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totally get it...trying to buy a boat!...so I sold my beautiful '04 240 because I wanted a frickin deck boat...but what I wanted and what is out there for less than 125K wasn't gonna happen because I couldn't see paying over 80K for something with 300 hrs on it already with minimal horsepower...and the frickin paint schemes!!, if there was a nice one it was gone quick..so finally after 6 months of kicking myself in the ass for selling my 240 I (luckily) found another immaculate 2004 240 on craigslist for sell from the original owner...bought it and spent all last week in Havasu with it and a smile on my face again, sooo glad to be out of the boat market!
 

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You know exactly what he’s talking about spooge jacker [emoji16]


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totally get it...trying to buy a boat!...so I sold my beautiful '04 240 because I wanted a frickin deck boat...but what I wanted and what is out there for less than 125K wasn't gonna happen because I couldn't see paying over 80K for something with 300 hrs on it already with minimal horsepower...and the frickin paint schemes!!, if there was a nice one it was gone quick..so finally after 6 months of kicking myself in the ass for selling my 240 I (luckily) found another immaculate 2004 240 on craigslist for sell from the original owner...bought it and spent all last week in Havasu with it and a smile on my face again, sooo glad to be out of the boat market!
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totally get it...trying to buy a boat!...so I sold my beautiful '04 240 because I wanted a frickin deck boat...but what I wanted and what is out there for less than 125K wasn't gonna happen because I couldn't see paying over 80K for something with 300 hrs on it already with minimal horsepower...and the frickin paint schemes!!, if there was a nice one it was gone quick..so finally after 6 months of kicking myself in the ass for selling my 240 I (luckily) found another immaculate 2004 240 on craigslist for sell from the original owner...bought it and spent all last week in Havasu with it and a smile on my face again, sooo glad to be out of the boat market!

Haha, nice to meet you again. I talked to you in the Channel. I was on the paddle board.. sorry OP for the off topic comment [emoji106]


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It’s nice to see interesting threads about boats back in the lounge. Glad you’re back 2ff.
totally get it...trying to buy a boat!...so I sold my beautiful '04 240 because I wanted a frickin deck boat...but what I wanted and what is out there for less than 125K wasn't gonna happen because I couldn't see paying over 80K for something with 300 hrs on it already with minimal horsepower...and the frickin paint schemes!!, if there was a nice one it was gone quick..so finally after 6 months of kicking myself in the ass for selling my 240 I (luckily) found another immaculate 2004 240 on craigslist for sell from the original owner...bought it and spent all last week in Havasu with it and a smile on my face again, sooo glad to be out of the boat market!
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so now the shit starts.... go run the boat...how in the fuc can someone own a boat , and have so many things wrong...I hate working on boats,I get over ass whippings way quicker... when I bought the boat, the quest was to buy a boat that I could just take to the lake and enjoy...I don't want a bigger boat, wanted something small easy to keep clean and maintain..my wife said, " what your problem is, you are try'n to make a 270 Hallett out of a 210"!!!..... women need to stfu...reality has no point in my life....I would love to buy a boat from me..

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Get the v drive Schiada next time and call me so I can help you drive it, in and around the docks for you. Seriously, Ive just retired and liquidated the business and will have nothing to do soon.
 

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"i wanted to buy a boat that i could just take to the lake and enjoy"

so you bought a used boat that was covered in bird shit from some old guy that didnt maintain it.

solid logic right there.
 

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I have never heard good things about the out drive 21' schiada, besides RD's....when it gets big at mead... you need to be able to get the bow up, and to do that at slow speeds , you need the out drive... or sit and wait it out till the lake settles dow..

Steve, didn't you have a Schiada with a stern drive when we used to hang out? It was rainbow color; not in a gay way rainbow, but classic multi color old school gel. I think I had my Lightning at the time.
 

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"i wanted to buy a boat that i could just take to the lake and enjoy"

so you bought a used boat that was covered in bird shit from some old guy that didnt maintain it.

solid logic right there.

Did you not read the story? It was maintained well but that was from the people who had it listed for the old guy and left it outside on their lot until the old guy went and got it back. When 2ff got the wet wipe, it was just a layer of dust.
 

