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Leave the hood up and the mice and rats won't try to nest in your engine compartment, and always check your air filter box if your truck won't start they love to build nest in the box and bigger hoses.

Thank you for sharing

Looks like the north end of Pine Island took a hard shot with Milton, sadly.

Great video

How did the sea trial go. Cruise and wot

When mine (1988 GM 4.3 V6) blew both head gaskets I did a top engine overhaul (my cost $800) and replaced the exhaust with a center riser conversion (my cost $1200) and it’s been running great for the 7 seasons since then…but I did consider the OB conversion but unless you’re buying used they are just too expensive to justify…

Nice job dude, but way over built. Also next video try not to whisper as much 😂😂😂😂

I see one issue..if you store your boat in a garage or shed the extension may not allow you to close the doors.. One tip on drilling the holes...use a Cobalt bit..drills thru steel alot easier then titanium or steel bits.

Be sure to check your battery terminals. My 2008 Tundra did this, I had the VSC, check engine light and 4LO flashing. I cleaned my battery terminals and it cleared the faults. My terminals were corroded.

I've never boated before and recently bought an 11 ft RIB (Fiberglass bottom dinghy). Anticipating the same issue of having to reverse too far into the water, I also thought of this. Thanks for your ideas My plan though is to have the extension telescoping. In other words the extension should be retractable.

GREAT Im thinking of extending the tongue off may trailoer. Nice helpful video .

Some ugly welds on that bracket from Viking

Great video!

Tengo el mismo problema alguien que me ayude

The best way to help with the stress at the ramp is pick a weekday and time there is little activity at the ramp. Take your time, launch, move away from the dock, come back in to dock the boat, then off the dock and load, several times. A windy day is even better practice because if you boat enough, you will be caught on windy days. I have been boating for 25+ years, some of the best practice I got over the years was with a 21' carolina skiff loading in a cross-wind. But a couple years ago I took my new bay boat out to run break-in hours. Nice calm day, UNTIL I was 20 miles from the ramp and started heading back. When I got back to the ramp, I was dealing with a strong tide and a 20+ mph cross-wind. Those years of experience loading in strong winds paid off that day. I just picked up my new 24' bay boat last week, have not taken it out for break-in yet. But even though I have owned boats for many years, my first trip out will be mid-week launching and loading a few times just to get the feel of this particular boat. Knock on wood! So far, I have not needed it but about 15 years ago when I went from lake fishing to saltwater fishing, I got SEATOW. Towboat or Seatow is some of the best money you will spend if you ever have problems on the water. Cool thing is, I live on the NC coast but take my boat to the FL Keys every Spring and up to Smith Mtn Lake VA striper fishing a few times a year, Seatow is everywhere I go fishing. Even with boats having a VHF radio, a waterproof handheld is good to have in case you have to bail out of the boat. A rescue beacon! I use a ACR ResQlink. There would be so many boaters, hikers, skiers and others still alive today if they had that $400 piece of equipment. Just a few weeks ago, some guys running 40 miles offshore in the Gulf boat sank. The ACR put the Coast Guard helicopter on them floating in the ocean.

I've had a boat since 1970, all great tips! But one essential item you didn't mention and that's a five gallon bucket for many reasons but mainly a dewatering device if you lost power and as a sea anchor. If you have lost all power and stuck in rough condition tie a line on the bucket handle secured to the bow cleat. It's best to have at least 50' of line for this use, it will keep the bow into the wind preventing seas from swamping the transom. It's not a "boat pole" it's a "boat hook". And remember there is no rope on a vessel it's "line". Best Regards, Jay

so... if you are going from shallow to deep, keep green on the right, and if you are going from deep to shallow green is on the left? Is this correct? Thanks for the video :)

All good stuff. I would encourage any new boaters to spend a day with an experienced boater before they go solo. Have a process for launching & loading and remember that you are responsible for your & your guests safety. I'm on year 3 of having a boat and still feel like a newbie some days but I no longer get in a rush to launch or load. Be efficient & don't waste time launching & loading but don't rush and potentially damage your boat or hurt someone.

That transmits every trailer vibration straight to the transom. Support engine to the boat, not trailer.

buy a $5 strap and tie your motor to the boat, it wont bounce around , very easy

I couldn’t tell the difference on my harness and I still had the code, I’m going to pull it out and look at it. Thanks for the video.

Could t you of just soldered the chewed wires man would of been allot faster and easier I’d think.

Well done, and I thought it was the gas cap. Strong work.