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This can't be happening! 8 years 1 month ago #135969
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Middle of April and I took a picture out my back door. 14" and still coming down.
Bob (Waterwings) got any spare rooms? 
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This can't be happening! 8 years 1 month ago #135972
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That Al Gore guy is full of crap!
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This can't be happening! 8 years 1 month ago #135973
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I think that's pronounced Algore
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This can't be happening! 8 years 1 month ago #135975
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Sure - now that our 25,000 miles of snowmobile trails are closed for the season and NOW we get slammed with several snowstorms in April. Guess I can ride around in the yard and check on the covered boats.
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This can't be happening! 8 years 1 month ago #135976
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Just stay off the waterways.
Hit the side of 29 and go for it. |
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This can't be happening! 8 years 1 month ago #135977
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The best reason to move south! don't have to go far, SE Wisconsin is only getting rain!
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This can't be happening! 8 years 1 month ago #135978
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Cal, have the new house now, putting in new floors but have several rooms come on down brother!!! See ,my move wasn't so stupid after all. LOL
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This can't be happening! 8 years 1 month ago #135979
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I love my snow! New tires on the Jeep and we are ready to roll. Itâs not like we are getting mountain pass snow or Yooper record snow. The plows keep up with it, so as long as there is no white outs, we should be good to go. Not crazy hilly roads if I watch my route. Itâs all good.
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This can't be happening! 8 years 1 month ago #135982
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What motor would you rather be running?
Thinking of going to my local boat ramp just for drill. Nothing the Jeep couldn't handle.
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This can't be happening! 8 years 1 month ago #135985
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Looked out my back door and see that my tree gnomes have brought out the shovel.
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This can't be happening! 8 years 1 month ago #135988
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the gnomes are cute, the snow looks awful, but the boat looks sweet!
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This can't be happening! 8 years 1 month ago #135989
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We have two seasons in NW Wisconsin. Winter & Aug. That's just the way it is.
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This can't be happening! 8 years 1 month ago #135991
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ManBearPig AlGore sez have another 14 inches of GlowBull Warming!!
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This can't be happening! 8 years 1 month ago #135994
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Bring it on please. When all the ice melts the poor bears will not be able to eat.
ALL TONGUE IN CHEEK. JUST GETTING REALLY TIRED OF WINTER. MY NEIGHBOR ACTUALLY PUT HIS CHRISTMAS SANTA BACK OUT IN HIS YARD  |
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This can't be happening! 8 years 1 month ago #135995
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This can't be happening! 8 years 1 month ago #135996
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Boy! I hope you're right. the county and DNR should be putting docks in by now. Walleye's on the Fox are in with a 28" minimum.
Picked up my license last week just before this last blizzard. Blame it on me. |
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This can't be happening! 8 years 1 month ago #135997
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Hey Cal, What is the best way to restore the transom on the Rocket?
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This can't be happening! 8 years 1 month ago #135998
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I've seen your other posts about the pourable stuff, never used it myself. So far the two rockets I did had good strong dry transoms, don't know how that happened but even drilling a bore hole found dry solid wood. If replacing the transom your best bet would be to use a cut off saw, one of those vibrating ones and remove the inside. The top and bottom hull
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This can't be happening! 8 years 1 month ago #135999
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Took a run to the local boat ramp a mile from my house. Two pictures tell a tale.
One picture from the first week in May 2017, (Three weeks from now) The other picture is from an hour ago. Now you can understand the sour faces from up north. 
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This can't be happening! 8 years 1 month ago #136000
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ya even Glasgow Montana had 65 degrees yesterday. I don't want to know how much this system dumped on them last week...
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This can't be happening! 8 years 1 month ago #136008
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LOL. Here in Central GA we almost set a record low this morning at 37*. Supposed to be 75* this afternoon and 85* tomorrow.
We're actually enjoying having a long spring this year. Normally we're the opposite of Wisconsin - our 2 seasons are Summer and January. |
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This can't be happening! 8 years 1 month ago #136009
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This was freaky. Thursday's forecast begins the warming trend. Temps in the mid 40's to 60's for next weekend. Now street flooding is the only concern.
