Recent content by GTS225

I suspect you nailed the two-fold issue. With the advent of multiple on-board processors that have to be powered 24/7, and a certain amount of greed involved, "they" have figured out how to engineer things right to the point of being marginally usable, while generating as much profit out of...

😁 ;) (y) BTW......methinks you just dated yourself. Roger

And Jupiter and Venus are in line with Saturn's moon Io, and your tongue is in the lower left quadrant of your mouth. "Smart" alternators.........HMMPH! What's wrong with having it charge whenever it sees a lower-than-reference voltage? Roger

Don't know all the details, but my old '95 Dakota's charge output was controlled by the computer's voltage reference. Where the processor picked up the reference, I don't know, but I can see it not charging an aux. battery out on the end of a 7-pin trailer connector in that particular system...

I'd say first, find a different supplier. That's insane for three wheels and tires. Roger OK.....color me wrong. Just when did dinky 13" trailer tires get some doggone expensive?

Might be a regional thing. Cows sleep on their feet, and if you are quiet enough, you can sneak up on them in the pasture, give them a football-style running body block, and tip them over. Some country kids think it's a funny pastime. Sure, they can get right up, but......would you want to...

That's what I was thinking when I made my first response. If I were a dealer, and somebody brought an online purchase in, expecting warranty work, I'd be in no great hurry to accommodate them. Warranty work doesn't pay the monetary value that it should, and I made no profit from a sale, so...

I'm with airshot. IF there's a local dealer that services the brand you buy, they're not going to want to touch it. After all, you didn't trust them enough to buy locally, but you expect them to service it? Buy local, pay the few extra bucks, and get a relationship going that just might...

I guess it depends on if you're trying to transport the boat, or use it as a propulsion sail. 😁 ;) Just sayin'.....Roger

Ohhhh.....this is to good! :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: (I'm gonna have to remember it.) Roger

Must be that "new math" I've heard about........... Roger

INSTIGATOR! 😁 (y);) Roger

Ya can't see it, but the boat is named "Tsunami". Roger

I don't see how you could have seen what you described. Brazing involves brass rod and iron-based metals, and includes temperatures that will melt aluminum. What you may have seen is the use of those aluminum/zinc "welding" rods that can be used to attach aluminum to aluminum, and the metals...

"We" are going to need more pics than just that one. A shot or two of the interior, close-ups of the bow tie plate, the transom knee braces, how the seats attach to the hull. Might there be a HIN plate? (Usually, starboard rear, either inside or outside the transom." A shot of the rear (while...