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A little lunch from Saturday working over at the ranch with Dad. He got to use the chainsaw a little this time.

So is the mixer still on?

Holy Shit thread >>>>

IMO, this is the biggest part to getting a boat on the trailer. If you look at the qualified captain or other boat ramp videos, the guys really screwing up have the trailer backed way too far into the water to where the bunks don't even guide the boat. I took pic in Sept of my wife putting the boat on the trailer. I like to back it in so that about 1/2 of the tops of the fenders show when loading. She can drive it right on, give it a slight power load and be within a foot or two of the bow stop. By the time she has the motor shut down, trimmed up and electronics killed, I have winched it up tight and put on the bow safety strap. Whoever is in the boat, stays there until I pull it out and move to an area out of the ramp to unload the boat. We usually wheels in/out in under a minute.

My son started unloading/loading the boat when he was about 12 or so. Wife is usually in the boat and he kept asking if he could do it. TBH, a trailer with guide on poles is pretty easy to load unless there is a strong cross wind.

Teach her how to drive the boat and load/unload the boat off the trailer. It’s pretty hard to sink a boat and I always figured a little gelcoat scratch was better than a jackknifed trailer or submerged truck.

Anybody needing ammo and traveling I45, stop off at Buffalo Sporting. They are stacked. And if you happen to be traveling up 79 toward ETx stop off at Porter’s as they have even more. Bring your wallet and some lube. Lol at the $16.99 for 20 pack of AE 55grn FMJ 223.

NTTIAWWT. You could build a pretty accurate demographic off of that pic alone.

I'm not a fan of the flimsy auto-extend/retract awnings that are popular these day. A slight wind or water load and they want to fold up. The old style that made an actual triangle with the braces seemed a lot stronger. That said, this what a lot of people on our brand forums recommend. Don't know how well it works but may get one if we find that we can't put out the awning when we want because of wind. This one is $110 but you could make some supports pretty easy and just use big tent stakes to hold it down. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08528L363/?coliid=I2Y1RWJ4X0HOYR&colid=1HOMYTC12364Z&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

Nah, just found a coupla three extra pic-a-nic baskets.

Have they had the hunting property a long time? Shouldn't that be capitol gains at a minimum? Sounds like you need a good CPA to advise you.

I could be wrong but without a manufacturer's statement of origin and documents from the dealer you will probably have to do a bonded title and it will take some time and be a pain in the ass before it could be sold again. As a general rule never buy a water craft in TX without a title in hand.

So we have come to find out via other RV forums and FB groups that Halloween decorations and passing out candy is a big deal during at a lot of parks and resorts during the month of October. If you are camping this Halloween season and are going to be passing out some candy to kids that visit your campsite, I suggest using proper social distancing methods. Not my pic but I wish it was, I give you the Cousin Eddie ...

You can now reserve Tx state parks 5 months in advance

That water looks nice Cajun. Already doxxed your cove and been scoping out campgrounds for the trailer. Daughter (nopics) live 45 mins away so we will put that on the list for this spring/summer with the boat.

No doubt. Ours is a Grand Design and they have several persons that monitor GD FB groups and GD forums to help people deal with warranty issues. However, as soon as someone starts talking lawsuit about their problems the company will clam up and divert all communication through lawyers from that point on.

Holy Shit in the good way ...

So we had this happen to our slideout on our new trailer. Noticed it a few weeks back when we brought it to the house one weekend to go set up a few things inside and go over it to see if there were things we wanted our dealer to look at as we had a 60 day service appointment for the next weekend. I first noticed it after we had extended the slide and saw the bottom plastic piece that covers the joint pulled from the trim piece with the screws. I thought that it had just pulled out so I pull the trim and fit the plastic back up in there. We then ran the slideout back in and looked at it inside and saw that it pulled out again and that this end of the slideout floor was not connected the slideout wall. Son-of-a-bitch! At this point we just took it back to the storage shed and waiting till the next weekend to take it to the dealership. Went in and spoke to our service advisor and when out and showed it to him and he said that even in new trailers, he had seen this before. We looked closely and there aren't even any screws along that joint holding the floor up into the wall. The SA said that he figured the assembler at the factory was just blasting along with an automatic screw gun and didn't even pay attention that he ran out of screws. Don't know if this is BS or not but the SA said he would get his tech to look at it on Monday and let us know how long it would take to fix along with a couple of other minor cosmetic items. Got a call Monday morning and the SA said the the tech on Saturday didn't have any parts to work on other jobs so he went again and fixed it. Drilled and shot 5 3" screws up through the floor into the wall, taped and sealed it back up. So, I'm no so sure about the empty screw gun theory but when we picked up the trailer and ran out the slideout the first time, my wife was concerned about screws or manufacturing debris getting caught up under the slideout floor and scratching or gouging the trailer floor. I even brought a thin metal yardstick to swipe under the slideout. When I tried to use it the first time I was standing next to the end of the slide and noticed that the slide floor was sitting down on the trailer floor without any room at all. We didn't check the other end, which had about 1/2" of gap, as I was stand by the end that was broken. Anyway, it looks like it is fixed OK, our dealer took care of us right away and we didn't have to leave the trailer there for weeks so we are mostly happy. We have at least one trip a month scheduled out through March and we have been spending a few weekends recently clearing out a space over at our family ranch to do some boondocking down by the lake. Next month or so of nice camping weather here in Tx.

This is pretty CR but I lol’d

Don’t know exactly where you are going but up North of Broken Bow in the Ouachita’s on 259 there are a few hill climbs that will definitely make you think of Colorado. A completely different place than red dirt sucking OK up I35. And watch out for logging trucks too. Lots then that road.