Is a drive with a welded skeg safe?
10-22-2009, 11:08 PM
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Did the guy have one of these for sale to? Looks like some of his handywork....
I can't imagine anyone selling a drive in the condition...what a POS....
I can't imagine anyone selling a drive in the condition...what a POS....
10-23-2009, 11:42 AM
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A skeg needs to be tig welded on. Mig won't hold. There is no danger though if it does break. I broke one on a crab pot this summer in a poker run at about 85mph. The crab pot was a rude left turn but the 100 mile voyage home with no skeg was a breeze. Then I had a new skeg mig welded on. It broke off in rough water, dog eared my prop and broke an upper. Not good. A friend tig welded it back on now and it is rock solid. The moral the story. Don't run that pos, you will regret it.
10-23-2009, 12:18 PM
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