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[RNYCLV]

Went for sunrise on the lake. Florida is treating us well. The move has been great. Sorry for my lack of presence, but I have been enjoying my new location

 

[BigN8]

Couple night shots of finished pool.

 

[Thermobrett]

Couple night shots of finished pool. View attachment 232998View attachment 232999View attachment 233000

That came out awesome! I'm about due to paint mine again but am dragging my feet. You went saltwater if I remember?

 

[Thermobrett]

Went for sunrise on the lake. Florida is treating us well. The move has been great. Sorry for my lack of presence, but I have been enjoying my new location

Looks like Florida is treating you good!

 

[BigN8]

That came out awesome! I'm about due to paint mine again but am dragging my feet. You went saltwater if I remember?

Yes, saltwater. Seems to be fairly easy right now. The app gives me constant ppm of salt and tells me when it's low, and the Intellichlor salt chlorine generator just does it's thing. I'm still trying to figure out when you need to bump up or down the percent run time on the chlorinator. It was set at 50% when the pump was running 24/7 at startup. Now the pump is on a schedule of 6 am to 6 pm the chlorinator is set to 75% run time. I got 3 more months of the pool company handling the chemicals then I'm on my own.

 

[Thermobrett]

Yes, saltwater. Seems to be fairly easy right now. The app gives me constant ppm of salt and tells me when it's low, and the Intellichlor salt chlorine generator just does it's thing. I'm still trying to figure out when you need to bump up or down the percent run time on the chlorinator. It was set at 50% when the pump was running 24/7 at startup. Now the pump is on a schedule of 6 am to 6 pm the chlorinator is set to 75% run time. I got 3 more months of the pool company handling the chemicals then I'm on my own.

Saltwater is real easy. I have my pool running from 7:00am to 9:00pm and the chlorinator running from 8:00am to 8:00pm at 80%. I take a water sample to the pool store about every 2 weeks and usually need to add stabilizer and acid if I add water or it rains to neutralize the Ph. Sometimes I need to add alkalinity increaser or calcium increaser, but that's rare. You will see an clean cell light on your chlorinator come on every 3 or so months, remove it from the pipeline and soak it in muriatic acid/water to clean the scale off the plates. Life span is about 3-5 years, then the unit will need replaced. I had the Intellichlor chlorinator and when it died I switched to a Hayward. Cheaper, better warranty, and parts are easily available at most pool stores (by me at least) if needed. I also switched my pool heater from a Pentair to a Hayward when the fire bundle rusted through. Now all my equipment is Hayward, except my pump. Buy your filter on Amazon instead of the pool store, its a consumable and will save you about $100 a year. I also clean my filer weekly, increases the flow and reduces wear on the pump and turn the heater on just to cycle gas and make sure its still igniting as it should. Im here to help

 

[suke]

Well that's a different look. Of course I slung off a stock one taking the boat back to storage. I got a cheapie chrome one at lowes to tide me over. Will replace all of them now with these and take the cheapies and toss them in my tool bag as well as the old ones. Anyone ever put a tiny bit of loctite around the edges to keep these from flying off? I recall someone saying they're essentially one time use. If you take them off you might as well replace them. I've had pretty good luck historically reusing them, but this is the first time cracking into my boat trailer.

 

[drewkaree]

Well that's a different look. Of course I slung off a stock one taking the boat back to storage. I got a cheapie chrome one at lowes to tide me over. Will replace all of them now with these and take the cheapies and toss them in my tool bag as well as the old ones. Anyone ever put a tiny bit of loctite around the edges to keep these from flying off? I recall someone saying they're essentially one time use. If you take them off you might as well replace them. I've had pretty good luck historically reusing them, but this is the first time cracking into my boat trailer. View attachment 233022

I wonder if a heat gun would help shrink it back up, tight as when it was new. I'm assuming you're talking about the covers, and not the bearing buddy itself. I lost one of those covers, and ended up getting a set of 4 aftermarket versions from Amazon for about half the cost at the time. They seemed to fit better than the OEM, and I've got backups for just in case situations

 

[FSH 210 Sport]

Well that's a different look. Of course I slung off a stock one taking the boat back to storage. I got a cheapie chrome one at lowes to tide me over. Will replace all of them now with these and take the cheapies and toss them in my tool bag as well as the old ones. Anyone ever put a tiny bit of loctite around the edges to keep these from flying off? I recall someone saying they're essentially one time use. If you take them off you might as well replace them. I've had pretty good luck historically reusing them, but this is the first time cracking into my boat trailer. View attachment 233022

Yeah that’s the conclusion I’ve come to with bearing buddies, one time use, they may work for a removal and re install but getting to the ramp and finding one gone is a drag…I try and always have and old spare with me and a dead blow hammer.

The one I had to R&R on a road trip last year has come loose a couple of times and I just whacked it back on.

