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Those that are river exploring after the gathering, please post up where your are, folks are interested. We are at mile 78 (Grand Tower, Illinois) on the Mississippi and should be on the Ohio tomorrow. We have a photo album for the gathering so post up those photos, Click on photos, go to...

1961 micro bus, 40 horsepower, cruised it every where topped out at 58. Once got 63mph downhill with a tailwind Went on our honeymoon in it.

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Yes indeed, We are all having a fine time. Mods, Could we have a photo album? Thanks,

Not always, but as a rule of thumb, if your hubs have a 5 bolt pattern, you have a 3,000-3,500 lb axle. If your hubs have a 6 bolt pattern, you usually will have a 5-6,000 lb axle. With the 6 lug hubs, the hubs are usually physically larger with much larger bearings designed and rated for the...

Last year at 3608 water level It was pretty shallow and muddy with clouded water up towards Hite. At higher water levels, you could go up the Colorado, At 3640 we made it up the Colorado to "the rapids" mile 168 above the dam. and the water was much clearer near Hite. You mention your trip for...

There is a landing on Highway 95 about a mile downstream of the high bridge, Vehicles park there all the time. This is the primary take out for the rafters coming down the Green and Colorado rivers

Ethanol may be your problem, but unless you have fiberglass tanks, I doubt it is dissolving your tanks. I have the original plastic tanks that I removed from my 22 and I use them for occasional long term storage of ethanol and they have suffered no ill effects from this use or the previous use...

Where there is a will there is a way, You need to think outside the box. We carry a couple of 6 gallon cans and a small folding cart. Many times we have put in at a landing, walked a short distance to a gas station and returned with gas. River rats are friendly and helpful, There is usually...

Kenny Rodgers? Singing his famous broken boat trailer song. "You picked the wrong time to leave me, loose wheel"

Bud and Nancy, You are certainly welcome, please join us for a day or for the whole event. And off course, a bottle of Kentucky's finest would be welcome. There will be 22' and 25' Cruisers at the gathering and I think a 25' Tomcat. Everyone loves to show off their boats and you will be most...

Bob, I have a 2001 Set of the Corps of Engineers full color upper river charts I can loan you. If you want the latest copy 2011 printing. You can order by mail or pick one up at the Mel Price Lock and Dam north of St Louis on the way up. Mel Price is one of 2 super locks on the river and their...

Bob, You could just leave your truck and Trailer at the Two Rivers Marina and run north as far as time allowed. It is about 600 river miles from Two Rivers all the way to Minneapolis which may be too far for your time frame. I would suggest trailering up to American Marina next to Catfish...

I will bring a portable grill for the Thursday sandbar party. And a couple of sets of pitching horseshoes. Be sure to bring a swimsuit and folding chairs to the sandbar. If you beach head on, bring a small ladder or step stool for easy on and off the boat. Excellent news Ken, that the New...

If you get a roof top, be sure to get the Coleman Polar cub, It is the low profile, lower power unit, (still plenty of cooling for a C-Dory). I think they are 9200 BTU verses 13,000 BTU on the standard models. You generator will have an easier time with the lower power unit. About $600 at PPL...

Be advised that I have a new ice cream freezer with a heavier duty gear box and almost twice the capacity of the old one. Still hand cranked. Bring a bowl and a spoon.

Photos 3 and 13 in the Bixby's Cub album show a 5,000 BTU unit permanently mounted in the rear window of a 22. The mounting bracket and support struts are fabricated of welded aluminum. The glass was removed from the window frame and replaced with plexiglas cut to fit.

Wiring harness or wiring inside the shifter.

Bob, We would love to have you join us on the Mississippi. Lee on the Tully B called last week and Jan will be cooking up some of her special pies for the gathering and I will bring along my hand cranked Ice cream freezer so we can have some home made ice cream to go on those wonderful pies.

7th annual Mississippi River Gathering. As always the Mississippi River Gathering will be held the weekend after Labor day. This year those dates are September 8-11th 2016. We have a tradition of staying at the gathering site for 2 years then going somewhere new. We had a great 2 years at...