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Did you not read the story? It was maintained well but that was from the people who had it listed for the old guy and left it outside on their lot until the old guy went and got it back. When 2ff got the wet wipe, it was just a layer of dust.

did you read?

some long story said:
go run the boat...how in the fuc can someone own a boat , and have so many things wrong..
 

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so made it to mead and back,...part 2 of the story...as I said, I decided to keep the fugly little boat....that's what you decide when no one will buy it..LOL.. but also figured, show it a little love,... maybe it'll grow on you..so I take it out to mead..I kinda knew the prop was wrong, but figured lets see what it does...at the doc...she's alittle hard to start,and you have to fast idle it to keep it running,and have to warm it up or it would die when you put it in gear..on the way to the open water...the boat steered worse than a jet boat at idle....so I finally get out of the wakeless... roll on the throttle, alls good to 35 mph, about 40 she starts hoping like a rabbit on top of another rabbit..drive tucked and tabs almost all the way down...roll'n on the throttle, and trying to get the trim to set, finaly quits hoping, but now she starts monkey walking, and bow steering like crazy... then add that every bump was like riding a Harley across the whoop section at Dumont...fuc I hate this boat....
 

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so now, gotta figure this boat out, spend a lot of time on here piss'n and moaning..start putting straight edges and levels on every thing,.. buy a shorty drive...and start messing with the steering...a hah... look at this f'n mess..I call lathrem steering and talk with the teck, he tells me how to bleed the system,,.. I tell him about the line being about 4' too long,... he says that won't matter, so there is air in the system.. I bleed it like he say's grab some props and head to mead...boat rides ruff, won't take a set,, anything over 60 and it was al over the place...come home, and I go through the stack of receipts the guy gave me... seems this was an on going problem,, receipts stating check drive alignment, check motor mounts and such..so I'm still think that a prop will make it work.. head back out to mead..almost go to jail, boat fouls the plugs and won't run...bring it home... plugs are gapped at 22... no wonder...but in new plugs gapped at 35 and sshe starts right up...idle is good,..I run a 26 pitch mach prop... white knuckeled, I burry the speedo...but she's hitting harder than 4 15's in the bed of a mini truck...so I get back home... more time on rdp… lots of ideas and replies,... more props to try..
 

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so I grab some props and go out to mead...... also remembered to bring my timing light...so at the doc... I put the light on.... wtf...@3200 rpms, she's only @ 26 degrees all in....so I bump her up to 34 degrees..starts at the touch of the key, idles good... go out and run it.I put the 26p bravo prop on..runs pretty darn good... need a lot of tab.. and not much trim..it's pretty ruff out, but the prop is carrying the boat good... still some thing aint right.. the monkey walk would come along with every run....so I pull the boat out of the water... pull the plug, wtf??? boat starts to bleed to death... straight red is coming out of the hole....
 

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so I grab some props and go out to mead...... also remembered to bring my timing light...so at the doc... I put the light on.... wtf...@3200 rpms, she's only @ 26 degrees all in....so I bump her up to 34 degrees..starts at the touch of the key, idles good... go out and run it.I put the 26p bravo prop on..runs pretty darn good... need a lot of tab.. and not much trim..it's pretty ruff out, but the prop is carrying the boat good... still some thing aint right.. the monkey walk would come along with every run....so I pull the boat out of the water... pull the plug, wtf??? boat starts to bleed to death... straight red is coming out of the hole....
Lol
Steve I love your descriptions and stories. I wish you would write a book.
 

