Dave, Looks like you need waterproof leggings too and  stay out of water deeper than the boots are high. Gore-Tex is a wonderful thing up here in wet country If those boots are waterproof and leaking you need to give them back for a new pair. Low heat with that boot dryer is better on the leather than higher heat.

I am sure it will be much better

And just as important is the Colonoscopy exams. I am here to tell you if they catch a problem early enough good deal. If not it is hard to get out alive. I think normal is every 5 years, I didn't follow that advice but fortunately a body scan picked the tumor up before it had spread to other areas.

Drop whatever you are doing and go check the fire..Don't let it get to low and have to start over

7 large fir and one cedar for starting the fire

And if you are buying seasoned wood and the truck shows up with green wood send them away. When you need wood to burn you don't need a load of green wet wood to try and work with.

Well Dave, go out and try to move that trailer even an inch by hand. Remember it is uphill into the garage. Power something will be needed, and if you load it up power for sure will be needed. Take Shawn up on the slightly used one......

Very nice Dave,

Just not hard of rain I hope

Nice looking flare tool, I have bought and thrown away way too many of those tools. I hate working with brake lines anyway and then not being able to make a good flare connection.....WELL.. Saltwater or salt air makes brake lines turn bad even when you are extra careful.

Went through this not long ago while changing the coolant stuff in the jeep. Nothing easy about it any more. 

Don't feel bad Don, I have no idea either. Push a button and the sound happens, don't like the sound turn the button.

Hopefully tomorrow I can get back on the water and see if anything has turned for the better. Maybe the hand pump is the way I go to solve a problem that shouldn't happen.

So sorry JR, keep her comfortable as possible and always remember the good times you shared. I have both her and you in my thoughts and prayers.

Then the water getting into the bilge, well there are a few holes in the back of the boat for starters. I tried to seal the transducer wire hole and broke a screw head off with the driver trying to squeeze the butyl tape around the cable.

Charles, a couple photos of the deck plate and engine pod. The cable holders along the front  of pod are glued not screwed in place.

Pics, well in a word no. Taking pictures was the last thing on my mind at the time. Besides being almost dark, raining, and the camera flash would have really reflected off the aluminum. I can get a photo of the deck lid to show where it is located if that helps. This whole thing would be like you finding a long scratch down the side of wife's new ride  "after" it gets home. Yes, built in USA but leaks when put it in water, and it is not just a small riveted skiff only used next to shorelines. Where the heck is the quality one would expect. Rant off. 

OH but dealer trades happen every day...Just sign and let her be happy, after all she has the "best hide" ever and a pool to go with it.

First off, I agree there are many areas where dead or dying trees make up a large portion of the forest areas and do create fire danger. Those areas do need to be cleaned up and the fire debris removed. Forest management sucks big time.  In this case however, I see very high winds carrying hot sparks and burning matter well ahead of fire lines causing the fire storms. Lots of photos of fire moving through scrub brush and grasses not tall dead trees.  These fires are so out of control based on the terrain and winds blowing debris everywhere.  What a shame for sure,  just not sure now how to stop these kind of fires unless people clean up the ground large distances from the homes this will continue to happen. They cannot continue to build homes in the forests without a good plan on how to control a fire once it gets started.
 I have friends that live next to a national forest and they spent lots of hours thinning, pruning, and general clean up of the forest floor next to their place. When the fires did happen, the fire departments and friends and neighbors were able to save the homes even though other homes were lost and thousands of acres of forest burned around them. Yes, we need prayers for the people in these areas but we need to also allow and demand the areas be cleaned up before the fires,  providing some level of protection for them in the future when they build in the outer areas.

Hoping all goes well with the corn. Do you sell local to mill or feed lot, or have to ship it out to corn juice factory.

YES

Well I have a few hours on the motors now and they are running in good. Problem is, I am getting water both in the bilge area(think I found a fitting on the transom where the depth finder wire runs not sealed) and the engine pod(I don't think the inspection plate is sealed to the top which is an extruded aluminum plate) Both areas are above the water line but water splashes up there while running slow or backing into the chop. I called the dealer about both leaks, he ask how much water is getting in there? I said, don't have any idea, I pull the plugs and swish, a bunch of water comes out. A few years ago, the factory said to let the engine pod fill with water and then it would run out when on step. Had a duck bill fitting on the drain( Tate has a couple stories about how well those work) So I need to take it out again and try to catch the water when I remove the plugs. I added an O ring to the inspection hatch lid and will try to seal around the wire bracket before heading out again and see what happens. As for inspecting welds, There are many feet of welds and they all look good to me, but I am not a welder. The engine pod leak could be coming from the bolt holes for the engine mounting bolts but they look sealed from what I can see and the engine weighs more than I can handle safely at home.

Did the 6.2 come with a turbo? Or is it a Banks?
I worked on an 85 with a Banks for the life of the vehicle ... well til the owner passed, and it was over 350k last I saw.. never been into the engine.
It was starting to lose compression which made it slow to start in the colder mornings.
Much more dependable than the 6.5s

So Ken...Just what would you call a colder morning? We have had a color of snow once in Bullhead since we have been going down but it didn't last once the sun was up.

Don't want or need any pics, just hope everything is ok...

Just cost me $150 to fill up the dmax. Was getting low, light even came on (5-10gal left) and I don't normally go that low.

JR, nearest boat gas is 4.50 gal and the tank is 65 gal and was not filled by the dealer. I do hope fuel usage gets better as the engine gets broken in a bit.