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    launching a pontoon boat

    10" load range E tires would work. I have done that before.
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    Pontoon guide ons

    Do you have access to a welder? Is it a bunk trailer? If so all you need to do is get 4 pieces of steel flat strap 2" wide 1/⁸" thick and long enough to wrap around 3 sides of the crossmember. Then weld a vertical piece of 2x2 square tube to the top of the straps. Put 1 at the front x member...
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    Pontoon ladder

    Does anybody have one of those under deck mount ladders that slide out the front of the boat? The non telescopic 4 or 5 step kind? I am wondering how easy or hard it is to deploy and stow?
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    How much water pressure is normal?

    I have a 1989 evinrude 60 hp 3cyl and i am wondering what should i have at idle and WOT? I thought i had 10 psi at idle and 20 psi at WOT when it was new 2 or 3 years ago but im not 100%POSITIVE about that. When i started it today for the 1st time this season in a barrel i have 6-7 psi at idle...
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    Disc or drum?

    I am looking at new trailers for my pontoon. Mid America trailers seem to be the most well built that i can find. So if i go with one from joes marine in Indiana i can get one with disc brakes on all 4 wheels with the proper actuator, plastic bunk covers and a bigger winch and a spare tire with...
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    New tubes for the frankentoon

    I went from 20' long and 12" diameter to 22' long and 25" diameter that all started with a impulse craigslist buy on some long round shiney things. I have a bunk trailer so i slid the toon off the trailer on to saw horses and rented a scissor trailer to get it off the horses and on the ground so...
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    Any issues running a 20" shaft length on 25" tubes?

    Will my motor have bite in the water in the new 25" tubes? Or will it blow out all the time? I have a 89 evinrude 60 hp.
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    Extending the rear deck 4'

    I got new logs that are 2 feet longer so that will allow me to add a full 4x8 sheet of plywood and I have 2 questions. My old x members are 2 1/4" tall and all i can find is 2" tall, should i add another piece od 1/4" over or under it or use 1/4" aluminum flat stock as spacers? And will 1...
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    Lifting strakes

    I bought a pair of newer25" logs to replace my pitted, cracked and previously epoxeyd 21" logs. The new logs have strakes on one side of the log. My question is should I put them towards the inside or the outside? The strakes will probably not work as intended because I am running a 60hp motor...
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    Swapping logs

    I got some newer logs for my 87 weeres and I am wondering what is the best way to do the swap? It's on a bunk trailer now. The old logs are 20' x21" the new logs are 22"×25" the new ones have the sloted track to hold carriage bolts. Do I try to lift one side at a time off the trailer and slide...
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    Question about misty harbor pontoon logs

    I just picked up a pair of 22" logs off a misty harbor and I don't see a vent anywhere. Is ther supposed to be one or are they supposed to be pressurized? I am going to put them under my 87 20" wearers in case anyone is wondering .
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    What brand of pontoon used t bolts to mount logs to cross members?

    I am looking at swapping logs to some newer ones that use T bolts to mount them. And I need to know where to get them. I think using this style log will save me from drilling half the holes because the bolts slide in tracks and you can just put them where they are needed.
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    89 evinrude 60 hp idle racing in neutral

    Yesterday on the river I got to the first fishing spot and when I put it in neutral to set the anchor the idle was at 300 rpm. Seemed to be ok in gear and was running fine but never got past half throttle because it was a new streach of river for me and the water was high and fast with lumber ...
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    Anti submarine plate?

    Has anyone ever tried to add a grass rake style device to the front of a toon to stop or reduce the dreaded submarine effect? I am wondering if somthing about 1.5 feet tall that is the full with of the boat and tipped forward about 45 degrees mite work? Any thoughts folks?
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    Is there any way to get Full lock to lock steering?

    I have a 89 evinrude 60 hp and it really bothers me to not be able to get the full degree of steering with the rotory steering system as I would with tiller steering. This is my first boat with a steering wheel. Is there a commercially available system that will allow this? Its on a toon and I...
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