Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1

This is pretty cool, I have always thought of this, making a potato gun cannon to launch your bait out at distance.
Totally legal in Texas. Compressed air boy. No explosive gas. Works great. The one pictured is a commercial brand. I’ve made 2 so far. Use a 12 v tire pump. 80 lbs, 200-300 ft. Frozen bait, with hooks and leader already arrayed.
 

What's his name?

Looks like a dude with shitty tats and long hair.
Her name is Bakhar Nabieva

And this is Melinda Lindmark
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Very impressive.

And while I truly appreciate the time, energy, and dedication that guy put into perfecting that routine, something about it just feels…well, off putting. Can’t put my finger on it though.

My gut’s telling me he’s either gonna win The Medal of Honor…or maybe shoot up a school. 🫤

Rules: New backup gennie is put together; took me longer than it should have to get it off the (broken) shipping pallet solo. Will test run it later this week.

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Careful using the factory battery charger cord (looks like it plugs in under your start button). I read the manual AFTER I killed a battery by keeping it plugged in whenever not camping, over the course of 3 years. Says you’re supposed to only keep it plugged in for something like 8hrs a month (maybe less). Who has time to keep track of that?

I have the Westinghouse i4500

I ended up getting a new battery and bought a new battery tender w/ float mode. I connect it directly to the battery with a qd pigtail.
 
Careful using the factory battery charger cord (looks like it plugs in under your start button). I read the manual AFTER I killed a battery by keeping it plugged in whenever not camping, over the course of 3 years. Says you’re supposed to only keep it plugged in for something like 8hrs a month (maybe less). Who has time to keep track of that?

I have the Westinghouse i4500

I ended up getting a new battery and bought a new battery tender w/ float mode. I connect it directly to the battery with a qd pigtail.
I've thought about plugging the charger into one of these, just haven't gotten around to it yet.

 
I've thought about plugging the charger into one of these, just haven't gotten around to it yet.

I’ve had really good luck with leaving just about everything with an engine on battery tenders. I have some truck and boat batteries going on 12 and 13 years, no problems.
I screwed up by assuming the Westinghouse had a float mode.
 
I’ve had really good luck with leaving just about everything with an engine on battery tenders. I have some truck and boat batteries going on 12 and 13 years, no problems.
I screwed up by assuming the Westinghouse had a float mode.
The "normal" lead acid battery is only supposed to last for 6, maybe 7 years.

So yeah, you've been doing real well.

What kind of battery tenders ?
 
The "normal" lead acid battery is only supposed to last for 6, maybe 7 years.

So yeah, you've been doing real well.

What kind of battery tenders ?
‘Battery tender’ brand for my f250 (2017 interstates), 2 camper 6v’s, and atv battery (factory from 2016).
I have a Cabelas 3-bank onboard charger for my 2013 boat with the factory ‘13 starting battery and then two trolling motor batteries from early 2015.
The only ‘off brand’ tender is on the generator, a Foval from Amazon. Seems to be working well and got good reviews.
2012 Optima battery in my ‘86 Toyota pickup is still goin strong.

I have a feeling I’m gonna need 10 new batteries all at once, sometime in the future. I’ll set up a gofundme
 
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