fishinwrench

That made sense. That doesn't. That does. A BS sandwich ? Yum. 😅

That's what I was about to say, because there's no tech info to be had on any HO jets..... you're basically on your own. But I'm not a dealer so I really don't know for sure, and the main dealer that I do work with doesn't know, or care. I'm not even clear on why they ever started that whole "HO" or "ProXS"crap to begin with. All it does (from my perspective) is complicate things. Just like the old "Stinger" 75hp Johnson's. It's a 3 cylinder 75, nothing special at all.

2 hard rises and fallouts during the same day would make for some challenging fishing. I wouldn't even attempt it myself.

Unless you have to shoot clear across a bean field there shouldn't be a need to shoot much over 100 yards in Missouri. If you can't get any closer than that to them then you didn't do your scouting right. 😋

And here we compare the differences between living and surviving. I did the survival thing for 7 months once. The first 2 were the toughest. Once it warmed up it wasn't so bad. There wasn't any internet, beer or movies 🙄

Sounds right. Without looking up individual model #s the HO vs. the regular (non HO) manufactured in the same year shows the same block, but different exhaust housing components. Since we were talking"jets" I didn't look to see if the HO gearcase had different gears.....but I wouldn't think so, because when ordering/replacing gearcases there's never an HO option.

If you're considering swapping the 4-stroke Merc for an Evinrude......You have my full support. 😊

A 60HO would be 65hp (63-64.8 actual) A 115HO would be 124.2ish Basically an 8% increase across the powerband. As far as I know it is all in the mid-section exhaust and software tuning....so a little louder and a little less fuel efficient. Bore, stroke, and porting are the same. I would expect that a 60jet could automatically be considered "HO", but with a rev limiter programmed into it I'm not sure about that. I still have alot to learn about the new age computer controlled systems..... I'm slowly (reluctantly) getting there. 🙄

Oh I'm not gonna miss it, we have 2 graduates this year. Throwing a big party at Coconuts May 17th.....starts at 5:00 Come on down ! 😊

Those do look pretty sweet, but doggoneit when I study them I keep seeing something that's priced about 2700.00 more than it should be. Not that that is a shocker when looking at things that float.....but still. 😅

The controversial Shimbindo issue was pinned down as a hydraulic bind in the levelwind system. Supposedly you can drill a 1/32" vent hole in the head that cures it. Never tried it though, cuz like many others I let mine go for 1.50 in one of our yard sales and never bought another one.

Well let's see..... First job that I worked for a reasonable length of time was at a music store, moving pianos and general grunt work. Did some construction and plumbing work for various contractors. Drove a big boy truck for Global Vanlines for awhile. Then hooked up with Schatz Underground cable construction in Pacific, Mo. and ran all over the country for 7 years as a crew foreman working for them. When that job hit a slow spell I started as a TCI cable TV installer climbing poles in Jeff City, then got a better offer with Falcon cable as a subcontractor installing cable TV which is what brought me to the Lake O area. Falcon eventually got stingey about paying subcontractors and offered a lame in-house job...of which I declined, and then I started full time fishing for a living. That was doing "ok" until I found out my girlfriend was pregnant and then it suddenly became time to get serious about having a future career. Hooked up with a marina that was willing to put me through school and training as an outboard tech. Bailed on them in 1998 and started my own business (felt kinda bad about that....but hey, gotta go where the real money is), and here we still are. 😊 I figure I have another 4-5 years in this business and then I'll either have to obtain a boat/motor dealership, OR sell out, buy a piece of riverfront property with the kids and open up a campground. I have ZERO retirement fund nest egg at this time, so it's getting close to time for me to either croak, or begin preparing for THAT.

The XR2 was/is the reliability winner. 2.0L. The XR4 is a 2.4L steel bore version of the original Black Max, but with a different ignition system. The XR6 was the first 2.5L, with taller gears, and is the hands down performance winner of the XR family. It was the XR6 block that was chosen for the first run of EFI Merc's (and they were great). The weak spots of all the Merc V6's has always been the oil pump drive gear, and the cooling system. Why they never attempted to improve either, over time, is a mystery. The only change they ever made was going from a 1 piece o/i drive gear to a 2 piece drive gear....which didn't improve anything that I am aware of. You can eliminate o/i failure by terminating the system and mixing your fuel, but there's nothing you can do to keep running temperatures even and consistent throughout the RPM range. The biggest killer of Merc V6's was the popularly of the HOTFOOT. I believe that if those things had never become "a thing" then a lot less Merc V6's would have blown.

Nope, it sure isn't. That XR6 is gonna puke a piston or two, no matter what, anyway. 😊

Boy, what a cush job that's gotta be ! Where are they when THIS happens? Probably holding down the same chair that they hold down the other 364 days of the year. 😅

Close enough. Does it have a hole shot problem? If not I'd leave it alone. Maybe your Chris Carson Crankcase Stuffers will get it there 🤣😂😅

Cool stuff. Lots of neat history associated with the railroads. According to my grandma, bands of gypsy's used to ride the empty rail cars too. She hated gypsy women. I don't even know what defines a "gypsy", and wouldn't have known one if I had seen one, but I remember being told as a child to stay AWAY from them. 😅

That ain't a gar. The snoot looks musky/pike ish.

Hobo's used to prowl the town I grew up in, the trains stopped at the brickyard and the bean mill. My grandpa was chief of police, and if a hobo caused any trouble he'd escort them back to the bean mill or the brick yard and tell them to get GONE on the next train out. Was my grandpa operating in a federally illegal fashion ?

Ok, but in order to be ARRESTED, CHARGED, and CONVICTED there has to be a complaint on record. Someone from the railroad would have had to call the county sheriff and report that a trespasser is on their property. Otherwise they have no jurisdiction to approach you and demand identification. It would be an illegal arrest.

If you wanna get all constitutional and lawyerly about it.....Nobody can legally tell you to leave any place that isn't clearly posted, unless they have the property deed in their hands at the time. Otherwise I could just go threatening trespass charges everywhere I go just so I can be alone. And beings as how I hate crowds......

Well if it is indeed private property then whoever owns the property would have to report you as a trespasser. Since it's highly unlikely that anyone from the railroad is going to call the sheriff on you....then the sheriff has no jurisdiction there either. So theoretically you are safe. The power lines in Georgia were private property too, I suppose, which is probably why the law couldn't charge in on party's there. Nobody from Georgia Power was complaining.....so I suppose we were exempt from any legal action while on the property. @snagged in outlet 3, who was it that ran you off from being along the tracks? If it was anyone besides the owner of the freakin' railroad you could have told them to go kick rocks.

6000 with no passengers, livewells empty and low on fuel.... is what they say.

Seriously?!!!! Crap, who knew! When did that law go into effect? I just watched a video recently where Brian Wise, Steve Dally, and another dude we're hiking down the railway in Arkansas. It was cool footage as always. Bunch'a freakin' FELONS ! 😎 How can it depend on what state you're in? That makes no sense to me at all.

When we were kids we jumped on a train slowing down through Mexico, and hopped off when it slowed down through Centralia. Goofed off in Centralia all day then hopped another train back that night. That was a blast! Hanging on the side of a railcar when it crosses a creek trestle is a major headrush.