danthebuilder

Time to quit going local and start ordering off the internet.

There are a ton of places around here. What Frank said tho, The die makes it expensive. Just type into google "short run metal stamping michigan"

http://www.koproducts.com/stamping

http://www.codeestamping.com/

oh man... I finally mustered up the courage to watch. I am going to do a better job from now on to make sure everything is put away in the maxi-mate so these accidents will happen a lot less often.

That's a sharp looking boat. You going to rip out the back seat?

Anyone ever hear an update on CL145a? It was some chemical that was supposed to come along and kill these terrible things.

Thats what they reported as their amount of waste. Could have been much more. The other chemical companies probably know how to hide things better .

Dow is the #1 chemical company. EPA rules allow them to just give "estimates". No real reason for the others to hide when they can just lie and its perfectly legal. I would like to know. If there is something they could do for a couple billion dollars to drastically cut that number like in the same manner of the new coal plant regulations. I am a huge fan and I think everyone on this board should be too. This stuff ends up in the rivers & lakes. Those "eat X fish once a month" guidelines that everyone here ignores. These guidelines wouldn't exist. This is the kind of future I want for our kids & grand kids. I don't hug too many tree's but when it comes to this one issue. Everyone who enjoys the outdoors should be on the same page.

Here is what I take out on Lake Michigan. This isn't the boat I take but this is the length/same year/model an 18 footer.

http://www.boattrader.com/listing/1986-Smoker-Craft-188-Cr-101243370

I have been in 6-8 footers. I have no problem with it. It rides them up and down very well. Most people get sick to be honest. I have taken a wave over the front twice this past year on the same day. The first one was the sign that it was time to go back in. Its definitely doable in 6 footers. Anything more than that and it becomes pretty retarded.

As for a bass boat. I'm not sure i'd go for that. It would severely limit your fishing days where I live.

http://vimeo.com/search/videos/search:mari%20romanack/st/795412d9

Hear is the fishing 411 vids

http://vimeo.com/user5448327/videos

Is this the link? yours didn't work.

Yes,

Upgraded to an Ipilot last year (V2- 70lb thrust - 60" shaft) SNIP

Thanks for this post ekbelt. I had no clue they worked like that. What is the ballpark cost for the unit?

My reasonable price is adding up to not so reasonable.

Sorry to hear that. I was afraid of that as soon as you were asking prices. I wish I could help.

Who wants to go swimming at Indiana beach??!!?!?!

They have signs. I think they need to put up signs saying 88 people died last year in lake michigan. X died so far this year. Is it too wavy? Read this entire sign before continuing. Do you want to be DEATH X+1? Stay out of the water. I would put then only next to every pay box at the beaches.

That way they don't have to worry about the liabilities of having the wrong flag up. The people who cry about the costs is why i said put it next to the pay boxes. You got a guy who service the box. He can service the sign.

If the city/place doesn't have a pay box. It should up to the city to decide if they want to put up a more advanced sign or basic one like the undertow signs they already have.

I saw this the other day. Its a neat idea but... Just 4 led lights inside of it. Seemed a tad over priced for me.

http://www.bigpapasportfishing.com/charge_box.htm

Do yourself a favor. Run only 2 riggers & put run the rest of the lines as copper/dipseys.

Nice, I love fishing at night.

This is a stupid idea. As a man who has canoed 175+ miles in my life. I cannot see taking a trip around lake Michigan. What happens if you plan a trip for a week and then its super wavy for half the week? The money would be better spent developing the river access like they're currently doing in the black river. Maybe, down in Indiana its not as wavy?!

btw, spent time on the manistee & st joe.

The refund was mentioned early in the year "we'll refund & give you a pass". After the dream of getting a pass was given up I didn't bother trying to get a refund. I started using quarters at the end of the year out of spite.

I have been out in some very big waves w/ an 18 foot smoker craft. Nice boat.

With the advisory not to eat lake trout this year. Then Obama putting his foot down on coal plants is something that i'm actually glad he did. You don't have to be a tree hugger to understand that this will help clean up the lake & make the fish more edible.

It appears that city council has finally acting on the problems with the season passes that came up this year.

Here are the minutes....

City Council will be asked to consider awarding the bid for parking pay terminals at

South Beach, North Beach and Black River Park to Total Parking Solutions in the

amount of $99,660.

Background Information: The City of South Haven has requested bids for parking pay

terminals to be installed at South Beach, North Beach and Black River Park. South Beach is

planned for new pay terminals as part of a larger parking lot reconstruction project. North

Beach is included in the project because it is a paid parking area with a lot of use and it is a

high maintenance enforcement area. Black River Park has been added to the project

because of problems with the existing pay terminal in that location and the need to replace

the pay terminal.

