The first video about packrafts, which shows, that these boats are not invulnerable😉👍
@mostlyguesses8385
3 жыл бұрын
thanks for sharing info on patching rubber boats,,,,,, helpful ,,,, you have helped 100s and me, ,, , , you get to go to heaven God told me, , , , , ,
@theodoremartin6153
6 жыл бұрын
I bought a alpaca back in 2007 . I pounded the piss out of this thing . I risked my life hunting ducks on rivers and sloughs alone . I put a custom twin electric motor on the back and rigged up a 3.5 hp gas engine on the front with a break away motor mount mounted on a aluminum tube frame attached to the tie offs and some customising . Tore the 3.5 right off the front after slamming into a submerged log . Messed up the motor but the Alpaca had enough give to the design to have been unaffectd . No damage , but paddled back to truck . Then I went whole hog and used pink foam rigid insulation to put a fiberglass hull on the bottom to see if that did anything . Made the raft unsinkable , even when deflated , but didnt add any appreciable speed . So far i never got a hole but put a DC raft inflator on so that if I did I would be able to replace leaking air while on the way to shore . I routinely put 400 pounds in the thing and never had a problem . Camoed it up and floated a local slow river and killed 53 ducks and 13 Geese one year . Too easy , lost interest . Put 303 on about 4 times over the years . Some of the glue dried out annd i had to redo a section of the floor to tube bond with polyurethane siding caulk which is also what i used to attach the fiberglass hull . Stays stretchy , sticky as hell .Tested and approved . I put a whole bunch of cracks in the fiberglass hull and just refinished the hull to as new . Need to retape the seam between the tube and the hull in two areas by saturating quilting tape with poluyrethane caulking ,as per my original construction . I can see why alpaca put more inflated area on the back end because i weigh 250 pounds and it made the stern sit lower in the water because the front and back were the same shape . Good move Alpaca . My overall thought is that you folks have designed a near perfect if not perfect tool for wilderness exploration . Small, light weight , tough , easy to patch , increased cargo space( wish i had that zipper thing ) reasonably priced . I personally think that the packraft as designed by Alpaca is a near perfect tool if your the kind of person who needs gear that is bomb proof yet easily and quickly repairable . Im writing this review as pennance for ordering a packraft kit which uses the Alpaca design . Money is tight and by building it myself i figure i have enough experience to get it in the same ballpark as an alpaca . But if I had the money i would not hesitate to buy another Alpaca . EXPERIENCE is a very valuable commodity when your by yourself and holding your life in your hands and are still gaining skills to prevent yourself from drowning . ( Any knee jerk do gooders out there dont like my travelling alone can GFY).I consider this glowing , BUT TRUTHFUL review payment to Shirley and co. for buying a kit that copied here design . In closing after drooling over the latest innovations come up by Alpaca I would say if you can in any way come raise the money , buy from Alpaca and know you got every pennies worth . Its just one less thing to worry about , especially if your a newbie or a pro hoping to survive that one unanticipated situation that only occurs once in a liftime but that a guy survives only because of the experience of the folks who had access to multitudes of first hand experiences and near misses.
@BenHighMeen
5 ай бұрын
wat
@AaronVets
4 ай бұрын
If you hunt, you’re a c***. 🖕🏽
@stormyboy129
4 ай бұрын
I ain't reading all that
@ffps4364
5 күн бұрын
I notice your roll of tyvek tape does not have a removeable backing. The only type I can find has a backing paper. Is this the correct tape?
@eugeniabragina7301
2 жыл бұрын
In my experience, one should NEVER use aquaseal. I applied it to the tube surface, and it didn't seal anything. I thought that I might have an old tube, and opened new one - still, it was leaking. Then I tried to apply patch-and-go on the top, but aquaseal created uneven surface so patch-and-go doesn't hold. And i'm not sure how to remove it. Very upset and pazzled. Did I ruin my Gnarlwal?...
@matteoscalas4084
6 жыл бұрын
Which one would you use to fix a leak on the internal joint between floor, seam strip and two tube pieces?
@PatrickSmeaton
4 жыл бұрын
How do you guys store your tyvek and gorilla tape during your trips?
@mrschwartzmc
20 күн бұрын
I'm also curious. My current plan is to wrap some around a bic lighter.
@PatrickSmeaton
4 жыл бұрын
What scissors are you using in this video?
@estefaniavidal4502
3 жыл бұрын
Hello, Do you have any link to buy gorilla tape? Please
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