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horsetree
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Joined: Sun Oct 11, 2009 7:26 pm
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 PD skeg ? I have a 36 PD. I took my boat out of the water tonight to start doing some pre LA mud run maintenance and noticed the skeg is bent to the left side. The bend is right at the point, just under the prop. My question is, can I just beat it back straight with a hammer or this a "no no"?
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| Tue Jul 20, 2010 8:54 pm |
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POKER1
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Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2009 8:02 pm
Posts: 6243
Location: Bossier City
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Re: PD skeg ?
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| Tue Jul 20, 2010 9:25 pm |
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OwenDickeson
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Joined: Wed Mar 11, 2009 12:45 pm
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Re: PD skeg ? Did you buy the boat and motor used? If so they may have the skeg bent a little to help with some tiller torque. Just a thought.
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| Wed Jul 21, 2010 4:23 am |
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jus10inla
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Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2009 5:55 pm
Posts: 1636
Location: Baton Rouge, LA (Central)
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Re: PD skeg ?
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| Wed Jul 21, 2010 4:52 am |
 
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horsetree
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Joined: Sun Oct 11, 2009 7:26 pm
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Re: PD skeg ? Thanks for the info.
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fish8503
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Location: Montgomery, AL
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Re: PD skeg ? Mine bent to a couple of weeks ago but I had a few cold beverages and backed into a power pole. Heated it with a torch and put a pipe over it and bent it back. All that was bent was the point that is past where the skeg stops.
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basinhunter
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Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2009 6:22 pm
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Location: Morgan City, LA
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Re: PD skeg ? Mine looks like a L, LOL. Fuck it, I just run the piss outta it
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POKER1
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Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2009 8:02 pm
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Location: Bossier City
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Re: PD skeg ? Mine is G-14............. 
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18x48 Charles Leonard / 36PD
"I do think there is a Squatch in these woods"!!!!!
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tchredneck
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Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:39 pm
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Location: in the woods,la
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Re: PD skeg ? i lack that part of my skeg,
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| Fri Jul 23, 2010 2:39 pm |
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horsetree
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Re: PD skeg ? Can you actually replace the bumper part of the skeg? Just wondering...........
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| Fri Jul 23, 2010 8:41 pm |
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POKER1
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Location: Bossier City
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Re: PD skeg ?
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18x48 Charles Leonard / 36PD
"I do think there is a Squatch in these woods"!!!!!
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| Fri Jul 23, 2010 8:43 pm |
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horsetree
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Re: PD skeg ? The part that gets bent.
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| Fri Jul 23, 2010 9:19 pm |
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POKER1
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Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2009 8:02 pm
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Location: Bossier City
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Re: PD skeg ? Its just a piece of round stock welded to the flat skeg so yeh it could be replaced. Some folks have cut it off and just ran the flat skeg. It would be similar to mine and I can get down for a better bite. The trade off is you could get more prop stikes without the round stock running under the prop.
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18x48 Charles Leonard / 36PD
"I do think there is a Squatch in these woods"!!!!!
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