Based on review of the products available and experiences in other communities, we

believe that there will be a decrease in the amount of staff time required to do enforcement,

and an increase in parking system revenue by using an automated pay terminal. In addition,

the automated pay terminal would allow the boat launch at Black River Park to be a paid

service for a longer season than currently in use, which will also increase revenue. -5-

The purpose of the Parking Pay Terminal bid is to select a vendor who will work with the City

to determine the exact number of pay terminals as well as exact location of the terminals.

The specified dollar amounts in the bid are based on an estimate of the number of terminals

and may be changed after review of the parking areas with the selected vendor. The

purpose of the bid amounts are to allow comparison between vendors and to select a

vendor.

During 2011, staff experienced problems with the computer hardware that activated

seasonal pass cards at Black River Park. We attempted to work with the firm that serviced

the pay terminal (Traffic and Safety Controls), but were unable to get the seasonal card

system to work. This experience has emphasized the importance of a responsive firm with a

service crew that can respond quickly, with an adequate replacement part inventory that can

be delivered the same day.

After interviewing city staff who had worked with Traffic and Safety Controls, I recommend

that we disqualify Traffic and Safety Controls and their equipment supplier (Digital Pioneer)

due to poor customer service. The notes from the interviews with staff are available upon

request.

The bidder VenTek, which is headquartered in California, proposes to warehouse parts in

California and service the pay terminals with technicians who travel the entire midwest (or

possibly the US). The firm who would do the service has not yet been selected and would

be a subcontractor to VenTek. Staff is concerned about the response time of technicians

who do not have a home office within one day driving time, and the lack of a spare parts

warehouse in the midwest. Staff recommends disqualifying VenTek due to not having a

home office and parts warehouse within daily driving distance from South Haven.

The bidder Total Parking Solutions has its headquarters in Downer's Grove, Illinois. The

nearest system is in St. Joseph, and references are positive. The bid amounts were used to

prepare a cost comparison based on a 10 year service life of the equipment, with an annual

maintenance contract.

Moved by Kozlik Wall to award the bid for parking pay terminals at South Beach, North

Beach and Black River Park to Total Parking Solutions in the amount of $99,660. Seconded

by Patterson.

A Roll Call Vote was taken:

Yeas: Arnold, Bemis, Fitzgibbon, Klavins, Kozlik Wall, Patterson, Burr

Nays: None

Motion carried.

THANK GOODNESS

Jim

looks great so far, been there and done that along with the stringers just take your time and make sure it all bonds together tight with no air pockets. I had a good friend redo his four winns last year and used a new composite fiberglass board that was priced around the same price as marine board and was pretty easy to cut and glass over and with no wood in it you don't have to worry about rot again. If you want the companies name I can get it for you just give me a shout.

Luremaker

Can you send me the companies name?

You try any carb cleaner?

Someone want to tell me why you install tracks? Why not just mount everything in place? Do you slide things around that much?

Why regulate when you can just altogether ban coal. This would take the mercury levels down in our fish big time.

We also need to look at the big picture and just say what we all know. Solar isn't realistic & either is wind even when you factory in advances. The amount of land they take up for the energy produced isn't a good trade off. The wind doesn't always blow the sun doesn't always shine. The amount of transmission lines that will be to be built/added will be astronomical. Who wants more transmission lines? I know I don't... So you need to factor in the 10+ acres per 5MW wind machine + added transmission lines all across the country. People don't want to live near them as seen on this forum already.

Nuclear is dirt cheap but there is an option that is CHEAPER & SAFER than nuclear. Wind & Solar costs 3x as much as nuclear & even with advances in costs coming down we're still looking at 2x as much as a minimum. Do you want to pay 2-3x what you pay for electricity right now? That's what we're setting ourselves to do. Its stupid.

Thorium has no chance of melting down because it is already a liquid. If something breaks it turns off by design. Its like an electric stove. If problems happens and it losses electricity. It quits working. There is no runaway heat issues. The reason why we didn't built thorium in the first place was because it couldn't be used in a nuclear weapon. We researched it and proved it could work in the 1950s all we need is someone to invest the initial $1-2 billion to advance research then we're looking at ~$1 billion for the first reactor. No more worrying about fuel rods laying around that can be turned into nukes. No bank will write a loan for advancement of thorium because there are risks that costs could sky rocket on the first couple reactors built. It doesn't make sense to make the loan for $1 billion when they could come back and say its going to end up costing $5 billion. The government is pouring money into bad technology wind/solar it should step up and put a couple billion towards thorium and fix our energy problem once and for all.

BTW, the Chinese are currently working on building thorium. So worst case scenario. we can just buy plants in the future from them. That's what we really want right? To buy everything from china? When we're looking for ways for our government to boost the economy and put people to work. I feel that this a small investment in thorium would be a total game changer.

edit: Just want to point out this is not to be confused on the terrible idea bill gates is currently trying.

Thank goodness. This should help cut down on the mercury levels in the fish.

If they really want to do green energy they need to stop building solar plants & wind farms and start working on thorium.