Recent Content by Doc Owens

To Rich (Davison) who wanted to know a good biocide. Available anywhere fishboats live but if you live in a fishboat free zone, try ordering from Fisheries Supply Co in Seattle. 1-800-426-6930. Racor is sorta the gold standard for filters & biocide. 16 oz treats 1920 gallons for about $14. If...

Thanks guys for the great advice. These look even better than those wyoming baggs boys.

Passing through Baggs Wyoming the other day and in front of the only cafe in town was a whole array of dodge diesels and they all had these beautiful welded wraparound bumpers with welded 2" box section brush guards. Some had built in winches. Where can you buy a great front or rear bumper for...

ND, read my posting I did on 5/3/2001. I think this is clearly the best location, out of the way yet very protected and accessible.

Warning Alarms are a fact of life in the Commercial fishing business to monitor fishold temperatures, water in the bilge and holds and of course your engines and gensets. I watch my gauges religiously but consider a real commercial engine alarm a necessity. DC should have put a system in our...

I always do a bypass oil filter on important engines as well as installing engine alarms(see related post), and I looked high and low under the hood of our 2001 for a suitable place to mount our Amsoil unit. Old TDR threads had suggestions as well as a good article in one of the Register back...

Steve: Electric Service in Pocatello, a carquest shop had "em on sale from $30 to $37 a while back. Mine was an epoxy sealed one made in Canada. Gosh, sorry I can't remember the Brand.

EMDDiesel is right guys. I also did commercial fishing. We went thru a lot of fuel too in a season and went thru biocide like it was beer. Biocide ain't cheap but if you're dragging your fishing gear next to rock cliffs in a big swell in 40 degree water, you simply cannot afford an engine...

I've seen no postings on one of the most dangerous aspects of our big diesel dogs, ie backing over hapless victims. I'm a doc involved in trauma in the OR and have seen many deaths & ghastly injuries from backing over children in our town. My new cummins 4X4 is certainly one of the worst...