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DOT3
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Fri Nov 06, 2015 6:22 am Posts: 53
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 Re: Freezing to the trailer
Nope it isn't the best way, that's why I posed the question...
Temps this low are rare here and I'd never launched a boat in them, let alone in current and by myself. I will be looking into the bunk alternatives listed.
All the shit talk was fun.
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Ricerunner
MMT F.E.
Joined: Fri Sep 11, 2015 6:56 pm Posts: 887 Location: Summerville, SC
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 Re: Freezing to the trailer
Where are you
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Fri Jan 22, 2016 12:21 pm |
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DOT3
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Fri Nov 06, 2015 6:22 am Posts: 53
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 Re: Freezing to the trailer
NE North Carolina. I remember ice sheets floating down the river on two other occasions. These recent mid-twenties mornings, the boat slid right off. Plus, I hadn't had it in the water only hours before. The last few days have been a different animal. It's a big learning curve that comes with boat ownership, especially when peak use times are in the harshest months but MMT, although brash and not forgiving of rookie mistakes, is a great place to shorten it. I've seriously enjoyed the back and forth. It's not personal
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Fri Jan 22, 2016 12:57 pm |
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HOTSAUCE170
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Thu Jun 05, 2014 11:44 am Posts: 1685 Location: Lake Blackshear,GA
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 Re: Freezing to the trailer
_________________ I named my boat RIANNA cause it gets beat up all the time
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Fri Jan 22, 2016 1:03 pm |
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DOT3
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Fri Nov 06, 2015 6:22 am Posts: 53
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 Re: Freezing to the trailer
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Fri Jan 22, 2016 1:30 pm |
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BERNIE255
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Sun Jun 16, 2013 4:43 pm Posts: 1381 Location: Avoyelles Parish/ Marksville LA
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 Re: Freezing to the trailer
Fuckin rookie
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Fri Jan 22, 2016 1:35 pm |
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Ricerunner
MMT F.E.
Joined: Fri Sep 11, 2015 6:56 pm Posts: 887 Location: Summerville, SC
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 Re: Freezing to the trailer
Well let me apologize to prodrivin gatortail unfortunately you were correct in your previous post
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Fri Jan 22, 2016 2:00 pm |
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brycecheramie
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Thu Nov 04, 2010 7:38 am Posts: 4323 Location: Cut Off, La.
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 Re: Freezing to the trailer
_________________ Refurbishing a Prodrive
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Fri Jan 22, 2016 5:09 pm |
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prodrivinggatortail
MMT F.E.
Joined: Sat Feb 11, 2012 10:00 am Posts: 785
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Fri Jan 22, 2016 6:10 pm |
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big country
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Thu May 01, 2014 5:48 pm Posts: 414
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 Re: Freezing to the trailer
Damn the things people take for granted. I would never think in a million years that my boat freezing to the trailer would be a legitimate issue. I think I'll stay in south Louisiana. Lol
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Fri Jan 22, 2016 8:02 pm |
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flint87
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Sun Dec 14, 2014 2:21 pm Posts: 3214
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 Freezing to the trailer
Hey guys, I got snow all over my Motor this morning. Any tips on how to get the snow off? Or how to drive the boat in snow?  Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Sat Jan 23, 2016 4:57 am |
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brycecheramie
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Thu Nov 04, 2010 7:38 am Posts: 4323 Location: Cut Off, La.
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 Re: Freezing to the trailer
Flint, you gotta get in the boat and start pushing down and pulling up on the tiller as hard as possible! Try to rip it off the transom if possible! I don't know of any other way to get the snow off the exhaust 
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Sat Jan 23, 2016 5:52 am |
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Old School
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Thu Dec 17, 2009 9:44 pm Posts: 3067 Location: Earth
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 Re: Freezing to the trailer
_________________ Gator tail
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Sat Jan 23, 2016 8:19 am |
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brickgw
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Wed Apr 17, 2013 5:15 pm Posts: 2032
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 Re: Freezing to the trailer
Best thing to do is let all the oil out of the motor and start it up. Snow is like water and everyone knows oil and water dont mix. After it's drained let it bounce off the rev limiter for about an hour. The warm engine will keep any new snow from sticking.