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so I get her home,.. some real men of genius have worked on this boat... some one put 2 stainless nuts behind the tab pump and reservoir ...the pump slid out of the brackest and busted the reservoir tank....ah shit.. had to order a new one...no biggy…. right??? so I grab some more props , wanna try a rev 4... it doesn't work as good as the b1 26, head back home...start looking at the lines on the steering all wadded up on the transom... and I start thinking, as long, and as high as the are... bet they never get the air out.... that why you can go to the back of the boat and the drive flops all over the place...so I cut the bag of zip ties off the lines and routed then down low so they where lower than the pump.. and redid the bleeding process..tons of air came out... let it sit over night with the drive down.. got up this morning... even more air...so now the drive pretty much locks in place and has no side to side play at the drive I put the 26 b1 prop back on...and go out to mead....head out wind is blowing pretty good....roll on the throttle... no bunny hop,... get to 70 on the speedo... no more monkey walk.... so what I am thinking.. this steering has been fuc'd up for 23 yrs,.. and I don't blame the guy that sold me the boat,, pretty sure that he was getting fuc'd by everybody that worked on this boat cause they knew he couldn't fuc them back..
 

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so heres where she is right now... f'n awesome, and gonna be a nice keeper for the family... even had a rider I picked up at the dock...lol, last night I was try'n to buy a 30'r.. or try'n to find a nice 270...today I'm in love with this 210
 

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Son of a biscuit, 12 hours later and this is the end of the story?
 

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I want to hear the story about you almost going to jail!


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So when is the Parker Hallett Hookie day?
when can you go??? and do you ever boat mead?
Steve, didn't you have a Schiada with a stern drive when we used to hang out? It was rainbow color; not in a gay way rainbow, but classic multi color old school gel. I think I had my Lightning at the time.
it was a river tunnel,... pretty hard to find...
 

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Read the whole thing, pretty funny about the previous owner getting fu$&ed by everybody working on the boat & not being able to f$&k them back. I immediately thought "my dick is softer than an ice cream cone at a summer county fair":confused:

So........the prop that is working really well is a B1 26? Is it stock or labbed?
 

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I want to hear the story about you almost going to jail!


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what a deal that was,.. and I was lucky to make it home instead of jail...

what happened was, I go out to mead, back the boat in the water, walk it towards the rear of the dock... I tie off the front, go to the back, while i'm tieing the rear, I look to the side and see a pair of shoes, as I look up at this guy, he say's... is that your rig parked right there...I say yes, thinking he saw the COOL RIG plate...he says to me move the piece of shit, or I'm gonna move it for you... catches me off guard by a long shot, I say just hang on a second , let me finish tieing up and i'll move it...as he's walking away he says, your about a stupid fucker... by then he is just about to the door of my rig, he grabs the handle and starts to open my door... I holler to him, you open my door and I'm gonna beat your ass down.. you got it.. and start walking towards him...he leaves the door alone... and walks up the hill.. I get to my rig, and go park.... I'm walking back to my boat and just as I'm getting to the dock I see this guy he has a rope tied to the front and rear of his boat, his boat was behind mine, but he pushed it to the side of my boat ..like it was double parked.. he's yanking both the ropes and banging his boat in to mine...I holler to him , hey wtf are you doing stop that... he says, that's what you get you stupid fuc for leaving your boat parked in my way,... by then I'm running towards him...when I get to him, I grab the ropes out of his hands, and jump in my boat and give his boat a good shove, I turn around and this guy screams and lays flat out on the dock.... I say get the fuc up aint nothing wrong with you,.. he says... when I get done with you, i'm gonna own that boat and that rig..there's some guys in a boat across the dock, and he say to his buddy,.. look that guy just got knocked the fuc out...so I'm think'n oh shit... this don't look good...
 

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Read the whole thing, pretty funny about the previous owner getting fu$&ed by everybody working on the boat & not being able to f$&k them back. I immediately thought "my dick is softer than an ice cream cone at a summer county fair":confused:

So........the prop that is working really well is a B1 26? Is it stock or labbed?
I think it's labbed… but don't remember, but I sorta remember having one pitched up to a 27.... that might be the one
 

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so now,... here's this guy laid out on the dock... paramedic's are on the way,... along with the rangers...mean while, this guy with a 270 Hallett with a roll bar is try'n to get to the dock to pic up a passenger... I grab the boat and holding on to it so the girl can get on the boat,,, the guy driving says to me , that was totally un called for...I say yeah, I don't know what his problem is... he said, no you, no boat is worth you physical attacking some one, I say , I didn't attack him,... he says oh yeah you did and I saw you punch him in the face and knock him out...I say to him, you didn't see shiot, you where way the fuc over there...don't look good for ole 2FF
 

