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  1. JamesM56alum

    Well i'm back in florida!!!

    Well guy's we arived the night of the 2nd at around 8pm after driving for FREAKING EVER!!!!! the trucks ran great, kids did great and the dog's slept most of the way, We're slowly getting settled into the new house and getting adjusted to the new neighborhood. I started my new job the 5th and...
  2. JamesM56alum

    3 more days untill the big move

    Dammit this time is flying by because i have so much left to do but it's not passing fast enough because i want to hurry up and get the drive over with, i'm excited about the drive but i'm not excited because i'm driving my truck pulling a trailer while she's driving her truck so since both...
  3. JamesM56alum

    3 weeks untill the big move!! and we're buying a house!!

    Hey guys 3 more weeks untill we're back to our sunny paradise called florida!! just intime for winter in minnesota, we also sign the lease to own paper work on a house ( 1500 sqf 3 bed 2 full bath with a shop out back ) and I CANT FREAKING WAIT!!!!!!!!!! :mrgreen:
  4. JamesM56alum

    it's offical.... :(

    i sold the 56 and now once i move next month i will start my search for a bigger and better tin to restore, maybe a 16 or 19 ft tin, i cant bring my self to do fiberglass even though i'm great at working with fiberglass i still cant give up my love of tins :( ... but the boat went to a good...
  5. JamesM56alum

    HEY GUYS IM BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Hey ladie's and gent's i'm sorry i haven't been around it's been insane at work and at home when i get to relax i just sit and watch tv untill i pass out, what all have i missed ? i promise i will be more active again now since "Big sad face" i'm selling the boat because................... WERE...
  6. JamesM56alum

    Crazy storms

    Has any one else had any issues with the storms ? we've gotten slammed 3 days back to back with extreme none stop lighting/thunder, high wind close to 80mph and we got over 13 inches of rain in 3 days, the river near my house is WAY over flowing. Actually got out to go fishing tuesday night with...
  7. JamesM56alum

    Considering upgrading need opinions.

    Well since i'm done with the boat, i'm bored. I'm considering selling this one make a couple bucks in profit and buy another one that's a little longer and a little deeper and do it all over again. I seem to find my self more interested in tinkering with my boat than i do actually getting it out...
  8. JamesM56alum

    My trailer rebuild - pic's

    So i got a wild hair and tore apart my trailer and ground off the paint and installed new wiring and lights and chain's and made new bunks for it, they'er being carpeted this weekend once i weld on 2 foot extention on the tongue and also the bunks extend about 3 feet back to meet the transom so...
  9. JamesM56alum

    Went out again today and got me some!!!!

    alrighty me an the woman got up at 6 am and hit prior lake, it was great the fish were biting like crazy and we found a new little honey hole/cove that the bigger boats cant access, sometime's i love having a small boat the **** thing can float in about 4 inches of water fully loaded. i cought 3...
  10. JamesM56alum

    Whats your favorite bait?

    K so i usually just use a beetle spin or a bobber and a worm when fishing for bream,crappie,sunnies. i hate crank baits personally i'v never cought anything on them and i swear im cursed. I'v got alot of them i'm considering giving to my neighbor that swears by them. Catfish i always just use a...
  11. JamesM56alum

    Went out fishing today, finally got lucky

    Well me an the wife took the boat out today, i got up extra early this morning on my day off to finish up putting the trailer back togeather for it's test run, the new bunks work awesome. We finished off the day with 16 sunnie's all above 7 inches. they'er still not real meaty but they will come...
  12. JamesM56alum

    Fenders ?

    Just out of morbid curiousity what are the state laws on having fenders on trailers i havent found anything on the minnesota dmv's website, seems as though monkeys possibly designed the website ? i understand the concept behind them but the one's i have are seriously bent up and torn up, i'm...
  13. JamesM56alum

    First day at my new job

    WENT FREAKING AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  14. JamesM56alum

    I found a new job!

    Well guy's i'm moving on up, i got offered a job last year and i turned it down because i didnt want to wrench any more, well just so has it they called me back offered me more money and well i took the job, it's 16.50 an hour working for invergrove ford, it's a union position which i'm not too...
  15. JamesM56alum

    Read this guys.

    You're a 19 year old kid. You're critically wounded and dying in the jungle somewhere in the Central Highlands of Viet Nam .. It's November 11, 1967. LZ (landing zone) X-ray. Your unit is outnumbered 8-1 and the enemy fire is so intense from 100 yards away, that your CO (commanding...
  16. JamesM56alum

    Any one watch Red Holland ?

    Back when i was really young i remember waking up with my dad at 4am to watch his fishing show, i had the pleasure of meeting him once in dothan al at an optical clinic but i haven't watched his show since i was real young and i googled him and was surprised to see he was still alive.
  17. JamesM56alum

    Bought a new truck for the wife.

    Well we decided it was time to trade the hold mountaineer in for a new to us durango it's AWESOME! got a steal on it, 2999.00 it was originally 4999.00 i talked the guy down and they gave us 1000.00 for trade in value on her old rig and we walked out of there with a 03 durango with a 4.7 with...
  18. JamesM56alum

    DIY- Step by step wheelbearing replacement - With pic's

    Well here's a little something i put togeather for you guys, i did my bearings today/yesterday i did it two ways, one side by hand the other by press, the pic's you are going to see is the by hand method because by press honestly there's nothing really to see. I will try and make it as straight...
  19. JamesM56alum

    Just curious how far up should a boat sit on the trailer ?

    My bunk's stop about 3 1/2 feet from the transom which once i'm done with the trailer i want the transom **** near even with the back of the trailer because over the year's from the previous owner's strapping the transom down to the trailer too tight and denting the crap out of the bottom of...
  20. JamesM56alum

    DIY how to threads on trailers ?

    I'm redoing my trailer this week, welding on some new braces, redoing the bunks, wiring lights, bearings, hubs, and shaving the fenders. Just wondering if any one would like me to do a DIY thread on some of these things or has some one already made one ?
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