Where's Doug????

[boatnam2]

I met the whole family, wife and 3 sons. That poor woman is going to have a heart attack. the 2 older boys are already racing. The oldest had been racing Motocross and suffered a severe injury and is now going to race cars. The middle one is also going to race cars and the youngest one is not yet old enough. The whole family is a great group.

Nice!

 

[dougiebear111]

Damn I have been busy. I picked up this 29' Fountain at Extreme Custom Trailers for Ron's here in Havasu. It has a brand new trailer. Looks really good.







My truck hit 100,000 miles on the way to pick up a 34' Hallett from Lake Oroville. Delivered it to Hallett in Irwindale for service. Sorry no pic (my Bad).




Blasted out to Lewisville Tx to pickup this 23' Sea Hunt CC. It is rockin a Yamaha 250 outboard, should run pretty well. Delivered it to a RDPer in Huntington Beach. Finally had a problem with the truck. Just west of Santa Rosa NM. check engine light came on and got a "safely pull over" message. Pulled over, message went away, I proceeded. It happened again, and shut off. Got towed to Albuquerque, Spent 2 nights in hotel. Monday morning got it to Ford Dealer. It was an exhuast particulate filter sensor failure. Quick fix and down the road.










Picked up this 27' Warlock at the Islander Storage in Havasu. Delivered it to Rancho Cucamonga.

 

[dougiebear111]

I had a busy weekend. Picked up this incredible M-29 outboard in Parker Friday night. Took it up to Lake Powell Saturday morning and put it into storage.

















While at Lake Powell I picked up this M-31 to deliver to DCB in El Cajon on Monday morning.








After dropping off the M-31, I criused over to Point Loma to pick up this 32' Schiada to deliver to Havasu. I dropped it off at Adreniline Detail for a good cleaning.

 

[dougiebear111]

Picked up this 25' Eliminator Daytona at Maxed Out Marine in Lake Havasu. I delivered it to a really cool older gentleman in Oroville Ca.. This guy apperantly has several performance boats, but is really all over this Daytona. I'm sure he will enjoy the hell out of it.








Today I cruised out to Scottsdale to pick up this Beautiful F-32. Brought it back to Havasu, and dropped it off at Barrett Custom Marine. It seems the motors are going to be freshend up and some other minor stuff taken care of. It's always fun towing DCBs, most people that drive past give a big thumbs up and this one got as many as any of them.

 

[srttruck]

Picked up this 25' Eliminator Daytona at Maxed Out Marine in Lake Havasu. I delivered it to a really cool older gentleman in Oroville Ca.. This guy apperantly has several performance boats, but is really all over this Daytona. I'm sure he will enjoy the hell out of it.


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Pretty sure I passed you Friday morning going oppisite directions on the 14 freeway! I was thinking there goes that Dougiebear guy from RDP. Keep the pics coming. :thumbsup

 

[Spudsbud]

6.7 L Diesel right?
What kinda oil ?
You should get sponsor money !!!
TIA
Jim

 

[Luvnlife]

Pretty sure I passed you Friday morning going oppisite directions on the 14 freeway! I was thinking there goes that Dougiebear guy from RDP. Keep the pics coming. :thumbsup

Hey srttruck, where do you live? I'm in Acton.

 

[dougiebear111]

Pretty sure I passed you Friday morning going oppisite directions on the 14 freeway! I was thinking there goes that Dougiebear guy from RDP. Keep the pics coming. :thumbsup

It was probably me. The trailer had a blowout over on the 58, so I had to buzz into town to get new tires for the customer.

 

[dougiebear111]

6.7 L Diesel right?
What kinda oil ?
You should get sponsor money !!!
TIA
Jim

Yes, 6.7 ltr. I really like the power this engine puts out. Semms like it could out pull both of my last 2 truck combined. They both were 7.3s. Don't know what brand oil, just know it is synthetic. Does not even drop on the dipstck between changes, every 5,000-7,000 miles.

 

[dougiebear111]

Had to run into SoCal to get some parts for my wife's car, so I picked up a few parts and such for some of the guys in Havasu. First stop was B1 Racing in Santa Ana. Brad at E-Ticket had some pump work done for a project he is working on, so he had me get his stuff. Looks to be pretty serious. Chris Starkweather, the owner seemed to know everything about jet boats and how to make them fast. He was getting ready to head to Phoenix for the drags at Firebird this weekend,





Next stop was in Mira Loma to pick up this mold for Rusty at Ultra Boats here in Havasu. This was one of several different molds and boats in different states of completion that were in this guys backyard.