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so now,... here's this guy laid out on the dock... paramedic's are on the way,... along with the rangers...mean while, this guy with a 270 Hallett with a roll bar is try'n to get to the dock to pic up a passenger... I grab the boat and holding on to it so the girl can get on the boat,,, the guy driving says to me , that was totally un called for...I say yeah, I don't know what his problem is... he said, no you, no boat is worth you physical attacking some one, I say , I didn't attack him,... he says oh yeah you did and I saw you punch him in the face and knock him out...I say to him, you didn't see shiot, you where way the fuc over there...don't look good for ole 2FF
Easy to prove, lol, if you didn't knock him out. Where's the physical damage? broken nose? red or swollen from getting hit? Lacerations? Concussion? Scraped knuckles? Swollen hand? Medical report?

Sounds like he needed to be knocked out. I know it's not always the right thing to do but maybe if more people received a consequence for their shit talk & unsolicited aggressive behavior maybe they wouldn't be so inclined to run their mouths & challenge people.
 

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so heres where she is right now... f'n awesome, and gonna be a nice keeper for the family... even had a rider I picked up at the dock...lol, last night I was try'n to buy a 30'r.. or try'n to find a nice 270...today I'm in love with this 210

Steve thanks again for getting me out on the water today! Boat runs right now for sure. Hopefully we can meet up again before the weekend is out!
 

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Steve thanks again for getting me out on the water today! Boat runs right now for sure. Hopefully we can meet up again before the weekend is out!
it was my pleasure meeting you, maybe sat? you gonna be out with both boats?
 

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So now..... guy is still layed out on the dock...I'm standing at the first part of the dock...waiting for the rangers.... don't look good , and gonna be a hard time getting out of this one... probley gonna cost a boat or two...so the ranger comes blasting down the ramp all lit up... he pulls right up to me jumps out, "whats going on here"?.. I say, the guy was beating the shit out of my boat with his so I grabbed the ropes out of his hands and pushed his boat away from mine...ranger looks down at the doc....."what happen to that guy?''.... I say nothing, he's try'n to get a suntan or taking a nap...
 

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That's classic


So now..... guy is still layed out on the dock...I'm standing at the first part of the dock...waiting for the rangers.... don't look good , and gonna be a hard time getting out of this one... probley gonna cost a boat or two...so the ranger comes blasting down the ramp all lit up... he pulls right up to me jumps out, "whats going on here"?.. I say, the guy was beating the shit out of my boat with his so I grabbed the ropes out of his hands and pushed his boat away from mine...ranger looks down at the doc....."what happen to that guy?''.... I say nothing, he's try'n to get a suntan or taking a nap...
 

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so the ranger say to me..I have back up coming, you stand right here and don't move....ah, ok...right then a nother ranger car pulls up,... ranger say's to me...you stand here and tell my partners what happened, i'm gonna go check on the guy lay'n o the doc..the two other rangers get out, a way smaller guy and a girl... he looks at them, looks at me and say's....no, I'm gonna talk to you, and send them to the other guy...So i'm standing there telling the story, we are close enough that we can hear what's going on... when the rangers get to the guy, he tries to sit up, where am I , what happened.. the rangers try to tell him to try to stay calm. amber lamps is on the way,...so he lays back down and goes into knocked out mode...So now the Ranger says, I don't know what the hell happened here, but, I'm gonna find out.. turn around...I'm gonna put these on you for your protection... and mine...every time that has happened in my life, it was a way to get you cuffed in the car, and on the way to Jail...
 

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Why the fuck did you have to request chapter 2?[emoji16]


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Come on man! Enquiring minds want to know! And 2FF can lay down a hell of a story
 

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So now , here I am, turned around with my hands behind my back... what I have learned in life, the part about for my protection means..the sooner the cuffs are on the sooner the beatings will stop, that and never , never, argue with the cops,.. tell your story , stay calm, and let them try to sort things out....
 
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