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I do have an old bravo in the back yard. Park the bow on the seat and good to go.
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I can run a prop in the tanana river or most lakes and PWS but some small or shallow rivers are jet only. Maybe that boat is to big or heavy to run shallow water.
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I can run a prop in the tanana river or most lakes and PWS but some small or shallow rivers are jet only. Maybe that boat is to big or heavy to run shallow water.
Erich It will not go where my boat will... and if mine gets stuck it is pretty easy to move... that one would suck!
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Airboat. LOL. Its what I run for shallow down here. Many years ago a bet was won and proved that an airboat can be driven on the road from Pike's Landing to the Lonely Lady. It also entitled the driver to a DUI charge.
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
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I can run a prop in the tanana river or most lakes and PWS but some small or shallow rivers are jet only. Maybe that boat is to big or heavy to run shallow water.
Erich It will not go where my boat will... and if mine gets stuck it is pretty easy to move... that one would suck! Definitions of river boats are as precise as defining rivers in Alaska based on one example. (I have no idea why so many streams in Alaska are labeled as rivers.  )
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Buy it.
Get a good 12V winch…to pull you off ( if you can find something to tie onto) when you "read" the river wrong.
You never have enough gas …unless you are on fire.
30Gal/ blue barrels.
Course you know all that already.
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Airboat. LOL. Its what I run for shallow down here. Many years ago a bet was won and proved that an airboat can be driven on the road from Pike's Landing to the Lonely Lady. It also entitled the driver to a DUI charge. Airboat frank passed away this year Mike He lived across the road from us
I'm pretty certain when we sing our anthem and mention the land of the free, the original intent didn't mean cell phones, food stamps and birth control.
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Oh and as to hp
I'm running ancient equipment for a hull. One of big lake Bob's sprint boats with a tunnel added
It started out with a 115 hp evinrude which gave close to 80hp at the jet
6 seasons ago I put an Etec 130 on it same weight as the 115, few more ponies mucho better fuel usage
Best 10k I've spent in some time
Yep that's me a $2000 saddle on a $40 mule
But I learned a long time ago I only gotta make me happy with the gear I use
I'm pretty certain when we sing our anthem and mention the land of the free, the original intent didn't mean cell phones, food stamps and birth control.
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Airboat Frank sounds like he was an interesting character.
"The day I went to work everybody showed up to watch Johnny Luster work. Well, they had a wheelbarrow there, and said I was to push that thing around all day. I looked at it, then turned around and headed for the mountians..."
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Airboat. LOL. Its what I run for shallow down here. Many years ago a bet was won and proved that an airboat can be driven on the road from Pike's Landing to the Lonely Lady. It also entitled the driver to a DUI charge. There are not many things that stop an airboat. But green grass and sticky mud and sand are 3 things that will right now. Roads, gravel/paved etc...wont' even slow one down. Though they will wear your poly down quick, especially concrete. If you haven't seen it, google the top gear TV show, and car vs airboat race.... the driver is a member of our state association and his son builds airboats for a living... The joy of the airboat is often if you have enough boat and motor, you drive up to wherever, pull up the bank, and park it dry and go on... when you are ready you pull back into the water and go on... The downside is fuel mileage, its how many gallons per mile, not miles per gallon. And the noise... though they are becoming more and more quiet.... I'll have to see if I can google the top gun run. Only reason he lost at the end is there was a tree line to close and he had to let off to stop the boat without wrecking at the last instant....I'm sure you are not supposed to beat the top gun drivers... whether you can or not. I don't know how to imbed.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpYHj7bHZwo
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Airboat Frank sounds like he was an interesting character. He was indeed Jeff What got him was the return trip IIRC. Quite the character
I'm pretty certain when we sing our anthem and mention the land of the free, the original intent didn't mean cell phones, food stamps and birth control.
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IIRC, it was an alcohol-involved trip at about -20.  "Classic" AK story!
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
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OP ...so the guys got a winch, hooked up to the outboard....is that redneck power tilt & trim ? 8' wide...dam that's wide! I'll stay with my 24'x60"..it gets on step > as fast as move ya the lever.
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interestingly enough( and obviously there is a trade off at some point?)
The wider airboats get and stay on plane with less issue than the narrower hulls do.
Has to be something about how much is in contact with water vs PSI of the load...
We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....
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Rost...my buddies a big time airboat guy he did all the math while running his air boats ,then built him the king of air boats ..10' wide FI 454.... Over did it he did,there is a limit!! When it comes to getting on plane with a prop or a jet it comes down to load placement, IMO long an narrow wins ..… reverse chine for me !
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8 to 8.5 foot wide and 18 long would be my ideal airboat.
Current is 16x7. 454, but not really strong, around 425 HP we think... It struggles with a load to get and stay on plane in bad water or high winds. IE takes most of the throttle and not having 1000 rpms in reserve at all times is not good...
Thats why there is a 496 sitting in the barn next to the boat around 600 hp... but it requires otehr stuff I don't have the cash for at this time...when I bought the motor I didn't realize my carb, my reduction and my prop would not work IE hold up, with that extra HP... LOL.
We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....
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When next we're up, look forward to hearing the story over a cold one Mike.
"The day I went to work everybody showed up to watch Johnny Luster work. Well, they had a wheelbarrow there, and said I was to push that thing around all day. I looked at it, then turned around and headed for the mountians..."
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Seeing as the thread has run amusingly aground, question to you outboard guys. Do folks pull and rebuild engines like this, or is to design too old:
The engine is a 1983 135hp Johnson 2 props
Also, that electric winch sounds like a danged good idea! I'd mount it on something and make it so I could pull front or back ... of course, sitting in a a boat when a broken tow strap flies back would suck.
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atvalaska,
It looks like a factory install, no bailing wire and duck tape here. The winch is mounted to the inside of the transom just above the bilge pump. The motor is mounted on a plate set in channels that are attached to the transom. Pulling the plate up or letting it down raise and lowers the motor at the same time.
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Thanks for all the great comments
I think I am going to pass on this deal. The more I think about it this boat is to big and way to heavy. The yukon and the tanana river are fine for this hunk but most of the smaller creeks called rivers are not for this boat.
If anyone wants his contact information PM me and I will pass it along.
Thank to all
Erich
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