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Old Mar 26, 2012 | 03:50 PM
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Well alot of y'all saw the one from last year it had 8 6x9s and two amps, this year I'm stepping it up a bit with 12 6x9s and 3 amps and the quality of it is goin up as well,

It's gonna have battery trays that fit down inside the tube to keep a lower center of gravity, it's also gonna have a pa system that will go through all 12 speakers and it will have an iPod interface which has a separate screen and controller that will be mounted on the outside of the box so once you plug in iPod everything will be controlled from the outside of the box, and everything will be powered by 2 caterpillar 1000 cca batteries

This one will be fiberglassed and painted lime green<~~per request of the wife

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And here is the start of the new one










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Old Mar 27, 2012 | 01:19 AM
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Old Mar 28, 2012 | 07:54 AM
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Got a lil more done last night, got the radius on and it def added the look I was hoping for and got the lid installed but the 3/4 peice of plywood is warped so bad I'm gonna take it off and get another sheet and make new lid,
New speakers will be in this week then I'll finish the speaker rings and get those mounted









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Old Mar 28, 2012 | 10:46 AM
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Thats pretty awesome!
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Old Mar 28, 2012 | 11:16 AM
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man, when you come float the river, gimme a shout!!! lol. sweet set up
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Old Mar 28, 2012 | 12:03 PM
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How do you plan on getting that thing to the water? Looks like a pita to carry any distance, nice work tho.
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Old Mar 28, 2012 | 12:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Charlay
Thats pretty awesome!
Thanks

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How do you plan on getting that thing to the water? Looks like a pita to carry any distance, nice work tho.
well when we are carrying it I will pull the batteries out it should only weigh 50/60 pounds without the batteries
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man, when you come float the river, gimme a shout!!! lol. sweet set up
goin to float all weekend on memerial weekend come on
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Old Mar 28, 2012 | 01:38 PM
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What river you float? Austin is close and if I ain't there I keep an ear open for it from home haha
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For everyone who likes to float, you need to check the rules for what river you're going to float. A LOT of rules have changed since last year and floating the guadalupe near new braunfels is all but outlawed now.

Carrying the tubes and cooler is enough of a pita, **** carrying all the ****.
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The best place and safest is dons fish camp in San Marcos. No rules and very very few cops.
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Originally Posted by 04Vguy
What river you float? Austin is close and if I ain't there I keep an ear open for it from home haha
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Originally Posted by 1slow01Z71
For everyone who likes to float, you need to check the rules for what river you're going to float. A LOT of rules have changed since last year and floating the guadalupe near new braunfels is all but outlawed now.

Carrying the tubes and cooler is enough of a pita, **** carrying all the ****.
Yea the rules have changed but they only apply in the city limits, where we always float is still the same ole party central it's always been
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Dons river is badass! The best IMO you can take as much beer as you want, only like one spot u get bottomed out in, and plenty of little islands u can stop and chill at, cheap as hell too, on another note...how loud is that motha f*ckr??? Lol bc I make my radio cooler ussually with 4 6x6 and 2 6x9s and its jammin
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Originally Posted by showstoMpinSS
Dons river is badass! The best IMO you can take as much beer as you want, only like one spot u get bottomed out in, and plenty of little islands u can stop and chill at, cheap as hell too, on another note...how loud is that motha f*ckr??? Lol bc I make my radio cooler ussually with 4 6x6 and 2 6x9s and its jammin
Hopefully loud enough to drown anybody else's radio out lol
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Got some more done tonight, Got all 12 speaker rings mounted, only got 6 of them braced was getting tired. Got the lid mounted with hinges and the amp rack mounted with hinges as well and also the battery braces

Almost ready for fiberglass














I'm also having a hard time choosing the color tell me what you think



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Old Mar 31, 2012 | 06:27 AM
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Looking good. I like the green color on the Monster can...And forgive me for my ignorance, but how do you ground the batteries?
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Old Mar 31, 2012 | 08:16 AM
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ground the batteries to what? hes just running his amps and radio off of it...
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Originally Posted by jiveass
ground the batteries to what? hes just running his amps and radio off of it...
Thats where Im lost. I thought the amps or batteries had to be grounded...
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Old Mar 31, 2012 | 09:53 AM
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nah...you can use batteries anywhere.....you connect the battery negative post to the chassis in vehicle applications because a lot of electrical components in the vehicle use the chassis as a source of ground, while still retaining a specific hot wire for each component. in this case, he can ground his amps and head unit straight to the negative post on the battery.
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Lookin good stewdy! I vote the camaro green. Cant wait to see the fiberglass work.
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Originally Posted by jiveass
nah...you can use batteries anywhere.....you connect the battery negative post to the chassis in vehicle applications because a lot of electrical components in the vehicle use the chassis as a source of ground, while still retaining a specific hot wire for each component. in this case, he can ground his amps and head unit straight to the negative post on the battery.
Thank you for the info. Makes sense.
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