Alex Clark
Registered User
Life Long Alaskan
My saddest time of year..
I only had 17 customers,,,,, loosing two more when my cylinder and oil sump were cracked for 10 days.
I pulled out of the lake early this year due to the weather down here in Homer.
Good thing....the lake is freezing....and I have 4 inches of snow at my house...
I did not pump the floats before I taxiied the Cub over to the ramp. I waited until I was inside a hangar so I could measure how much water was in the floats after a 15 days of rain,snow, wind and waves.
Vacumed out 8 gallons of water with my shop vac. This was from little EDO 1400s. It does not look like much when you look inside every compartment and see an inch here and there.... But it all adds up
Remember to suck out every drop so it does not freeze inside your float compartments and cause damage. Since mine are inside a hangar this year, I have the float compartment hatches open half an inch or so,, for air circulation.
I only had 17 customers,,,,, loosing two more when my cylinder and oil sump were cracked for 10 days.
I pulled out of the lake early this year due to the weather down here in Homer.
Good thing....the lake is freezing....and I have 4 inches of snow at my house...
I did not pump the floats before I taxiied the Cub over to the ramp. I waited until I was inside a hangar so I could measure how much water was in the floats after a 15 days of rain,snow, wind and waves.
Vacumed out 8 gallons of water with my shop vac. This was from little EDO 1400s. It does not look like much when you look inside every compartment and see an inch here and there.... But it all adds up
Remember to suck out every drop so it does not freeze inside your float compartments and cause damage. Since mine are inside a hangar this year, I have the float compartment hatches open half an inch or so,, for air circulation.