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Sat Jan 23, 2016 9:19 am |
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MNGunner
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Mon Jan 09, 2012 8:56 pm Posts: 2623 Location: Minnesota
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 Re: Freezing to the trailer
These work well--valleys allow for drainage so not as much frozen surface area http://wescotrailers.net/store/index.ph ... uct_id=322
_________________ 1754 Gator Trax Hybrid Hunt Deck with GTR35
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Sat Jan 23, 2016 9:34 am |
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Ricerunner
MMT F.E.
Joined: Fri Sep 11, 2015 6:56 pm Posts: 887 Location: Summerville, SC
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 Re: Freezing to the trailer
Flint pour gas all over it and light a match will burn off the snow
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Sat Jan 23, 2016 11:14 am |
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jakehawk9
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Wed Jul 01, 2015 6:06 pm Posts: 1447 Location: South central, ks
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 Re: Freezing to the trailer
I was gonna say piss on it first
It's simple. get a mud motor. shoot ducks in the face.
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Sat Jan 23, 2016 12:39 pm |
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brickgw
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Wed Apr 17, 2013 5:15 pm Posts: 2032
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Sat Jan 23, 2016 12:44 pm |
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jakehawk9
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Wed Jul 01, 2015 6:06 pm Posts: 1447 Location: South central, ks
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 Re: Freezing to the trailer
Then why do we put em in any hole we want?
It's simple. get a mud motor. shoot ducks in the face.
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Sat Jan 23, 2016 12:49 pm |
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Ricerunner
MMT F.E.
Joined: Fri Sep 11, 2015 6:56 pm Posts: 887 Location: Summerville, SC
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 Re: Freezing to the trailer
Someone say whore where she at
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Sat Jan 23, 2016 3:32 pm |
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BERNIE255
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Sun Jun 16, 2013 4:43 pm Posts: 1381 Location: Avoyelles Parish/ Marksville LA
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 Re: Freezing to the trailer
Best thing to do is get an external water/ snow separator, mount it right next to the water fuel separator
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Sat Jan 23, 2016 4:07 pm |
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HOTSAUCE170
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Thu Jun 05, 2014 11:44 am Posts: 1685 Location: Lake Blackshear,GA
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 Re: Freezing to the trailer
_________________ I named my boat RIANNA cause it gets beat up all the time
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Sat Jan 23, 2016 6:09 pm |
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Frog
MMT Sponsor
Joined: Mon Jun 13, 2011 8:49 am Posts: 3260
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 Re: Freezing to the trailer
GatorGlide.com
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gatorheads@comcast.net
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Sun Jan 24, 2016 8:49 pm |
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Ricerunner
MMT F.E.
Joined: Fri Sep 11, 2015 6:56 pm Posts: 887 Location: Summerville, SC
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 Re: Freezing to the trailer
Frog GG is awesome but won't work in this application
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Sun Jan 24, 2016 9:26 pm |
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brycecheramie
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Thu Nov 04, 2010 7:38 am Posts: 4323 Location: Cut Off, La.
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 Re: Freezing to the trailer
_________________ Refurbishing a Prodrive
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Sun Jan 24, 2016 10:09 pm |
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Ricerunner
MMT F.E.
Joined: Fri Sep 11, 2015 6:56 pm Posts: 887 Location: Summerville, SC
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 Freezing to the trailer
No the issue isn't with the boat freezing to the trailer GG doesn't do anything about the operator
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Mon Jan 25, 2016 12:17 am |
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brycecheramie
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Thu Nov 04, 2010 7:38 am Posts: 4323 Location: Cut Off, La.
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 Re: Freezing to the trailer
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Mon Jan 25, 2016 12:55 am |
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Ricerunner
MMT F.E.
Joined: Fri Sep 11, 2015 6:56 pm Posts: 887 Location: Summerville, SC
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 Re: Freezing to the trailer
Yep then ole dean would have had another rescue story to tell..
