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Eddie, It was a balmy 37 degrees when I was making the move yesterday. Today the high is forecast to be 18 and the wind is blowing 20-30mph out of the Northwest.

You could probably heat your shop with one of those Mr Heater ice fishing house heaters at the temperatures you are complaining about.

Eddie,
Seriously, below 50? I thought you were tougher than that. It felt warm yesterday here at 37.

Dwight, nice project, I have loved following it.

I think you should enclose your barge area, something like this. Hrmm... How do I attach a pic? Sorry for my newbieness

Ok, found the post explaining. We will see if this works.

s274.photobucket.com/albums/jj243/tororider/?action=view¤t=FISHINGPontoon.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj243/tororider/FISHINGPontoon.jpg" border="0" alt="Ultimate pontoon"></a>

tororider, just left-click the IMG Post box a few rows under your photobucket image, then insert it into your reply box by pressing "cntrl" and "v" at the same time. This will paste your photobucket IMG to the reply.

2nd attempt

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj243/tororider/FISHINGPontoon.jpg

Ok, got the link, but I must be missing something with regards to getting the image to actually show in the post, oh well.

Trider, all you need to do is insert the photo URL (which shows in blue in your two posts above) and paste it into the reply box from the photo button (3rd button from the left above the text box on the full reply screen) instead of the link button (1st button on the left above the text).

t-rider,

this is the link you have now:

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj243/tororider/FISHINGPontoon.jpg

What you need to do, whether manually or how Bruce or Theo suggest is to have these ( [IMG] [/IMG] ) before and after the same text with no spaces.

So:

[IMG] http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj243/tororider/FISHINGPontoon.jpg [/IMG]


If you remove the spaces, the picture appears in the thread

Got it now, thanks guys.

Well at least everyone can see the ultimate pontoon

That is a real nice deck on water!

The Pond Barge is more oriented towards versality of use. Pond work, underwater videoing, fishing, swimming, etc. require a more open approach. "To each his own", applies to Pond Barges as well.

Dwight,
If I was doing one, it would be more like yours, a tank on water. Just funny to see what some other people do. Keep us updated.

"Slave Dog" link restored to the world. Happy New Year!!

It has been bugging me that the first link Slave Dog in The Pond Barge Saga is a broken one. So I finally fixed it.

I know I am probably the only one who cares, but that was a fun link way back in 04.

Barge progress is slow, but not standing on one leg!



Dual Battery Tray
Two Battery Voltage Meter
Onboard Battery Charger Port
10 Position Fuse Panel
Front Thruster Circuit Breaker
Rear Thruster Circuit Breaker
All-other Circuit Breaker
Front Thruster Plug and Receptacle
Rear Thruster Plug and Receptacle
Rear Thruster Continuous Duty Solenoid
Rear Thruster Solenoid Switch
12 Volt Power Receptacle (Front Panel)
12 Volt Power Receptacle (Front Panel)
12 Volt Power Receptacle (Front on Center Console)
12 Volt Power Receptacle (Front on Center Console)
12 Volt Power Receptacle (Rear on Center Console)
12 Volt Power Receptacle (Rear on Center Console)

Still waiting for:

Main Dual Battery Shut Off Switch
Die Cast Aluminum Panel Boxes

Dwight,

Thanks for the update. Nice to hear you're making progress and not frozen in. It will be fun to see how you put all the parts together.

Eddie

Sunil!!! Where did I just a few days ago see your tagline? (Curl Up and Dye Salon)....I mean, I can picture it, but can't figure out where it was...

Family Guy? Simpsons? One of those things that just flashed across the screeen...almost subliminal.

Matt, Was it this thread?
Curl

It was from The Blues Brothers. They pan in through a salon window and the neon light says Curl Up & Dye Hair Salon.

Of all the times I'd seen the movie, I had never seen that before. It still cracks me up.

I ordered three of these water proof die cast aluminum boxes to mount the various barge electricals direct from the manufacturer in China. They are 5” x 7”, 3” deep with a wall thickness a little over 1/8”. I priced these locally at $70 to $105 each. It took three weeks to get them here, but the total cost each (including shipping half way around the world) was $30 each. There were no 3-headed Snakes or Red Raisins with Venomous Legs in the box. The ones I priced locally were also made in China (I wonder if the same manufacturer).

1 missing item to go right ?

I think you understand how on-the-fly-engineering works. There is never only 1 missing item to go no matter how sure you are that there is only 1 missing item to go.

Back to working on the Barge after a couple months on crutches. This is fun!

The first four photos are a pre-assembly test fitting of the wring conduit from the battery box to the front and rear electrical control boxes.

The last photo is a pre-assembly test fitting of the control boxes. The one on the left is for the front and contans two 12 volt source sockets, a trolling motor socket, and the rear thruster solenoid control switch. The rear box contains one 12 volt source socket and a trolling motor socket.

Thanks to you, Dwight, if I ever build a pond barge I will have to bill it as a Tom Sawyer/Huck Finn raft recreation. Next to what you are building, that's what the best I could do would look like.

Decking cut and test fitted:

Barge-man cometh