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Somedays I really like my job, this was one of those days...
This is an airboat built by the Fon du Lac tribe - that's a V8 engine wired up in the cage, an antique wooden propeller, and you'll note the dual exhaust coming off the engine. The sucker moves!
We were off cruising this lake figuring out how to restore populations of wild rice, which is important to the tribes (and the local wildlife, for that matter). They're rigged up another boat with a pair of vertical 6 foot blades that they're planning to use to cut through pickerel weed mats, which are invading the lake. I can't wait to see it.
Anyway, thought you all might enjoy this diversion - spring, just arriving to the north.
This is an airboat built by the Fon du Lac tribe - that's a V8 engine wired up in the cage, an antique wooden propeller, and you'll note the dual exhaust coming off the engine. The sucker moves!
We were off cruising this lake figuring out how to restore populations of wild rice, which is important to the tribes (and the local wildlife, for that matter). They're rigged up another boat with a pair of vertical 6 foot blades that they're planning to use to cut through pickerel weed mats, which are invading the lake. I can't wait to see it.
Anyway, thought you all might enjoy this diversion - spring, just arriving to the north.