Then it was off to Hemet to pick up a truck load of various cup holder molds, ski locker molds and engine hatch molds for Rusty at Ultra Boats.





Blasted up to OCM in Portland to pick up this nice Eliminator 33' Daytona. Brought it back to Havasu to OCM, and it should be up for sale in the near future. I believe it is running Teague 900s.

 

[rivrrts429]

Had to run into SoCal to get some parts for my wife's car, so I picked up a few parts and such for some of the guys in Havasu. First stop was B1 Racing in Santa Ana. Brad at E-Ticket had some pump work done for a project he is working on, so he had me get his stuff. Looks to be pretty serious. Chris Starkweather, the owner seemed to know everything about jet boats and how to make them fast. He was getting ready to head to Phoenix for the drags at Firebird this weekend,


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Thats a nice pump & ratchet $$ :thumbup:

Starkweather (B1) definitely knows how to make a jet go fast.

As always, great to hear about the weeks expeditions. Thanks DB :thumbsup

 

[Luvnlife]

Had to run into SoCal to get some parts for my wife's car, so I picked up a few parts and such for some of the guys in Havasu. First stop was B1 Racing in Santa Ana. Brad at E-Ticket had some pump work done for a project he is working on, so he had me get his stuff. Looks to be pretty serious. Chris Starkweather, the owner seemed to know everything about jet boats and how to make them fast. He was getting ready to head to Phoenix for the drags at Firebird this weekend,


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Thats a nice pump & ratchet $$ :thumbup:

Starkweather (B1) definitely knows how to make a jet go fast.

As always, great to hear about the weeks expeditions. Thanks DB :thumbsup

X2 Yes Chris does know his shit:thumbsup

 

[wishiknew]

Yesterday I40 eastbound kelbaker rd 4.30 pm ?????????????????????

 

[dougiebear111]

Yesterday I40 eastbound kelbaker rd 4.30 pm ?????????????????????

Sounds about right. Pulling a 21.5 howard, red, shrink wrapped. Its going to Hanover Maryland.

 

[wishiknew]

Sounds about right. Pulling a 21.5 howard, red, shrink wrapped. Its going to Hanover Maryland.

:thumbsup:thumbsup:thumbsup That was it

 

[dougiebear111]

Took this little 21.5 Howard to Hanover Maryland. This was an interesting tow. Family moved from Brea CA. to MD. Moving company moved everything including cars and was supposed to move boat as well. Boat would not fit in a van or on a flatbed, so they Called Gene at Howard Boats to find out who hauls his boats. Gene gave them my number and the fun began. I show up and the boat was parked on street as indicated. First thing I noticed was that the bow strap was broken. I used one of my racheting straps and took care of that issue. No tiedowns at the rear of the boat. Same fix as front. All 4 tires were craked and completely worn out. Owner wanted boat towed with cover on it; cover was torn and ripped and would not even make it to the highway, let alone Maryland. So, I call boat owner and give him the rundown on the tires and cover, he informs me to call moving company it is their problem. (really?) I call moving company let them know what is going on. They said do whatever I need to do, just get the boat to Maryland. Cool, I find a tire store, get 4 new tires, call moving company to pay and were good to go. I called Cobra Boats about shrink wrapping the boat, Jeff says cool. Off to Cobra. As I was getting off freeway left rear wheel bearing was a smoker. Made it to Cobra, Jeff wrapped boat, called moving company to pay. Good to go. Called Arrow trailer repair in Ontario about bearing, was told they could repair in Morning. Great!!!! Off to Motel 6 for a good nights rest. Get bearing repaired, called moving company for payment, off I go. I really like spending someone elses money. Made it to Maryland with no further issues. Yes, I did hit some snow and that cold front that went through on the way home. Coldest temp I saw was 17 degrees. Thats some cold sh*t right there.











I'm not much of a photographer, but this looked to be a pretty cool image.

 

[2Driver]

Thats a long tow I grew up near there and have no idea why he would bother taking that boat back there

 

[dougiebear111]

Thats a long tow I grew up near there and have no idea why he would bother taking that boat back there

I couldn't figure out why he just didn't sell it out here. The floor is all but gone, interior will need replaced. Not sure if it even runs. I was going to offer him $2500.00, but I don't need a project right now.

