Recent content by SJ Fairbank

That bent one looks significant in the photo. Is it just the spindle or the end of the axle that's bent? If the bend is as pronounced as it appears, you've been dragging it around with the tires toed out relative to each other. I'd replace the axle and spindles before replacing the tires.

This thread has me wanting a Sailrite sewing machine. Another addition required on the hobby end of the house.

My suggestion is to double check your tire gauge against another quality gauge just to be sure. You never know.

Words to live by.

LOL! Agreed, every time I towed someone home over the years, they had a Merc on the stern. :p

Hope you have fun with your new motor, best of luck. I was thinking it's a bit of a bummer discussing Tohatsu vs Suzuki. I miss a good old Johnson/Evinrude vs. Mercury argument. And long live two-strokes!

There is a fellow who has an outboard repair shop across the street from my office. I don't think they retail outboards. It's him and three other mechanics wrenching full time, so it's a pretty solid business. He's maintained or fixed many motors of mine going back around 40 years. I have not...

So Pro Drive is replacing the stock crank in the Tohatsu engine? Unexpected, since the link between the powerhead and lower unit is a relatively fragile electric clutch. Those PD lower units are some beefy. Everyone who's looked at mine mentions as much. I'll be curious to hear how you like...

Those are nice pumps, I have one. And I have various sponges to get that last little drop. My only objection to a manual pump is when fighting for your life trying to get home, I prefer both hands free to run the motor or row. This from personal experience.

Yes it does. Wonder what they do with the lower units?

So what's under the hood on that bad boy? Is it still a big B&S, or a commercial outboard? I bought a ProDrive 17 x 54 last year, my primary gripe is the engine totally exposed to the elements. And the noise. That aside, I get a lot of use out of it in nasty mud, but it would be nice to have a...

Nice picture. My dogs did the same a number of times. The cape is a beautiful place.

And I would advise against a dog, unless you're in a shallow protected area with little current. Over the last 40+ years hunting the cape, I've had to pick up dogs with a boat on several occasions when they get swept away in too much current. The seals (everywhere, but literally thousands on the...

Plymouth isn't actually on the cape. My aunt lives there, I've hunted Plymouth Harbor many times but never from a shore point. I don't know if you can hunt from the beach on Beach Point, there are some houses until you get about halfway to the northern point. If you can get onto the sandbars...

First read up on the gun laws, as suggested above. Semi-draconian, always travel with a trigger lock on the gun, and always in a case. Must be a trigger lock, not a cable through a receiver. The answer to your question is that there are locations where we hunt from the beach, the problem is...