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  1. dingbat

    A disaster waiting to happen

    Something to think about....... A #3,500 boat traveling at 60 MPH has the momentum of 1,139,884.5 lb·ft/s. Ignoring the deceleration time of the accident, your looking at a potential load of #35,433 Two.....#2,000 straps going to cut it?
  2. dingbat

    Shurflow Baitwell Pump

    Heads up.....that particular pump requires a flooded intake to prime. The pump does not "suck" per say. It will not prime sticking the end in the bucket. The pump has to be mounted below the water line or behind a scoop type intake to force water into the pump chamber for it to prime
  3. dingbat

    Triton 18ft Roller Trailer Alignment Question

    #5K+ boat....tired that once. Motor off, trimmed up and secured before loading since. I back trailer (tandem axle, 32 rollers) in until the just the top of the fenders is above water. At that point, only the front rollers are above the water. Walk out the tongue/rail of the trailer and grab...
  4. dingbat

    Shurflow Baitwell Pump

    The male threads on the bottom is the inlet that screws into the seacock. The molded hose barb at the top of the pump goes to the live well. The nylon hose fitting on the bottom (side) is the washdown supply.
  5. dingbat

    Triton 18ft Roller Trailer Alignment Question

    My boat has a “Carolina Flair”. Can’t reach the hook from the bow. Have to walk the rail of the trailer to connect. Have an electric winch so easy from that point on
  6. dingbat

    Shurflow Baitwell Pump

    What live well pump do you have? My live well pump is shown below. The bottom (intake) screws into the seacock. The output (top) is plumbed to the live well. The feed to the second pump (lower port with pipe plug) is plugged off since I have a separate intake for the washdown pump
  7. dingbat

    Triton 18ft Roller Trailer Alignment Question

    They load and unload easily enough. Too easy if anything. Thinking about switching from galvanized roller to aluminum bunk. Getting to old to walk the rail to hook up the winch cable. Prefer the stick and go of a bunk trailer. Winch the boat to the post on dry ground Just looking at the...
  8. dingbat

    Shurflow Baitwell Pump

    Ok, I have the same washdown pump on my boat. If I’m seeing this correctly, the intact (outside water) comes into the live well pump. From there, the outlet of the live well pump is connected to a in-line strainer on the input of the washdown pump. Have to assume the exit of the washdown pump...
  9. dingbat

    Prop hitting anode

    Looking through the import/export records….. it looks like we can blame the Tiawanese for the problem…..lol
  10. dingbat

    Prop hitting anode

    Currently advertising they "squeeze" cast. In effect injection die casting https://buntyllc.com/squeeze-casting/ Still scratching my head as to how an "out of round" prop made it past the balancing process......if it made it in the first place. Maybe QA was on vacation
  11. dingbat

    Best water separator

    If you already have a filter head, just swap out the existing fuel filter for a "B32" series spin-on filter. You will need the clear bottom the first time, but from there on out you replace the filter can only...
  12. dingbat

    Triton 18ft Roller Trailer Alignment Question

    "Loading" is the amount of weight (pressure) per unit area of support. Instead of the hull being supported by the full width and length (area) of a roller, the weight is concentrated on the contact point which is much much smaller area than in full contact. At this point I doubht the...
  13. dingbat

    Wiring a fish finder

    Yes to all of your questions. The only real criteria is that you don’t want it powered through a switch, ie ignition, Ideally you would wire to the distribution panel (fuse panel) at the helm and fused there
  14. dingbat

    Shurflow Baitwell Pump

    Is this a new installation of a replacement? Having a hard time envisioning how a centrifugal pump (bait well) would pump water through a positive displacement (wash down) pump. I have separate intakes for each pump
  15. dingbat

    Triton 18ft Roller Trailer Alignment Question

    Yes... caused centralized loading at the point of contact Certainly can't be doing it any good. My boat started to "lean" to one side when loading a while back. Found one of the roller brackets had moved off center a bit. Raised and centered the boat. Moved the bracket over to met the hull...
  16. dingbat

    Outboard Trolling Motor Mounting

    What is the purpose of the motor? Pretty much everyone I know that mounted kickers to troll Stripers (2-3 kts) gave up and went back to trolling with main motor(s) Lots of mechanical issues, cracked and broken mounts, pulled bolts, etc. but the main reason was economics. The big 4 stroke...
  17. dingbat

    Adding trim tabs, positioning, transducer placement, etc.

    I’m running GT51-M-TM. Basically the same setup. Pretty sure that is a typo in the documentation. Had issues with SV clipping the out drive on my original install. Called Garmin Tech support who said the transducer was too far off center. Told me to mount as close to center line as possible...
  18. dingbat

    Found piece of metal in exhaust outlet

    Looks like a paint can opener.
  19. dingbat

    Saltwater boat reel.

    That doesn’t tell me much. Species, method of fishing and line type determine required line capacity of reel. I use a Penn Slammer 260 for jigging Stripers to #30. Live lining I jump with to a 360 Live liner For whatever reason, Penn discontinued selling the Slammer and Slammer line liner...
  20. dingbat

    Saltwater boat reel.

    What size reel are you looking for? What kind of fishing will you be doing?
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