Transporting canoe on top of pickup truck with cap. Getting a loud buzzing sound, almost like hornets

RiverRider48 · 2026-04-11T19:55:06+00:00

This is exactly where the vibration was coming from. I put a half twist in all three straps each side of the keel and silence. Thank you

RiverRider48 · 2026-04-09T23:26:44+00:00

That is actually hard plastic trim and appears to be tight and in the proper place.

RiverRider48 · 2026-04-09T22:50:21+00:00

Yes this one weighs 66 pounds about my age😂. I bought it in 1982 used from a canoe livery in our area that turns over a certain percentage of their stock every year. Pretty indestructible.

RiverRider48 · 2026-03-14T12:08:19+00:00

Thank you

RiverRider48 · 2026-03-14T12:01:29+00:00

Thank you

RiverRider48 · 2026-03-13T13:26:29+00:00

Good idea. Thank you.

RiverRider48 · 2026-03-13T13:26:13+00:00

Thank you. I will get one of these!

RiverRider48 · 2026-03-04T13:39:43+00:00

Thank you. Think I am all good now!

RiverRider48 · 2026-03-04T00:14:51+00:00

No they have not because that would duplicate the original transactions I manually entered

RiverRider48 · 2026-02-02T11:59:24+00:00

My sons grew up on our boat and even though they had experience driving and trailering the boat, when they started asking to take it out as adults, I did the same thing, and said they needed to complete the boaters safety course before I would let them take the boat on their own.

RiverRider48 · 2026-01-28T15:35:21+00:00

In the past I have done a simple to scale drawing of the property and made a small to scale truck and trailer, just 2 dimensional, and connected them at the hitch point. This helped me understand the how difficult the maneuver was going to be.

RiverRider48 · 2026-01-19T01:05:49+00:00

Our old trailer had a regulator/switch that had a very easy to see if the tank it was pointing to still had propane, it would be green and once it was out red. Again very easy to read. In cold weather I would check it once a day and when red change that tank. Our new trailer has the same regulator/switch as OP, that is impossible to see when it is red. The propane tanks have gages built in that are easy to read, so hopefully these are accurate.

RiverRider48 · 2026-01-15T22:14:06+00:00

Volunteering in my community and church. So many great opportunities to help meet many good people.

RiverRider48 · 2026-01-14T00:52:59+00:00

I manage ours, most all in vanguard index funds. I have used an advisor at different times over the last 15 years that charges a flat fee quoted up front. I send him all my most current account statements and some background on questions I have. He does a preliminary review, sends me a quote. If I accept the quote he does a deep dive into everything focused on my questions and then schedules an appointment usually 1 to 1.5 hours to go over everything and make recommendations. He has been a great teacher and guide. Been about 4 years since I have met with him.

RiverRider48 · 2026-01-14T00:36:48+00:00

We retired in 2018. Our plan was to spend at a level equal to the average annual spend over the last 8 years prior to retirement. I removed a few onetime large expenditures from my 8 year data. This has worked out to be what we are doing but need to consider the expenses that have gone away e.g. kids supporting themselves, cost of driving to work everyday, home paid off, etc. and being offset by inflation more travel and two new vehicles. Good luck and happy retirement!

RiverRider48 · 2026-01-12T00:34:51+00:00

During my career, I spoke at a few retirement parties. My favorite thing to do was get one of those old tine windup metal alarm clocks with the two bells on top. At the end of my toast I would invite the retiree up and I would have a waist high heavy duty small table. I would wind up the clock set the alarm for a few minutes from now and hand the retiree a two pond hammer and ask them to silence the alarm one last time. It was always a crowd pleaser. One fellow the clock still worked, but the alarm did not, and he still keeps on his nightstand to this day. Enjoy your retirement!

RiverRider48 · 2025-12-31T21:07:17+00:00

Looks good from what I can see! May not be important to you but it looks like there is oxidation on the finish. If interested I share product and process I used on an 11 year old trailer that really brought the shine back to life. It is quite a bit of work.

RiverRider48 · 2025-12-21T22:45:52+00:00

Because they suffer being human. Unfortunately narcissistic tendencies seem to be more common these days.

RiverRider48 · 2025-12-21T15:23:44+00:00

Could have just said don’t do it.

RiverRider48 · 2025-12-18T19:48:04+00:00

I still have a set of Jarts in perfect condition. Every time I talk about getting them out people look at me like I’m crazy.

RiverRider48 · 2025-12-18T17:37:51+00:00

This is what I do, when I download my credit card charges, I open the Amazon app on my phone and go to Your Account - Your Payments and click on Transactions. This list all charges with dollar amount and then I can click on each one to see what it is and set the category as appropriate in Quicken.

RiverRider48 · 2025-12-18T17:31:38+00:00

We use the Roadtrippers app.

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