 

[dougiebear111]

I picked up this 28' Skater from Ron's here in Havasu. Ron shrinked wraped it for the trip to Homestead FL.














Almost to my destination at about 3:00 AM this whell bearing decided to eat itself. This thing actually caught on fire! Got to the shoulder of the road, put out fire, checked for damage. NO DAMAGE, YEAH! I idled about a mile to the next ramp and there was a little shop there. Waited till morning and these guys replaced the hub in about an hour.





Blasted up to Hanover MD to pick up this really nice Donzi ZF35 for OCM in Havasu. This boat is currently for sale at OCM, call Tim.








I had to cross the Potomac River to get into Maryland. Didn't George Washington throw a dollar across that river? If in fact he did, I want him to play centerfield on my team.





Just some of the magnificent colors of the trees out that way.

 

[dougiebear111]

Hualed this really nice Eliminator 26' Daytona to Tulsa OK. The new owner met me there and will take it home to Virginia. In Virginia the boat will get a 1200HP twin turbo motor linked to a Marine Max outdrive. Sounds like this guy really wants to haul ass.

 

[dougiebear111]

I did a Portland run last week. Took this pontoon up and brought back the Magic. I believe the Magic is going up for sale. I think it has a merc. 700 in it but not sure. Dropped it off a Prestige for some pre-sale service work.

 

[rivrrts429]

Is that water line grime :eek ? Can't really tell if thats from hauling down the highway grime because the trailer looks like it has mud on it too.

 

[dougiebear111]

Is that water line grime :eek ? Can't really tell if thats from hauling down the highway grime because the trailer looks like it has mud on it too.

That's grime from water. Not sure if was from a river or lake, but somwhere in Oregon. It was like that when I picked it up. I did hit some foul weather on the 5 with lots of cinder on the road, but that crap was already there.

 

[dougiebear111]

Some days are just better than the rest. Pulled this awsome M-35 out of the Islander Storage, and took it to DCB for some service work.








And if that wasn't enough, I brought back the perfect orange M-35. Dropped it off at Ron's for a detail. And it will get put in storage to be ready for the customer.








Just a perfect day at work. Two of my favorite boats.

 

[YoPengo]

Some days are just better than the rest. Pulled this awsome M-35 out of the Islander Storage, and took it to DCB for some service work.


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And if that wasn't enough, I brought back the perfect orange M-35. Dropped it off at Ron's for a detail. And it will get put in storage to be ready for the customer.


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Just a perfect day at work. Two of my favorite boats.

Beautiful boats.

 

[dougiebear111]

Beautiful boats.

It's really fun to tow them. People just give lots of thumbs ups and take lots of pics. Everyone that goes past has a smile on their face.

 

[dougiebear111]

Spent the weekend at Disneyland with the family and on the way home we picked up this Barracuda/Ultra deckboat from Martinez Interiors in Corona. Brought it back to Ultra here in Havasu.

 

[dougiebear111]

Got a call from Gene at Howard Boats. He needed a trade in taken from Parker to the shop. This boat is perfect. It is a 2012 28 deck running a Merc 600/XR outdrive, dual ram steering. Boat has 60 hrs on it. The guy is trading it in on the new model they are currently working on. The plug is almost complete and the finished product is schedualed to debut at the Lake Havasu boat show in April. Gene tells me that the trade in may very well be the best priced Howard deck boat he has ever offered. Someone will be getting a major ripping deal on this flawless boat. Call Gene for details. It will not last long.











One of my DCB customers bought this totally restored 1982 Suzuki RM250. I picked up it up in Oxnard and will take it Texas when I get out that way. Meanwhile it is looking good in my garage. This thing is Bad-ass!!!








On the way home I stopped by West Coast Marine Interiors and picked up this little Ultra 23 deck. Brought it back to Havasu for Ultra (Rusty) to finish. I believe it is for stock, meaning Preston at Horizon Motorsports will be selling it.

