Finished up my mailbox blower for my boat.

[DefianceMarine81]

Built it out of a old pontoon boat toon with plenty of pin holes lots of patches, but she's strong now testing it this weekend. Super stoked.

 

[1637]

good luck out here

 

[DefianceMarine81]

good luck out here

It's taking me a year and a half to build my boat a lot of money a lot of time a lot of good equipment now I just need some luck

 

[diveplam]

It's taking me a year and a half to build my boat a lot of money a lot of time a lot of good equipment now I just need some luck

Good luck from me too

 

[Mackaydon]

Looking forward to seeing your finds !!
Don in SoCal

 

[mjb Mike]

for those of us that dont no what that is, what is it and what does it do??Maybe to blow the sand around on the bottom to uncover treasure?

 

[Darren in NC]

That's a great blower for deeper areas. You'll have to throttle lightly if you don't want to blow away all your targets in shallower water. Great setup! Good luck in your hunting.

 

[DefianceMarine81]

That's a great blower for deeper areas. You'll have to throttle lightly if you don't want to blow away all your targets in shallower water. Great setup! Good luck in your hunting.

I figure it won't take much throttle I got a 408 stroker sitting about 500 horsepower under my wheelhouse but if I'm a little bit deeper this thing should act like the damn death star with a beam of water going down when I rev that f***** up to 7,500 RPMs hahaha

 

[1637]

please keep us posted.

 

[ropesfish]

I figure it won't take much throttle I got a 408 stroker sitting about 500 horsepower under my wheelhouse but if I'm a little bit deeper this thing should act like the damn death star with a beam of water going down when I rev that f***** up to 7,500 RPMs hahaha

You might consider a cage over the inlet of that blower. They are required by most all operators. Keeps people and debris out of the prop. anchored up with 3 or 4 anchors with some line around the wheel is a very helpless position to be in.
Please be sure to get video of that high-revving experience and post it here.
I have seen and paid for the damage that propwash can do to mailboxes.... The last two blowers that I saw that were of an unusual design lasted less than a minute under power. Mine are 3/16ths thick and came off of Mel Fisher's Bookmaker. They could only stand 1800 rpm from 2 3208 Cats (325 hp) for about 2 minutes. Tore up a lot of equipment. If I ever build another set they will be 0.25 aluminum .
I would politely suggest an abundance of caution. The density of water magnifies every stressor.

 

[Mackaydon]

Inlet (intake) cage and multiple anchors; excellent advise from Bill Black.
Don in SoCal

 

[ropesfish]

So... how did your testing and subsequent use of your blower go?