side job-unsink a boat...

[midnight]

got a side job
gotta save this big paddle boat
this thing is big and heavy
not sure if the rain sunk it or it has a hole
first i have to unsink it
then im going to try to find the leak and fix it
im hoping the owner wants me to just remove it

today i got it about a foot or 2 out of the water
its hard to tell in the pix tho cus it got dark and the algae line looks like the water line
but i have the edge right at the water line

next im going to pump it out with a few aquarium pumps
the power poles on the dock didnt work thats why i didnt do it today

im going back tomorrow with like 500 ft of cord lol
that should get me some power

just figured i would post it up

 

[koop171]

nice can't you get a bigger boat and drag it to a loading ramp?


P.S. where the hell did you get a 500ft extrension cord!!!!

 

[midnight]

naa,my boat is down and out and oddly,this is the only boat in the lake LOL

and 4 or 5-100 foot cords
i just hope it works with that much cord
anyone use that many 100 footers connected? lol
good thing is if the power does make it that far im only using a 300gph pump
so hopefully its ok

 

[Aqua Sanctuary]

yup you will be ok I have used a big ole hammer drill with many cords. You should be just fine with a little pump.

 

[midnight]

cool

 

[channarox]

sweet.
why dont you just get a crane or something and haul it out?

 

[midnight]

naa,costs to much to get one and cant bring it on the dock or around the dock

 

[oscarluvr]

man a 1000 watt generator would be easier than all those cords

 

[midnight]

ya but i couldnt get the gen to run

 

[Dan F]

That actually looks like a pretty fun project. If you have no electricity, try a squirt gun! Those plastic tube guns (kind of like a clam gun) make great manual sump-pumps.