This sounds like a prudent idea going forward. I've also discovered today that you can buy the bobbins by themselves quite a bit cheaper than the rearm kits. The CO2 carts can be bought from a number of sources as well.
My self-inflating PFD was rearmed just last year and didn't get wet, but it inflated itself in the cab of my truck sometime in the last week or two. Is this a common problem? I hate the idea of buying a $25 rearm kit every year and I hate even worse the idea it will inflate and then be useless...
This is my 9.9 Evinrude on my 1648 Lowe Jon boat. This is a long shaft on a short transom, right? It seems to run fine and will plane the boat with two people. Should I elevate the transom to the correct height or just keep using it as-is? I could certainly fish shallower water if it were up a...
A guy locally has a 2006 Ultracraft 16ft fishing boat for sale. Google tells me very little about this brand. Any one have any opinions of them? I would mostly be interested because of the 25 HP Mercury outboard, but It would be a plus if the hull were of good quality.
It’s an outboard, and fortunately one that doesn’t require extended cranking. It’s just that I frequently am away from power for a week or so and I worry about the extra load. The motor doesn’t keep the battery fully topped off because it often takes a while to being it back to full charge when...
I’ve only owned two “real” boats in my life, but both have had their battery wiring done the same way. The trolling motor gets its own battery and then every other electrical draw is hooked to the starting battery. From both a current allocation and safety standpoint that seems wrong to me. The...
I had 13" Carlisle tires on my little utility trailer than only carried a 300 pound lawnmower. Those tires lasted 15 years without a single surface crack, which is nothing short of amazing. They still looked almost new when I dismounted them, and you could tell how much thicker and well made...
I’d never heard of them so I did a Google search. Made in Thailand.
And I already have my Goodyears anyway. But I did see they are sold by Walmart, so maybe I might try a set when I replace them in a few years.
My tires that failed were both less than three years old and less than 5K miles. Both were properly inflated. Both suffered internal delaminations. The second one was sort of a mixed blessing because it happened when I was only going about 20 mph in Atlanta traffic. Mixed because I had to drift...
