Re: Too much air in tube YIKES!!!
wow, its almost 3am and i am sitting here reading this entire sticky. I just wanted to throw my contribution in, if anyone wants it. I had a 82 Riviera 18' toon that had tire valve's attached at the rear. I checked the pressure before we went out for the first time, and each had 35lbs of pressure. I noted that it sat a little low in the water, so I kicked it up to about 42lbs (i know, "rookie, that doesnt work"). Nothing changed, so, I left it alone and thats how we stayed. By now, you are all thinking, this guy is full of ****. Rightfully so, seeing the OP thumbnail and story behind it. BUT...my toons were steel, not aluminum. Those toons could scrape the bottom and never see a dent. very sturdy at the extreme cost of being very heavy. anyway, not sure if Riviera installed the valves or not, but they were essentially one pipe on each side, about 5" tall, welded into the tube. They had threaded caps with perfectly centered holes for the valve stems. Sooo, not sure if it was the previous owner, the factory, or maybe even the original purchaser in '82 or '83, but knowing that i increased pressure to the low 40s and had no issues after reading this really got me thinking....
I'm a novice learning about all this stuff. Just recently bought a Tracker Party Cruiser (used). It's in good shape but has a few small dents in the logs. Right side log has a fairly large dent about a foot or more across. I bought it that way. The owner said a friend swung wide at a gas station and hit the steel guard. It broke the skin a little in one spot, but he pasted some sort of liquid mending metal paste over it and said it doesn't leak. I take him at his word, but I'm wondering how difficult it would be to repair properly and how the repair would be accomplished, ball park price, etc.
