Recent content by lbursell

Ditto. It pays for itself just at the Christmas season. Plus, with Prime you get one free Kindle download per month, plus loads of other free books. I've had my Kindle for over two years and have yet to pay for a book.

Just my two cents here - Not trying to hate on any one for having fun but, my understanding is that those big cats are the primary breeders in most bodies of water. If we start taking too many of them out, how long until that impacts the fishery? My admittedly non-expert opinion is that the...

Paint is about 98% gone from the boat, finally. Have a long awaited demotion coming up at work, effective July 1st, which will mean regular scheduled hours, fewer hours spent on the job and, effectively, a pay raise (when you look at the actual hours spent on the job). That will give me back...

Sign me up, and thanks.

I used composite material for my bunk boards. It's been a little over a year and, so far, I still couldn't be any happier. The trailer has been sitting out in the weather for two or three months while I've got the boat in the garage (still scraping paint). I got around the sagging issue by...

Repost from another site. Anybody who has been fishing for a while probably has stories of near misses, but I literally cringed when I saw this. https://imgur.com/mh1Nd Again, please be careful out there.

My normal work schedule means I'm usually up by 2:30 am. On days off, if I sleep 'till 4:00, I feel like I've lost half the morning. Most days, I don't recall seeing many people around here at 3:30. :wink:

Looked good from North Texas.

Nicely done. I do like that Ford Blue.

No real progress to speak of. :oops: Had it parked under the shed in the back yard through the holidays. Excuses include a big time change with my job, holidays, multiple projects around the house and the usual family responsibilities. Of course, my personal laziness has nothing to do with...

Wow, beautiful work. Here, in north Texas, we spell it "bois d'arc". French for "wood of the bow". It's an extremely hard wood that weathers forever. Ranchers used to use it for fence posts. I remember hearing that early settlers would use it for grave markers (think headstones).

I used it for my trailer bunks and (so far) have no complaints whatsoever. I read in a lot of places that many people think the plastic wood has too much flex in it. I used the 2x6 dimension and put an extra support bracket in the middle of each board. Glued carpet to the bunks and IMO it...

I did. Used Krylon "Fusion" in a rattle can. The label says its designed to bond with plastics. So far, so good.

Here's a few pics from my trailer rebuild. I'm pretty pleased with how it came out. Be warned, though, lots of elbow grease was involved. Before: After much sanding: Rustoleum Primer: I'm pretty sure it was Tractor Supply Farm Implement Paint: Mounted: The link to my full...

Welcome back. Got a call from my younger son yesterday from Afganistan (Army). He said that whatever it was they got served yesterday, they just decided to call it "turkey". :roll: