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Location: Antigo, WI | I just have to ask this question to see if anyone else has witnessed this. The last two fishing trips to one of my favorite lakes I have pulled into the boat landing only to have someone winterizing their boat at the launch  Both individuals were fogging their outboards at the ramp and there was smoke everywhere. To see the film on the water after they finished really pissed me off. Has anyone else seen this being done and feel the same or am I way off base to think a guy should buy the proper equipment to do this at home or have a dealer do it? |
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Location: Stevens Point, WI | I agree this is not a very enviormentally friendly way of doing it. Spend the few bucks for a pair of muffs to do it on land. |
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Location: oak lawn IL | i agree with both of you.
do it at home not at the lake!!! lazy arse's |
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| Agreed do at home not at the ramp.
Get or borrow a pair of muffs, they pay for themselves. Not only for winterizing, but in the spring so you don't have issues the first time out at the lake. Make fewer folks mad at you when you are at the ramp trying to start your motor. |
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| Call the DNR,
My father in law use to drain his lower unit grease in the lake, I gave him a tongue lashing when i saw this |
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Location: New London, Wisconsin | Agreed, this is a job to be done at home. Common sense not to mention it is much easier not have to hook up, trailer to the lake, load all the proper gear and the trailer home.
Nothing suprises me anymore... |
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Location: St. Croix River, Mille Lacs, | what did you say to them? this is highly illegal. |
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| I have an evinrude Etec. It gives directions for winterizing in the water. Start and stop it a few times and it takes itself through a sequence which I believe must basically fog the engine. Is this acceptable? I was going to do it on my last trip out. Doesn't require the cowling coming off or anything like that...the motor does it's own thing. What do you think? |
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Location: The Sportsman, home, or out on the water | You do not need muffs with a new Merc. They got a fitting that hooks up to your hose, that feeds into the water supply. Still, though, being it is a new motor, I had mine done for like 60 bucks by an authorized dealer, so that warranty would not be an issue. |
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Location: Lebanon,Mo | to the people that pour there oil in the lake,just remember that the lake your doing it in might be a water supply for a city,just like one that i fish down here on.
Edited by missourimuskyhunter 11/19/2006 10:23 PM
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Location: On your favorite spot | I own a boat, but not a house. I live in an apt and rent a garage that my boat BARELY fits into - I had to install a swing-away tongue and turn the thing sideways to close the door. This is my first year winterizing and I don't have any other means to run my motor while I fog it so I was planning on doing it at the ramp wednesday.
I'll definitely reconsider after hearing about the pollution which I hadn't considered, but I guess my only point is that some of us really don't have the proper means to do it. Ex - I don't have a water faucet at the place I could plug in my earmuffs with to run the motor. Maybe just a big bucket will do....I appreciate the post. |
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Location: minneapolis | marcj-I was in the same position as you years ago, I used a big plastic garbage can, filled it up to the intake and it worked just fine. You can set a bucket out to catch the exiting water, its messy and not ideal but it works. It was also nice when I went to sell that rig (16' lund with a 25hp yamaha, I still miss her!) because I would fire up the motor for the potential buyers. You never want to start your motor "dry".
mike
Edited by mikef 11/21/2006 10:35 PM
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Boat Landing Winterizing