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Mon Jan 25, 2016 2:07 am |
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North LA Hunter
MMT Elite Member
Joined: Mon Aug 02, 2010 8:39 pm Posts: 6976 Location: West Monroe, LA
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 Re: Freezing to the trailer
Mine was stuck to the trailer Sunday mornin and let er soak for about a min and popped right off.
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Mon Jan 25, 2016 12:17 pm |
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TooTall
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Sun Nov 30, 2014 1:37 pm Posts: 411 Location: Pineville, La
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 Re: Freezing to the trailer
Gotta be careful with the plastic bunks when it's freezing outside. Guy ahead of me at the ramp two years ago when it was like 13 degrees unhooked his boat up the hill from the ramp and as soon as he put it in reverse it slid right off and bent that brand new gator tail skeg about 90 degrees.
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Mon Jan 25, 2016 10:05 pm |
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brycecheramie
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Thu Nov 04, 2010 7:38 am Posts: 4323 Location: Cut Off, La.
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 Re: Freezing to the trailer
_________________ Refurbishing a Prodrive
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Mon Jan 25, 2016 10:06 pm |
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Ricerunner
MMT F.E.
Joined: Fri Sep 11, 2015 6:56 pm Posts: 887 Location: Summerville, SC
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 Re: Freezing to the trailer
You ever wish you had a gun that shot flags that stuck to ppl's Windows that said dumbass? I'd be out of ammo the first hour
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Mon Jan 25, 2016 10:21 pm |
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cheniermudder
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Mon Apr 06, 2015 8:30 am Posts: 434 Location: SW Louisiana - Sabine River
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 Re: Freezing to the trailer
_________________ 2010 31hp GT on a 1648 Alumacraft Jon Boat
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Tue Jan 26, 2016 6:09 pm |
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Will
MMT Elite Member
Joined: Fri Jul 08, 2011 1:54 pm Posts: 8133
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 Re: Freezing to the trailer
Y'all STILL talking about this shit!?
_________________ Before the internet, the majority of the village idiots stayed in their villages.
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Tue Jan 26, 2016 7:31 pm |
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netman
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Wed Jan 14, 2009 3:48 pm Posts: 2363 Location: Chandler,Indiana
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 Re: Freezing to the trailer
Come on page 3
_________________ I got a shotgun,rifle and a Go Devil Surface Drive a country boy can survive. 35+hp GDSD engine mods by George Merta 18x48 GDSD boat
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Tue Jan 26, 2016 8:26 pm |
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Ricerunner
MMT F.E.
Joined: Fri Sep 11, 2015 6:56 pm Posts: 887 Location: Summerville, SC
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 Re: Freezing to the trailer
I'm sorry net I'm a married man gotta get my kicks somewhere
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Tue Jan 26, 2016 9:10 pm |
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netman
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Wed Jan 14, 2009 3:48 pm Posts: 2363 Location: Chandler,Indiana
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 Re: Freezing to the trailer
I love it. If you can't find something funny on mmt you can't read.
_________________ I got a shotgun,rifle and a Go Devil Surface Drive a country boy can survive. 35+hp GDSD engine mods by George Merta 18x48 GDSD boat
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Wed Jan 27, 2016 5:46 am |
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kibb
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Wed Jan 14, 2009 8:58 pm Posts: 2731 Location: Lafayette, LA
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 Freezing to the trailer
These tips are great and everything, but what if the trailer freezes to the boat instead of the boat to the trailer. I need help!! Shooting hours are fast approaching and be been trying to launch for 30 minutes.
_________________ 1644 WeldCraft / 27 GDLT Ranger R71 / 125 Merc
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Wed Jan 27, 2016 5:57 am |
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Ricerunner
MMT F.E.
Joined: Fri Sep 11, 2015 6:56 pm Posts: 887 Location: Summerville, SC
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 Re: Freezing to the trailer
Oh your screwed nothing fixes that burn that mother and buy a new rig
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Wed Jan 27, 2016 5:59 am |
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riverratdm84
MMT Addict
Joined: Fri Jul 30, 2010 3:15 pm Posts: 701 Location: pella, ia
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 Re: Freezing to the trailer
My car door was froze shut yesterday do you LA boys got any tips for that?
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Wed Jan 27, 2016 8:39 pm |
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