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  1. Captain Caveman

    Nobody fishing?

    Great quote. You definitely need to have similar desires. In my estimation, there are two kinds of people in this world: 1) Those that would rather be hot and sweaty, and then go into an air conditioned building. 2) Those that would rather be cold, and then go into a warm building. I...
  2. Captain Caveman

    How to correct positive camber

    In my experience, Karavan is about as helpful as a box of nails. I won't get into it but they showed their stripes to me years ago. Before things got adversarial (about another issue), they shut me down immediately by saying that there was no way the trailer setup was off and that I must have...
  3. Captain Caveman

    Nobody fishing?

    That sounds great. Half of our group went up to Homer and caught Halibut. I was in the group that went fishing out of Seward. We caught ling cod, tons of salmon, some other fish that I can't remember, and saw tons of whales doing their bubble net feeding. Cool place. I would LOVE to be there...
  4. Captain Caveman

    How to correct positive camber

    I've got a 2007 Karavan single axle trailer, a 2008 Alumacraft Navigator 165CS boat, and a 2009 Suzuki DF90A. I bought it all brand new in 2009 and have to replace the tires constantly. My cabin is a 500 mile roundtrip, so definitely a haul. However, you can see the positive camber in my wheels...
  5. Captain Caveman

    Nobody fishing?

    Where to? My fishing group went there three years ago. We float fished on the Kenai River, hiked up a mountain for greyling, and charter fished out of Seward. Great memories, lots of fish, lots of bears.
  6. Captain Caveman

    Nobody fishing?

    I've never fished Mille Lacs on soft water, always through the ice and never a bite. The card playing and beer drinking is usually top notch.
  7. Captain Caveman

    Ideas for planters/raised beds?

    Keep in mind that the drums are plastic, and once were used to transport/hold oil or chemicals. One might want to ensure that all of those chemicals are removed. Then one might also have the question about all of the forever chemicals leaching out of the plastic and into your soil/plants/food...
  8. Captain Caveman

    4 all y'all still shovelin snow

    The funny thing is that some people think that the folks in the north are just aching for warmth and sunshine. I do like it, but give me -30 and snow any day over 98 degrees. You couldn't pay me enough to live somewhere that hot. Luckily we only see temps like that a couple of times per summer.
  9. Captain Caveman

    Getting impatient

    True for north of the Cities. It's all open from the metro and southward. I won't grab my boat for another month. I still have another snowmobile ride or two left, and then maintenance to put those to sleep for the summer! -14 degrees this morning on the iron range. Time to cut up the big white...
  10. Captain Caveman

    Getting impatient

    I did all of my work on a cold, fall day, so there isn't much left to do except to bring the boat home and transfer the gear that I used for ice fishing this winter (pliers, license, cheaters, etc). Luckily the lady who stores my boat doesn't care when I pick it up. She's always happy to see me...
  11. Captain Caveman

    Lubricate new water impeller rubber ?

    The impeller is intended to be lubricated by water. The only time that you would consider using something besides that is if you intend on running the motor without water. Some people think that for the initial startup, there isn't water in there to lubricate the impeller. This could be true of...
  12. Captain Caveman

    50th Anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald's demise

    A storm so rough that it just sank the "Titanic" of the Great Lakes, and Captain Bernie Cooper turns his ore boat around to go back out and look for the Edmund Fitzgerald. Buy that man a beer.
  13. Captain Caveman

    Gas Pressure washer "turn off" instructions incorrect??

    Just fill it full of non-ethanol gas and a little fuel stabilizer and you don't have to worry about constantly draining the carb and fuel lines. The best move that I ever made was switching to non-ethynol gas in all of my tools/toys that sit for periods of time. I now leave the tanks topped off...
  14. Captain Caveman

    Loose Strap From Winch To Bow

    That was the lock that I used on my sled trailer prior to the current one. It rusted within months as well. There's a huge difference between being towed in a saltwater environment and being pelted by road salt kicked up by your tires for 500 miles.
  15. Captain Caveman

    Towing friends boat damage

    That's too bad but not surprising. He did the right thing in terms of offering to pay. No matter how smooth this all goes, it still puts a slight strain on the relationship. Hopefully everything goes well, and you putting this all into a post might save someone else from having an accident...
  16. Captain Caveman

    gotten one of these?

    I've certainly never seen anything like this in Minnesota.
  17. Captain Caveman

    gotten one of these?

    Interesting if that is really true. I was wondering why any Fish & Game would care about boat fuel usage.
  18. Captain Caveman

    Towing friends boat damage

    Great idea.
  19. Captain Caveman

    Towing friends boat damage

    Always go criss-cross applesauce on those safety chains! I've seen some pretty long safety chains too, which can also allow a load to smash into the back of a vehicle. About eight years ago I bought a used snowmobile trailer. It had safety cables instead of chains, and they were badly rusted. I...
  20. Captain Caveman

    Towing friends boat damage

    On some trailers, I've noticed that the latch arms can get in the way of letting the coupler fully seat on the ball. It's always something that I pay attention to especially when it's not my own trailer.
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