 

[orfb23]

:thumbup:

Got a call from Gene at Howard Boats. He needed a trade in taken from Parker to the shop. This boat is perfect. It is a 2012 28 deck running a Merc 600/XR outdrive, dual ram steering. Boat has 60 hrs on it. The guy is trading it in on the new model they are currently working on. The plug is almost complete and the finished product is schedualed to debut at the Lake Havasu boat show in April. Gene tells me that the trade in may very well be the best priced Howard deck boat he has ever offered. Someone will be getting a major ripping deal on this flawless boat. Call Gene for details. It will not last long.


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One of my DCB customers bought this totally restored 1982 Suzuki RM250. I picked up it up in Oxnard and will take it Texas when I get out that way. Meanwhile it is looking good in my garage. This thing is Bad-ass!!!


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On the way home I stopped by West Coast Marine Interiors and picked up this little Ultra 23 deck. Brought it back to Havasu for Ultra (Rusty) to finish. I believe it is for stock, meaning Preston at Horizon Motorsports will be selling it.


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[dougiebear111]

Cruised up to Las Vegas to pick up this really nice Cobra 290 Viper, Illmore power w/ Teague outdrive. Nice Package. I dropped it off at Cobra Boats in Montclair. It will be for sale at Cobra Boats, Call Hernando for the details.

 

[dougiebear111]

Last week I went up to Lake Powell to pick up this Hallett 240. Took it down to the shop in Irwindale. I believe the block cracked due to the freezing temps they had up there.





Just dropped off this nice F-29 at OCM here in Havasu. Tim had me pick it up from Fisher IN, just outside Indianapolis. It is currently for sale. It is running Merc 525s w/XR drives. The guy said it runs out at 115 mph. This house sits overlooking a small lake. Very cool to see it in winter conditions (frozen).

 

[dougiebear111]

It's that time again. I had an interesting yet busy year. I killed another truck, and tried to wear out the new one. I totaled over 150,000 miles and 130,000 on the new truck in just 9 months. I have towed some really cool stuff, not just boats this past year. Any guesses on what brand I have towed the most? The list will follow any guesses you guys may have.

 

[ChevelleSB406]

It's that time again. I had an interesting yet busy year. I killed another truck, and tried to wear out the new one. I totaled over 150,000 miles and 130,000 on the new truck in just 9 months. I have towed some really cool stuff, not just boats this past year. Any guesses on what brand I have towed the most? The list will follow any guesses you guys may have.

I am going to go with DCB as my guess, although I have another 3 guesses if I want to second guess. What was your longest tow this year?

 

[dougiebear111]

I am going to go with DCB as my guess, although I have another 3 guesses if I want to second guess. What was your longest tow this year?

My longest trip was, I left Havasu to pick up an enclosed trailer in Michigan. Towed the trailer to S. Florida to pick up the R/C jet airplane. Had to take it to a shop to fabricate a rack for the plane to ride on, then pick up the plane. Then the plane got delivered to the happy new owner here in Havasu.

 

[Long Way Home]

It's that time again. I had an interesting yet busy year. I killed another truck, and tried to wear out the new one. I totaled over 150,000 miles and 130,000 on the new truck in just 9 months. I have towed some really cool stuff, not just boats this past year. Any guesses on what brand I have towed the most? The list will follow any guesses you guys may have.

I would think it would be a wakeboard boat, Malibu or Mastercraft than Howard or DCB.

 

[dougiebear111]

Sorry for the slow response. Computer issues and have just been very busy. DCB wins out this year at 26. Howard and Hallett were tied with 8 each. I towed race cars, jeeps, side by sides, a golf cart, a set of molds, and even a 13' long remote controlled jet airplane. It was a very interesting year.

 

[dougiebear111]

Now for the most recent tows. Pulled this 38' Fountain from OCM to the Islander storage.





Buzzed up to Globe AZ to pick up this 22' Eliminator Daytona. Delivered it to Tampa FL. to a guy who used to be an Eliminator dealer in MN. This guys home was in a gated community with every home having waterfront access. His house was at the entrance to the bay and you could see all the way across Tampa Bay. Too cool! I also dropped off this little YZ 125 to a friend of Ricky's (Maxed Out Marine) just outside of Tampa. On the way home I stopped off in Baton Rouge and picked up that bad-ass Merc 300 Pro Max for Ricky to put on that yellow Stoker.











Cruised down to Blyth and picked up this little California Performance to take to Danny at West Coast Custom Marine Interiors for some upholstery work.





Then I went down to DCB to pick up this brand new M-35 to put is storage in Lake Havasu for the happy new owners.

