Florida Man Rides: To Buy a Boat

Going with Bob to look at a possible boat to buy.

[@gregmoyers7757]

Air boats. Lots of noise and some dude with a jon boat, a Harbor Fright motor, and a surface drive he built from a kit leaves them in the swamp.

[@swamplandoutdoors]

Good info. I’m getting ready to come to Florida to buy a boat next week. So this was some good info for a buyer, thanks for sharing 👍

[@richardness4469]

I am glad to be one of your low number subscribers! Love your approach to your passion for air boats. I am new to Flordia and 77 yrs young and looking to get a air boat !😎

[@ray8916]

Absolutely brother nothing better than this world than getting on your boat your airboat and I'm feeling the freedom nothing better in this world

[@richardness4469]

Lighthouse Point Fla

[@ray8916]

Need to learn how to adjust your motor or put a couple jacks on the runners to adjust for hopping and porpissing no need for a trim tab does nothing but slow you down get your bottom right and the angle of the back of your motor correct don't need it trim tab I have never used one and I've never had a hopping boot ever if you are having to put a little more down pressure on those of the boat by angling the motor and the right way it is very simple guys

[@ray8916]

I'm not too far from you if you're willing to learn I will teach you how to make a boat run flat any boat trim tablet is not the way to go it robbed your power if your boat is hopping or purposing is because the bottom is not right it is easy fix sometimes it's just a motor adjustment sometimes you have to put a couple of jacks on the runners but is it easy fix most of the time is the angle of the engine which is very easy a couple watchers well most time fix most of it popping yes purpose ain't no proposing you have to put Jack's on the runners which still is very easy and much better than a dream tab I will be coming your way very soon and I will show you how to do it very simple process either one

[@ray8916]

I'll be more glad to teach you how to do it need to take that trim tab off and throw it in the garbage I will teach you how to get your bottom of your boat right and the angle of your motor right think about it like this if you pick up a house box fan and you push it out straight up and down you will feel the forest love that fan trying to go back to level same thing with airboat if it is hopping you can put your motor to put more downforce on the nose of the boat or up to take it off of the nose of the boat but if it's porpoising that is a problem with the bottom of the boat it is not flat and you can correct that with jacks and get that bottom flat but anyway it's not hard to do

[@ray8916]

Like on a very fast boat you will see it it will hop a little bit on a plane but when that boat is under a power it will stop hopping that's because the boat is running Free until you give it down pressure from the prop it will hop that's how you set up a race boat but a riding boat do you have to set it up with more down pressure so it does not hop and that's all about angle of the motor like I said before think about a box fan when you pick it up it always wants to go back to level you have to change the level of that fan to make it do what you want to do

[@alvintarrer6914]

Good job👍☕️☕️✌️

[@edwfd356]

Are you for hire ,to checkout boats .?

[@floridamanrides863]

I’m not. Where are you and the boat you are looking at located?

[@edwfd356]

@@floridamanrides863 I’m moving to Crystal river this week up by the barge canal

[@edwfd356]

Just seen a few on Craigslist ..nothing in particular yet

[@floridamanrides863]

@@edwfd356 try Airboats Classified buy sell trade on Facebook. facebook.com/groups/1156345687712432/?ref=share Or Southern Airboat facebook.com/groups/SouthernAirboat/?ref=share Both of these groups have tons of boats for sale if you are not already a member of them.

[@12valvejohn91]

correct me if I'm wrong but @13:58 The dude that's on house arrest says he had a red deckover that DID NOT porpoise but still wish he had a trim tab. can you help me out on understanding that thanks.

[@floridamanrides863]

😂😂😂 He said it hoped a little.

[@floridamanrides863]

No wait, I remember now. He said it didn’t ( doing air quotes off camera) porpoise.

[@12valvejohn91]

i just like catching ppl with there bull shit especially when they're trying to sell something but what i got a kick out of was the ankle monitor lol i seen that and i busted out laughing. enjoy ur videos keep them coming. thanks

[@paulwatson5965]

Yea, I don’t see the house arrest guy owning that place. People got the money..!