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Dennis Scearce - May 31,2008
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In an effort to keep up with Lima, check out the vintage jon boat I just bought off of ebay. Barbara and I will be traveling to Eustis, FL week after next to get it. Every man needs a jon boat, a tractor and a Searey. Barbara thinks it's 'cute'. It will probably get named 'RESCUE 1' which should give you an idea of why she wanted it.<br />
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Dave Lima - May 31,2008
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Hey, I was bidding on that! Looks like you stole it right out from under me.
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Terry Mac Neill - Jun 01,2008
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Hey,<br /><br />I thought a Jon boat was a flat bottom boat ???<br /><br />Here is my Jon boat story ............... I bought a flat bottom boat from Sears in mid 70's and installed a 20 H.P JLO snowmobile engine in the boat. I put a 36 in. <br />Banks-Maxwell airboat propeller on the engine. Does anyone remember the<br />Banks-Maxwell propeller company in Texas ??? They are no longer in business<br />because some DUMB-ASS stuck his hand into the prop at full R.P.M..........he lost<br />his hand , but received 1-million dollars because Banks-Maxwell did not put a slip<br />of paper in the shipping box that said ' HEY DUMB-ASS ', keep your hand out of<br />the spinning prop, Good Judges are hard to find.<br /><br />Any way, the airboat did about 25 M.P.H., had a lot of fun with it, until my daughter<br />flipped the boat, making too tight of a turn. She flipped the boat about 300 feet away<br />from me. The engine would spin the prop about 4500 R.P.M. and that is where she<br />had it, until I heard that sickening sound of a wood prop smacking the water ..........<br />the silence was deafening. Thankfully, she was in about 18 in. of water and I <br />immediately started running towards her. We have all read about Jesus walking<br />on water and I don't challenge ............ however, I have the record for the fastest<br />RUNNING on water , 300 feet ...... seconds, mere seconds. Do you know how <br />many prayers you can say in 300 feet ???.<br /><br />Any way, she was thrown clear of the boat ...... no tears, but HUGE eyes.<br />After righting the boat, I noticed what looked like a thousand toothpicks in a <br />straight line for about 50 to 100 feet from the rear of the boat. My gosh, thats<br />half of a Banks-Maxwell prop floating there. Strange thing ....... 1 / 2 of one <br />blade is gone, the other blade looks just like new. Funny thing .......I still have<br />that propeller sitting on a shelf in my shop next to my SeaRey.<br /><br />When it is all said and done, I know that in Michigan, a flat bottom boat is called<br /><br /> ' A JON BOAT ' <br />
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Dennis Scearce - Jun 01,2008
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Ummm...I still have my 2 blade IVO magnum. Wonder how it would do on the back on my boat? Great story, Terry. I think both hull designs are called Jon.
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Dan Nickens - Jun 02,2008
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I love a story with a happy ending, Terry. I hope yours works out a little better, though, Dennis.
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Dennis Scearce - Jun 02,2008
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Yeah, me too. Just going after it with Barbara is high risk. Since the trailer hasn't been road worthy in probably 20 years, I figure it needs tires and wheel bearings. Maybe some maintenance on the hitch. I'm going to use some magnetic lights that I use when towing cars to avoid having to wire the ugly thing while in someone elses driveway 600 miles from home. Then we start home, pulling it with our '99 Toyota with 211K on it. Should be a real adventure. Worse case is I leave it all on the side if I-95 and rent a mini cooper convertable to drive the rest of the way home.
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