Recent content by RM Anderson

The one pictured is available for purchase but you can easily shape your own with a belt sander. The hard part is finding suitable foam. My Morton Buildings contractor gave me a couple pieces when the materials where delivered. They are used in place of 4×4 posts to stack sheet metal for...

Glad to hear that others love and enjoy canoes. Sad to hear a once great American canoe company is reduced to producing kayaks and paddle boards. As a student of the late Bill Mason, I have had many adventures and fond memories paddling Quetico provincial park and our our own BWCA. White water...

Double sided exterior tape works well as would contact adhesive. RM

Steve, No experience with the Explorer, but owned a Mad River Freedom for several years. Constructed of Royalex, it was a fine white water canoe. On flat water it paddled like Tupperware; more a reflection of the material from which it was made. My only other criticism was the weight on long...

We look forward to meeting your new friend. RM

My youngest brother's father-in-law was seriously injured near his home in a hit and run involving a mountain biker while walking his dog. RM

The Black Hills in SD allow ATV and UTV offroad after May 15. This is done, I suspect, to prevent excessive damage to roads when frost is coming out each spring. Since starting turkey hunting in the Black Hills, the last three years we have had the park virtually to ourselves. This year we...

Our reasons for buying a smaller toy hauler were twofold. First was not exceeding our Ram Ecodiesel towing capacity. Secondly our goal was to keep it small enough to boondock. Two Honda generators will supply power. In areas that allow atvs, our Honda Rubicon will save boot leather. RM

Richard, Those quarter rounds are gorgeous! RM

Illegal in Minnesota as well. According to the manufacturer there is no wood or wood composite used anywhere. RM

Thanks, I am hoping that there isn't too much to fix. We made it home after nearly 1,000 miles and I can find nothing that rattled apart. An audacious beginning perhaps? RM

I would still need a dolly to move it but there are companies that make dollies for sunfish type sailboats that would get you to the waters edge. RM

My wife Heather and I just returned from Tulsa OK with a new ATC PLA 450 series toy hauler. Just enough room for a small sneak boat; 11'7" available length inside. If I'm not mistaken the Devlin Broadbill should fit perfectly. Anyone else who uses a toy hauler to transport their duckboat?