Recent content by Gamma1214

I've never used them to load canoes but I have some plastic car ramps that might work. They are very portable but it's really hard to find any that give you more than 6 inches of lift. These look like they'd give you 9 inches (mine are about 10 but I can't find them anywhere)...

I have a white gas camp stove and a dutch oven. I take neither on trips these days but I DO like the upside-down idea. I've never thought to do that but definitely will now.

Quite an ambitious undertaking if you intend to map the entire planet. I messed around with it a little on 2 routes I'd researched previously and it showed required portages accurately on the West Branch of the Susquehanna (the portage around Curwensville Dam is shown as requiring a vehicle...

Welcome. I'd heard of the Buffalo and have considered paddling it but I wasn't aware of Big Piney either. Sounds like a good destination and it's great to see that there are some people willing to provide shuttle services.

I'm pretty sure that I stood on that same beach in Sept. of '23. (never gets old seeing a picture or YouTube video and thinking "I remember that place") It was tempting to paddle out onto the big lake that day but I needed to get home. Nothing at all like Glenn's video but I understand that...

Looks like a great way for some of our far North friends to dispose of some income. Whatdya think @memaquay?

Possibly in August but I'm not a fan of big water (and there's few bigger). My initial response to Glenn's video would have sent me to detention for multiple profanity filter violations.

That would require a really good friend... I like solitude so they'd have to get lost until the next portage. :LOL:

I have options. I may modify an existing trailer (I'll look like something from the Beverly Hillbillies but who cares?), I may borrow a trailer or I might just make 4 trips (or less, depending on how I make out finishing the last two hulls). It's only an hour away (2 hour round trip), so many...

Interview went well, thanks. She may have even convinced me that they'd be a good fit. I stopped over today to see what kind of disaster I made yesterday and was very pleasantly surprised. Despite everything, the final result is probably the cleanest I've done so far. There were a few places...

Thanks guys. All better this morning. I usually walk away when the frustration level gets that high (it keeps me from breaking things). I seriously considered taking advantage of the "you have 72 hours to finish" thing... anybody ever stopped mid-operation & come back to it later?

I realized the height of the trailer would make a lot of difference, I just think it's interesting... I've literally dragged my canoes on portages but banging my stern off of the ground when it's on a trailer would bug the crap out of me. By the way... Push? I have little trailer experience...

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Wow, some days are better than others and today was a tough day at the boat shop. I've often wondered about those who've built one boat and swear they'll never do another and, I suppose that, if this were my first, I might join them. It has absolutely nothing to do with the hull design or...

I'm curious about everyone mounting the wheels in the center of the hull... Doesn't that make it far more likely to grind the stern into the dirt?