I’m going to try a different install technique this time, it’ll go in the freezer over night and I will install it on a hub that spent the day in the sun. That will not only ease installation but will hopefully increase the interference fit as it will not have to be forced into the hub possibly decreasing interference fit. I’ll also try and remove any grease in the mating surfaces. A bit of red Loctite on the bearing buddy / male side is a great idea! Couldn’t hurt.

 

[John McLaughlin]

Well the big boat will be leaving Tokyo on the 17th of April and sailing via Alaska to Vancouver and if all goes well our little boat will be ready for the water when we return on 12 May. With Claire and I will be our traveling companion, our Troll, from Norway. This a repositioning cruise, which we have found to be less expensive than a regular cruise and offers the same amenities.



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[Jim_in_Delaware]

Well the big boat will be leaving Tokyo on the 17th of April and sailing via Alaska to Vancouver and if all goes well our little boat will be ready for the water when we return on 12 May. With Claire and I will be our traveling companion, our Troll, from Norway. This a repositioning cruise, which we have found to be less expensive than a regular cruise and offers the same amenities.



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Hope you both enjoy your cruise! We love cruising on Viking and did a transatlantic cruise on the Viking Star in 2023and loved the relaxing days at sea. We are also going back to Alaska in September.

 

[John McLaughlin]

Hope you both enjoy your cruise! We love cruising on Viking and did a transatlantic cruise on the Viking Star in 2023and loved the relaxing days at sea. We are also going back to Alaska in September.

Thank you We also enjoy viking and very much looking forward to it. It has been a few years since we have been onViking ship. We have been sailing with Royal Caribbean also took a Disney Cruise. One of the things I like about Viking is they do not nickel and dime you.

 

[WiskyDan]

Lions Den Gorge Nature Preserve this morning overlooking Lake Michigan.

 

[Babin Farms]

Waiting for tonight’s entertainment to start. Justin Jeansonne.

 

[suke]

Yeah that’s the conclusion I’ve come to with bearing buddies, one time use, they may work for a removal and re install but getting to the ramp and finding one gone is a drag…I try and always have and old spare with me and a dead blow hammer.

The one I had to R&R on a road trip last year has come loose a couple of times and I just whacked it back on.

I’m going to try a different install technique this time, it’ll go in the freezer over night and I will install it on a hub that spent the day in the sun. That will not only ease installation but will hopefully increase the interference fit as it will not have to be forced into the hub possibly decreasing interference fit. I’ll also try and remove any grease in the mating surfaces. A bit of red Loctite on the bearing buddy / male side is a great idea! Couldn’t hurt.

I generally try and clean up all the grease around the edge. These ones have a narrower base so they can only go in so far anyways. I'll try a tiny little bit of loctite this time when I install them.

 

[suke]

I wonder if a heat gun would help shrink it back up, tight as when it was new. I'm assuming you're talking about the covers, and not the bearing buddy itself. I lost one of those covers, and ended up getting a set of 4 aftermarket versions from Amazon for about half the cost at the time. They seemed to fit better than the OEM, and I've got backups for just in case situations

No the actual bearing buddy was gone. I hammered that thing in as far as it would go too. Oh well, they're not super expensive to replace. As long as it isn't a continual problem. LOL! Once every 5 years is doable.

 

[YoDaddy292]

THAT is mine and my wife’s limit of razor clams. Took us all of ten minutes and left us on the beach asking “what do we do now?”.

 

[2kwik4u]

Luckeeeee! We aren’t even close yet this year.

Same, still ice in/on lake Erie and Niagara River up here

 

[BigN8]

Saltwater is real easy. I have my pool running from 7:00am to 9:00pm and the chlorinator running from 8:00am to 8:00pm at 80%. I take a water sample to the pool store about every 2 weeks and usually need to add stabilizer and acid if I add water or it rains to neutralize the Ph. Sometimes I need to add alkalinity increaser or calcium increaser, but that's rare. You will see a clean cell light on your chlorinator come on every 3 or so months, remove it from the pipeline and soak it in muriatic acid/water to clean the scale off the plates. Life span is about 3-5 years, then the unit will need replaced. I had the Intellichlor chlorinator and when it died I switched to a Hayward. Cheaper, better warranty, and parts are easily available at most pool stores (by me at least) if needed. I also switched my pool heater from a Pentair to a Hayward when the fire bundle rusted through. Now all my equipment is Hayward, except my pump. Buy your filter on Amazon instead of the pool store, its a consumable and will save you about $100 a year. I also clean my filer weekly, increases the flow and reduces wear on the pump and turn the heater on just to cycle gas and make sure its still igniting as it should. Im here to help

Curious. Where do you buy your salt?

 

[Jim_in_Delaware]

Well the big boat will be leaving Tokyo on the 17th of April and sailing via Alaska to Vancouver and if all goes well our little boat will be ready for the water when we return on 12 May. With Claire and I will be our traveling companion, our Troll, from Norway. This a repositioning cruise, which we have found to be less expensive than a regular cruise and offers the same amenities.



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John, are y’all spending four weeks cruising or two weeks cruising and two on land?

Jim