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This can't be happening! sending to dan 8 years 1 month ago #136022
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say dan, if you go to the members project pages and go back a couple of years there are pictures of the transom that I replaced in my rocket. remember you can have the boat for free. greg ( frog ) I just checked and it is on page 10 of members projects
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This can't be happening! sending to dan 8 years 1 month ago #136026
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Geeeesh Greg. Forgot about that string. If it's still cut up like that no wonder you're giving it away.
If it had a windshield I would be willing to come and get it and haul it back to green bay on my utility trailer.Sorry it's laid up like that.  The rocketman and I have been mailing back and forth. I sent him a link to a site that shows how to install a new transom from the outside which IMHO would be a lot easier and just as strong. |
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This can't be happening! sending to dan 8 years 1 month ago #136027
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sorry Cal, no windshield. maybe have to cut it up and send to the dump, stop in and chat with us on Tuesday night. c-ya
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This can't be happening! 8 years 1 month ago #136028
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I believe the MFG group had a thread explaining the poured transom stuff with pictures. I never tried it, but I keep reading their successes. Digging out the wood seems to be one of the tedious parts.
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This can't be happening! 8 years 1 month ago #136029
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Mark, "tedious" is putting it mildly. I did that on the Tomahawk and swore I'd never do it again. The really rotten stuff comes out easy but it there are any solid parts sticking to the glass....good luck. I had to make special tools , 3' piece of rebar ground down to a chisel edge to do the scraping, holding a flashlight in the mouth while working.
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This can't be happening! 8 years 1 month ago #136034
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That is you on the dock trying to trick me into a race against your sleeper Tomahawk. You have at least 15 mph over me. I never thought about how any remaining good wood would still have adhesion. I guess that is when you are lucky if it is all rotten and crumbles out. Has anyone tried to remove the inside glass near the bottom and only remove a half panel like 5 to 7 or so inches while leaving about an inch at the bottom. Maybe that could help access getting the bottom wood out and then maybe a temporary piece of HDPE could be used with some caulk sealant to dam it back up so that liquid stuff could be poured in and cure. Then maybe remove that HDPE panel and re-glass the 5 to 7 inch pane back in??? Just some thinking out loud thoughts to make that tedious bottom wood chiseling have better access. I used the word tedious in place of cursing words lol. Good luck whatever way you choose. Posting pictures and explanations would be great in case I have to do one like that. I havenât tested for rot yet, but you know the odds of a 1967 boat that day outside a few years.
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This can't be happening! 8 years 1 month ago #136036
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this is the link I sent him for transom repair from the outside.
www.bing.com/videos/search?q=how+to+replace+a+boat+transom&docid=608037852335115101&mid=4AB0E3A59D5CB11A89CC4AB0E3A59D5CB11A89CC&view=detail&FORM=VIREHT |
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This can't be happening! sending to dan 8 years 1 month ago #136045
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Hey Frog, Thanks for the history lesson. Really informative pics! So, if you recall, the original transom was plywood all plywood, no particular solid wood edges glassed into the corners? And the wood in the keel, probably nonexistent at the very stern, not meeting up with the transom, they would be in separate compartments?
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This can't be happening! 8 years 1 month ago #136061
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Hey Doc, a close look at the transom I see only a very thin layer of fiberglass, nothing that would provide any strength, I mean maybe 1/32 in is that what yours was like? if so maybe I should open the whole outside up remove the old and put a form on there then pour the transom. Or just replace the old with plywood and glass over it...
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This can't be happening! 8 years 1 month ago #136065
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Go with the latter. The thing lasted 50 years. Putting a form? How would you anchor it and then keep it from leaking or bulging out.
Time to get the garbage can out. Next week Monday is forecast to be 73deg. Landings aren't set up yet but I can at least get the motor tuned up. |
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This can't be happening! 8 years 1 month ago #136077
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I would think that whatever transom rebuilding materials that would be used would become an integral adheared part of that outer skin. Mine was thin and only rated for 40hp with only 1 and a quarter inch thick at the top and bottom only an inch. It lasted over 50 years the first go around with cheap plywood. I would think anything you do today with new material and done carefully would really perform well. Mine is easy to access from the inside, so I want to keep my thin back outer shell in tact. My sides and both are way thicker. Just my circumstances. Yours may be way different and you will do what is your best interest. Regarding weather and boating season-2â of snow last week and summer this week... welcome to Wisconsin. Rivers open and 30â of ice up north. I better put the Chopper Prop on the big rig lol.
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