 1000 zip ties. I scored a fancy pants...

By the way where do they mount the diesel tank for the Fischer Panda's? I'll probably be installing a diesel heater before this fall and have been wondering where to mount a tank.

Yes it's a Kohler. I've notice that the Fischer Panda is the norm, but I have seen a few early 2000s marlins with Kohlers when I was searching for one. In the owners manual I downloaded for the 2003 MY I noticed there were two generator options, one had higher output but I cant remember which...

(clears throat loudly and steps onto large soap box) Allow me to rant for a second at this point. As someone that works on other peoples crap for a living, can every DIY-er here do me and all my friends a favor? Take a look at the fallowing picture and notice the little tab still sticking out...

Today I more or less finished up making the new battery switch panel. its not perfect but it's not bad for only having relatively simple tools and I'm pretty happy with it. I need another waterproof condom for the center smaller breaker and I ran out of the hardware to permanently mount some...

Yesterdays adventure was removing the gen-set...real redneck haha! It only has 88hrs according to the meter but it's a compete rust ball! The fuel pump is a fire waiting to happen, one of the motor mounts has failed and the starter solenoid looks like its ready for a 4th of July show. I plan on...

I'm leaning towards this as making the most sense. I'm a pretty skinny guy and I've crawed all around inside the access hatches in the cabin and the all the bulkheads seem to be in perfect shape. I pulled the deck up to inspect the fuel tanks as well and from what (little) I can see everything...

I wish I could be working but I also have high risk parents so I understand and am happy to do my part whatever that is. I have no idea what happened to the boat, the guy I bought it off of had no idea it had a repair until it failed. The more you look at it the stranger it gets too. You can...

As of right now, since I have a ton of time on my hands and a boat that doesn't float haha, I've got the inside of the boat all tore up, and I removed the gen-set yesterday. I'm very picky about clean rigging and wiring so I've already gutted the dash and will be posting about what I've done...

First major step was sending the boat of to get sand blasted. The previous owner bought the boat out of the Carolinas so I was worried about possible hull damage that had been covered up other than the already visible crack. I was happily surprised that after blasting there was only one other...

Figured I'd just start a generic post so I can post updates about all the stuff that I've got going on. After the wife and I quickly learned that our 24' Trophy was a lot of fun but just too small and lacked the amenities that we wanted for week long trips in the San Juan Islands I started...

Sent Grady (Carolyn Ray) an email and after some discussion and a few photos later she's sending me some #8 and #10 inserts free of charge. Yes were talking a few cents to a maybe a dollar worth of parts but I work for a dealer that carries a brand that is a direct competitor for Grady in many...