Thread: Any boat types help identify this?

Originally Posted by 4bee

Am confoosed, which one is the boat?

The one with the 4 wheels....

One's a boat, the other's a barge...

Originally Posted by scarry

The one with the 4 wheels....

Of course, how remiss of me.

Should be called a DUKW though.

Talking to the bloke whose boat this actually was, seems the engine only has about 40 hours on it..... Well, gotta take his word for that I guess.
Apparently the main issue is that when it was being trailered down from Weipa the wind tore the console off, with accompanying damage to the associated paraphernalia ( explains the hole in the engine cover ). So, apart from the wiring, I imagine it will be the steering and engine control cables needing TLC. Once I get this bloody yard sorted I can have a look. Sigh......

Originally Posted by Tins

Talking to the bloke whose boat this actually was, seems the engine only has about 40 hours on it..... Well, gotta take his word for that I guess.
Apparently the main issue is that when it was being trailered down from Weipa the wind tore the console off, with accompanying damage to the associated paraphernalia ( explains the hole in the engine cover ). So, apart from the wiring, I imagine it will be the steering and engine control cables needing TLC. Once I get this bloody yard sorted I can have a look. Sigh......

Naaaaaahhhh, get on with the trouble shooting the yard can wait, it ain't going anywhere& TS is more fun.
I have recently cleaned up 35 years of ****/detritus from two large sheds.

"They" say you'll feel better afterwards. Yeah roight. Idiots!

Originally Posted by 4bee

Naaaaaahhhh, get on with the trouble shooting the yard can wait, it ain't going anywhere& TS is more fun.
I have recently cleaned up 35 years of ****/detritus from two large sheds.

"They" say you'll feel better afterwards. Yeah roight. Idiots!

I too should really have a clean-up, but I do like having all the gear on hand to do any job day or night, the other day I noticed two screws had fallen out of the garage door opener where it attaches and one was half out with only one holding, couldn't find bigger self-tapers so I found some Loctite 263 IIRC and put the screws back with that, let it dry for about 30 mins before I had to go out (unfortunately not in a boat to keep this thread on topic) and they seem to be holding.

Originally Posted by RANDLOVER

I too should really have a clean-up, but I do like having all the gear on hand to do any job day or night, the other day I noticed two screws had fallen out of the garage door opener where it attaches and one was half out with only one holding, couldn't find bigger self-tapers so I found some Loctite 263 IIRC and put the screws back with that, let it dry for about 30 mins before I had to go out (unfortunately not in a boat to keep this thread on topic) and they seem to be holding.

HELL! What was that metallic crash I just heard??

Originally Posted by RANDLOVER

I too should really have a clean-up, but I do like having all the gear on hand to do any job day or night, the other day I noticed two screws had fallen out of the garage door opener where it attaches and one was half out with only one holding, couldn't find bigger self-tapers so I found some Loctite 263 IIRC and put the screws back with that, let it dry for about 30 mins before I had to go out (unfortunately not in a boat to keep this thread on topic) and they seem to be holding.

CAUTION.
Be very careful who assists you. My Son in L "helped" me but I am still trying to locate Tools & stuff.

Bad luck if they were in the Skip that went off.


Another skip event saw my RM Williams elastic sided riding Boots tossed out & all they needed was new Elastic sides fitted. I was informed that they were expensive but did not check myself. Boots are now worth $500-600 a pair, new. The reason they let me down was I came a face down gutser on some of Adelaide's footpath pavers from the olde days with a lifted edge. Could have been repaired for a lot less than that after all, I had them for apx. 35 years.

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