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I agree with Dan. Sawzall is the best tool for destruction of anything. Lol I love sawzalls I have two cordless and one corded. Just use a wood blade and you will have it in one ft pieces in minutes.
 
I think this is a little better than a sawzall but the association might not go for doing this in the parking lot

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This is how i get rid of them, I tried giving them away for free but no takers so about 15 minutes in a bobcat and it all fits neatly in a dumpster but picking up all the foam is a pia
 
Jetskigoodies said:
I think this is a little better than a sawzall but the association might not go for doing this in the parking lot

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This is how i get rid of them, I tried giving them away for free but no takers so about 15 minutes in a bobcat and it all fits neatly in a dumpster but picking up all the foam is a pia
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haha awesome!
 
I agree. That would be a lot more fun. I almost bought one a year or two ago and wife put the kobosh on that one lol. I got the old you don't need that. I don't want that thing sitting in my yard.... I think she stars on Charlie Brown. When she talks I hear waanttt waanttt waanttt waaaa. Lol!
 
That bobcat is only like 5 yrs old but has had a rough life, in the winter it sits outside at our salt pile, it a shame was like 40k and now its all rusted, but it is joystick controlled with heat and ac, its like playing a video game. Hey racer how much evaporust do you think i would need to clean those rims and the front of the bobcat? 50 gal? Lol
 
Hydro Trailer Results

Well it started good. My 11 year old son and I put in in the back yard and the whether was really nice. I loaded the trailer up inside and out and had my doubts but was happy to see that it still floated well. The trailer made the 96 GSX purpose and I just had the trim nozzle set in the middle so I had to move up and down the seat and find that sweet rpm area. After that it towed fine and I decided to go for the kind of ride that we had the range for. We found a place on a bank of the Inter-Coastal waterway and set up camp.

After a terribly uncomfortable sleep I awoke to some obvious problems. The tide had run out and left the rig way up on the sandy bank. Worse was that the Hydro-Trailer had a crack in the plastic hitch!:willy_nilly:
So I tied the bowline up to support the hitch and tick tacked the rig back out to the water and we took off toward the house.

I found my sweat spot at about 5800rpm and things were cold but OK for about 30 to 45 minutes. Then, what I always worry about in the back of my head, the 787 seized!!!! :banghead: When it did the already fractured trailer hitch broke completely.:cuss:

So I called my Wife and woke her up with the bad but realistic news that we didn't make it. By the time I had broke out my folding paddle(never ride without it) and gotten on to someones dock and trespassed though their yard my wife was pulling up on the desolate road in front of his house because of the Iphone friend finder app. She took me home where I brought a trailer back to recover the wreckage. The guy was up and friendly. He even used his boat to tow my junk over to the ramp.

As a last kick in the but my Jax buddy who likes to pick up deals for me sends this link over this morning. http://jacksonville.craigslist.org/boa/3387025084.html I've got $400 in this thing!!:banghead:
 

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Matt Braley said:
Well it started good. My 11 year old son and I put in in the back yard and the whether was really nice. I loaded the trailer up inside and out and had my doubts but was happy to see that it still floated well. The trailer made the 96 GSX purpose and I just had the trim nozzle set in the middle so I had to move up and down the seat and find that sweat rpm area. After that it towed fine and I decided to go for the kind of ride that we had the range for. We found a place on a bank of the Inter-Coastal waterway and set up camp.

After a terribly uncomfortable sleep I awoke to some obvious problems. The tide had run out and left the rig way up on the sandy bank. Worse was that the Hydro-Trailer had a crack in the plastic hitch!:willy_nilly:
So I tied the bowline up to support the hitch and tick tacked the rig back out to the water and we took off toward the house.

I found my sweat spot at about 5800rpm and things were cold but OK for about 30 to 45 minutes. Then, what I always worry about in the back of my head, the 787 seized!!!! :banghead: When it did the already fractured trailer hitch broke completely.:cuss:

So I called my Wife and woke her up with the bad but realistic news that we didn't make it. By the time I had broke out my folding paddle(never ride without it) and gotten on to someones dock and trespassed though their yard my wife was pulling up on the desolate road in front of his house because of the Iphone friend finder app. She took me home where I brought a trailer back to recover the wreckage. The guy was up and friendly. He even used his boat to tow my junk over to the ramp.

As a last kick in the but my Jax buddy who likes to pick up deals for me sends this link over this morning. http://jacksonville.craigslist.org/boa/3387025084.html I've got $400 in this thing!!:banghead:
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Bummer to hear the bad news, but it looked like your boy was having fun.

Here is the website and you can buy a new tow bar piece by piece if you want

http://hydro-trailer.com/?p=450

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damn, sorry for the misfortune, at least the trailer floats! :) and that jville trailer looks mint..... how does an engine seize mid ride? is there anything to do to prevent it, and how does it need to be fixed
 
Yes he had a great time and it was worth doing. There are many reasons a 787 can seize. One of them is that tripleX hasn't made me any block off plates yet(lol). I have no time to deal with it now but will find out later.
Thanks for the tow bar link. I will contact them about it. I just noticed how they put some more material in the corners right where mine broke. The replacement will likely last.
 
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Matt Braley said:
Yes he had a great time and it was worth doing. There are many reasons a 787 can seize. One of them is that tripleX hasn't made me any block off plates yet(lol). I have no time to deal with it now but will find out later.
Thanks for the tow bar link. I will contact them about it. I just noticed how they put some more material in the corners right where mine broke. The replacement will likely last.
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I'll be hoping back on the plates this week, work is getting ready to drop off for a bit. I have an installation tomorrow and that is it for the week so far, but a service call can pop up at any minute. I can be a slacker sometimes. If you need my set to do the rebuild just holla.
 
