rutnstrut
PMA Member
Here is a quick and easy way to make the redhead remote strut stake work with a DSD Jake decoy. I went to Lowe's and got a nylon hose barb and a small hose clamp.
I started off by cutting about 6" off the threaded end of the decoy stake so that the decoy wouldn't sit a mile high on top of the new remote stake... I cut the threaded end off because there is a small notch on the other end that fits into the coupling on the motor box.
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Then I took the hose barb and just pushed it onto the decoy stake hole/tube. It is a real tight fit on mine so I didn't use any glue in case I decide later to use the original stake again. You could glue it on if you're worried about it, I'm sure it would be easy to drill the hose barb out if you decided to go back to the original DSD stake.
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Then I took a razor blade and cut a notch in the hose barb to allow it to be clamped down easier.
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Then I used the small #4 hose clamp to tighten the stake inside the hose barb... This allows you to slide the decoy up the stake if you want it to sit higher and also no permanent changes have been made to the decoy itself so if you don't like it or decide to do something different you're only out a few bucks.
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I started off by cutting about 6" off the threaded end of the decoy stake so that the decoy wouldn't sit a mile high on top of the new remote stake... I cut the threaded end off because there is a small notch on the other end that fits into the coupling on the motor box.
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Then I took the hose barb and just pushed it onto the decoy stake hole/tube. It is a real tight fit on mine so I didn't use any glue in case I decide later to use the original stake again. You could glue it on if you're worried about it, I'm sure it would be easy to drill the hose barb out if you decided to go back to the original DSD stake.
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Then I took a razor blade and cut a notch in the hose barb to allow it to be clamped down easier.
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Then I used the small #4 hose clamp to tighten the stake inside the hose barb... This allows you to slide the decoy up the stake if you want it to sit higher and also no permanent changes have been made to the decoy itself so if you don't like it or decide to do something different you're only out a few bucks.
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