Recent content by Ron Van

You are correct sir! That’s the trailer for our other old pontoon because the new one didn’t come with a trailer. That trailer sat in our yard for two years, then I finally moved it to a covered area next to the lawn shed. The sun took a toll on the bunk material. The wood is okay though...

Good news, bad news…Ruby and I sold my beloved ski boat. The new owners are to pick it up by Saturday. I had a lot of fun on that boat. The good news is that we bought a new(ish) pontoon. As soon as we got the pontoon home, I did what most people would do…I took the engine apart. I...

I posted a while back that we had a stray dog take up residence on our property. Ruby found “Buddy” (the dog) a new home. A lady answered Ruby’s ad and said she has some kind of amateur animal rescue. We checked it out and she’s legit. This lady recently bought a fantastic new home on 33...

Looks great Havasu!

Happy….

Very nice! Where does the water drain to?

Momma turtle made it back to the water.

Well, spring is in the air! We had a pair of geese hatch 7 chicks in our yard last week I was cutting the grass today and saw a turtle laying eggs. I elected to not cut the grass in this section. Ruby went out later and said the turtle safely made it back to the water. When the turtles...

Believe it or not…Ruby found a home for Buddy! She put out several posts looking for someone who might be missing Buddy (not likely- he had no collar or chip), or someone who might want to adapt Buddy. Ruby is very protective of her foster dogs. Some people are looking for dogs (mostly Pitties...

I completed my Raw water pump replacement today. The new pump required a little modification of the bracket to make it work. A little cutting, grinding, drilling and voila! The old pump had a plastic body. It only lasted 46 years! There it is mounted on the boat.

50 CF? That’s a pretty small room. If you have 8’ ceilings, and the floor was 3’ wide by 2’ long it would be 48 cubic feet.

Thank you! I don’t get accused of being young very often these days! The truth is, I’m old enough to have a bad memory. Your chart says stamps were .03 when I was born and .08 when I was in high school. I don’t know where I got .12.

Yeah, that was a nasty storm! It missed us, luckily, but wow! ….it got you guys bad! When I was a kid (not quite 10) we had these two monsters roll through my town in Northern Indiana. It was on Palm Sunday 1965. It became known as the Palm Sunday tornadoes. For quite a few years, I thought...

I was trying to get the boats ready for the season yesterday. This one has a Ford 351 V8 engine which was made for a car so it had to be modified (by the manufacturer) to work in a boat. The cooling system is the biggest modification. Instead of a radiator, it just gets a constant supply of...

Our pool started leaking in January. All the water leaked out except a foot. It is a vinyl liner type pool. The liner was replaced last summer. I found the leak, it was at a seam which means it is covered under warranty. It took a while but I finally got the manufacturer to send my a new...