Recent content by ChadW

Posted while I was typing! Lol.

I can't think of a single boat that will carry 2-3 people, dog and gear, accepts a motor and weighs less than 100lbs. The Grumman weighs over 100lbs and has a capacity of 450lbs. That would be 2-3 very light weight people, gear, motor, fuel, and dog. By comparison, your Carsten is 22lbs...

Thank you Steve. This is exactly the feedback I was hoping to get. I did some searching before posting but didn't go back far enough. I just found the "crabbers gloves" thread from 2019 and it's chock full of good info.

I booked my second hunt to MA for seaducks. My first hunt was two years ago and the only real clothing failure was my gloves. Despite being advertised as waterproof, etc.. they failed under the stress of setting out and retrieving lines, clipping decoys, etc.. For you northern gents, what's your...

Because of the new non-resident MA semi auto ban, I may be in the market for a new pump. I have a few scatterguns, but only one pump, and it's a tired early 90s 870 that doesn't eject shells 80% of the time. I wouldn't trust it on a paid out of state hunt. I thought about a Nova, but one of my...

That's a sweet setup! I converted the bed of my truck and camp/sleep out of my truck a lot during duck season. That looks waaaaaay more comfortable if you can hand launch your boat.

Wow, congrats! You got a killler deal on that boat. I've wanted a blackjack for sometime and will eventually get one someday. (At least that's what I tell myself) I've never owned a blackjack, but I'd be concerned that your motor choice will be grossly underpowered.. especially with your son...

Wow. Yeah, at that point I'd start replacing parts. On my saw, the tensioning rod is threaded. There are two threaded collars that screw up and down the tensioning rod. These collars have a threaded allen set screw tapped into them. Once you get the tension where you want it, run the collar...

I recently bought a barely used 1.5hp Grizzly G0555XH. It's been "ok." The tall fence sucks and the tensioning "system" is worse. i did a lot of research and this saw seem to be a good "bang for the buck" saw. So far, I'm not too impressed with it. I don't blame you for looking at other brands.

Thank you all for the kind words! Hopefully they like it!

Thanks everyone for the advice! I thought I'd follow up with some completed pics. As hard as I tried, I'm no photographer, this is best could do in my garage. Finish is a VOC free hard oil wax called Natura Onecoat. I've used Rubio Monocoat before and really like this Natura better. It's a...