Matt Braley said:
Well it started good. My 11 year old son and I put in in the back yard and the whether was really nice. I loaded the trailer up inside and out and had my doubts but was happy to see that it still floated well. The trailer made the 96 GSX purpose and I just had the trim nozzle set in the middle so I had to move up and down the seat and find that sweet rpm area. After that it towed fine and I decided to go for the kind of ride that we had the range for. We found a place on a bank of the Inter-Coastal waterway and set up camp.

After a terribly uncomfortable sleep I awoke to some obvious problems. The tide had run out and left the rig way up on the sandy bank. Worse was that the Hydro-Trailer had a crack in the plastic hitch!:willy_nilly:
So I tied the bowline up to support the hitch and tick tacked the rig back out to the water and we took off toward the house.

I found my sweat spot at about 5800rpm and things were cold but OK for about 30 to 45 minutes. Then, what I always worry about in the back of my head, the 787 seized!!!! :banghead: When it did the already fractured trailer hitch broke completely.:cuss:

So I called my Wife and woke her up with the bad but realistic news that we didn't make it. By the time I had broke out my folding paddle(never ride without it) and gotten on to someones dock and trespassed though their yard my wife was pulling up on the desolate road in front of his house because of the Iphone friend finder app. She took me home where I brought a trailer back to recover the wreckage. The guy was up and friendly. He even used his boat to tow my junk over to the ramp.

As a last kick in the but my Jax buddy who likes to pick up deals for me sends this link over this morning. http://jacksonville.craigslist.org/boa/3387025084.html I've got $400 in this thing!!:banghead:
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UGHHHH
I'm sorry about that.
I never noticed the crack on the tow arm.
 
No worries Oscar. I probably cracked the tow arm. I don't expect you to warranty used plastic you picked up for a buddy(lol).

JSG- I enjoyed that demo method!!
 
Matt Braley said:
Yes he had a great time and it was worth doing. There are many reasons a 787 can seize. One of them is that tripleX hasn't made me any block off plates yet(lol). I have no time to deal with it now but will find out later.
Thanks for the tow bar link. I will contact them about it. I just noticed how they put some more material in the corners right where mine broke. The replacement will likely last.
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Yup it looks the they molded gussets in the corners.
Can't it be Mac Gyver'ed with round tubing and bolts?

I'm sure that new piece is $$
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ocod said:
Yup it looks the they molded gussets in the corners.
Can't it be Mac Gyver'ed with round tubing and bolts?

I'm sure that new piece is $$
:svengo:
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I was thinking it would be easy enough to mig/tig up a steel or aluminum one that would never break :). Just have to keep it clean if it sees a lot of salt (or use stainless). I also wonder if you call them and tell them you have the old style and it broke on you and see if they'd give you any break on a new one. They obviously know there is an issue if they redesigned it.
 
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kwiktsi said:
i was thinking it would be easy enough to mig/tig up a steel or aluminum one that would never break :). Just have to keep it clean if it sees a lot of salt (or use stainless). I also wonder if you call them and tell them you have the old style and it broke on you and see if they'd give you any break on a new one. They obviously know there is an issue if they redesigned it.
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definitely agree
 
nammer said:
if I can't give a hull away, where can i take it to dump it?
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nam,,, just for the record, its much easier just to drag it to the landfill/incinerator... usually only costs about $10, you drive it over there, sit on the scale for 10 seconds, take it to their designated spot, shove it off the back, get weighed and pay them. Back about 4 years ago i sawzalled my first ski, a kawi440 hull, and after that mess I decided just to call the dump, it was cheap.. now I drive there about 4x a year... drop off all my crap and move on, sooo much easier and your not sweeping up fiberglass chips off the driveway, and it gets all over the lawn, in your hair, on your ski, etc... its nasty stuff !

just pickup the phone and call, get the address, once your thru the gate you'll be done in 10 minutes :)
 
Spimothy Leary said:
nam,,, just for the record, its much easier just to drag it to the landfill/incinerator... usually only costs about $10, you drive it over there, sit on the scale for 10 seconds, take it to their designated spot, shove it off the back, get weighed and pay them. Back about 4 years ago i sawzalled my first ski, a kawi440 hull, and after that mess I decided just to call the dump, it was cheap.. now I drive there about 4x a year... drop off all my crap and move on, sooo much easier and your not sweeping up fiberglass chips off the driveway, and it gets all over the lawn, in your hair, on your ski, etc... its nasty stuff !

just pickup the phone and call, get the address, once your thru the gate you'll be done in 10 minutes :)
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thanks for info, i'm gonna strip it, and I'm pretty sure my neighbor is gonna take it, he wants a sled to ride down a hill into a river
 
i run across polaris here and there, as far as blue fuji type? i have no idea? running condition is always debatable, what is running to most people isn't really running. it's harder to see polaris's unless they are newly posted, cause i usually just search for seadoos
 
nammer said:
if I can't give a hull away, where can i take it to dump it?
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gazza2010au said:
nammer do u ever find polaris 780 engines the blue fuji 3 cylinder type in running condition for cheap on the classifieds?
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nammer said:
i run across polaris here and there, as far as blue fuji type? i have no idea? running condition is always debatable, what is running to most people isn't really running. it's harder to see polaris's unless they are newly posted, cause i usually just search for seadoos
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yes, they're pretty rare... I do have a red 3 cyl 900 sitting in my garage, excellent shape, had 150 in all 3 holes when I pulled it... have it listed on CL for $400. i'm too lazy to list it anywhere else where I might be required to ship it :)
 
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