 

[dougiebear111]

Now ran up to Boulder City to pick up this Hallett 340 to take to Hallett in Irwindale for some service work.


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Stopped off at Eliminator to get this 30' Eagle that had just been serviced, and run it up to Lake Powell to put in storage.


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Back to Havasu to get this M-35 from storage and run it to El Cajon for service,


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and pick up this bad-ass M-29, 1350 M/8 package to run up to St. George UT to meet Kevin to take up to Salt Lake City for the boat show up there.


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[dougiebear111]

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Clean looking 35 Doug, what's she running for power?

I'm pretty sure it is running Merc 1100s.

 

[UHHH SUCKA]

Where's the Pic of that Skater on the tilt my Brotha??

 

[TBulger]

This is a very cool thread Doug, I enjoy it so much, thank you.

 

[dougiebear111]

Sorry guys, it's been 2 months since my last post. Busy is an understatement. Even had to have my dad take a couple of trips for me. This Kona hull was just painted by Kevin at KMG for a friend of Tim at OCM. It is currently for sale.

This is the 30' Daytona with the twin 565 package. It went to Rochester NY to the happy new owner.





Buzzed down to Charlotte NC to pick up this 27 Speedster to take back to Eliminator for sale.





After dropping off the Speedster I went up to Paso Robles to pick this 28 Eagle up to take to Eliminator to be sold.





Grabbed this M-29 in Havasu to return to El Cajon after the Salt Lake City boat show.



Returned back to Havasu with this F-32 for a detail and put in storage.

 

[dougiebear111]

Maxed Out Marine sold the 25' Daytona to a guy in GA. Buzzed it out there and headed to Long Island.



Picked up this 36' Skater. I had to swing by Skater in MI to pick up the new windshield register. Then brought it back to Brad at E-Ticket in Havasu to remove the triple canopy set up and replace it with the newer style wrap around windshield.







Went to DCB and picked up this just serviced M-35 and brought it back to Havasu for detail and put in storage.



Cruised out to Las Cruces NM to pick up this 28' Howard Bullett.





Took it to DCB as trade in for this fantastic M-29, twin 565 package. Returned to Las Cruces with the M-29 to the very happy new owner who had never seen the boat in person until I delivered it.

 

[dougiebear111]

Doug, that F32 is sick! Bitchin colors! Wow!!!

It is pretty Bad-Ass. It 's runnung some worked Merc 700's. It will snap 140 like right now!

 

[Big Kahunaa]

not to jack your thread but what tires do you run on your pickup and have you ever ran hankooks

 

[rivrrts429]

How does that Skater tow on that tilt trailer? Seems like fuel mileage would suffer but curious how the tandem works while the boat is that far on its side?

Thanks for the update Doug :thumbsup

 

[dougiebear111]

Ran out to Howard Boats to pick up this beautiful 28' Deck to deliver to its happy new owner in Havasu.





Picked up this 27' Ultra in Havasu and delivered it to Its new owner in Michigan.



Buzzed down to Elkhart IN to pick up this new Sweetwater toon for Horizon Motorsports in Havasu.



Bob resold this 27' Speedster to a guy in Canada, so I took it to Blaine WA to meet the new owner.



On the way back down, I picked up this open bow Nordic for OCM in Portland and delivered it to the Havasu store.



Ran out to DCB to pick up this fantastic M-35 rockin' 1350s and the new M-8 outdrives. I have been told the acceleration of this beast is utterly awsome.





Maxed Out Marine had me run out to GT Performance to grab the spectacular 39' Outerlimits and hustle back to Havasu. He had a test drive lined up and I believe it got sold. Good job Rick.

 

[LakeMead Boater]

Always enjoyed this thread!! How many miles are on your truck now?

 

[dougiebear111]

not to jack your thread but what tires do you run on your pickup and have you ever ran hankooks

Michelin LTX. I just replaced the fronts that had been rotated from the rear; they had 120k on them. Its kind of hard to not keep going with the Michelins

 

[dougiebear111]

How does that Skater tow on that tilt trailer? Seems like fuel mileage would suffer but curious how the tandem works while the boat is that far on its side?

Thanks for the update Doug :thumbsup

It towed just fine. Fuel "yardage" was crap as there was a consistant crosswind. The tandem axels did not seem to have any effect.