Lund ProTrac Cover

[ray]

Wondering if anyone can help me figure out how to assemble the pieces to the ProTrac Cover from lund. A little background on my dilema. My Dad bought an '04 Lund Explorer last August and put me in charge of talking with the dealer about accesories that would come with the boat(I spent a lot of time reading the posts in this site on buying a boat and what people like to add to them). One of my priorities was a nice snap travel cover. At that time Lund was running a promotion that they would throw in the protrac cover for free. Dealer said that Lund would mail the cover directly to us in about 6 weeks. Cover never showed up after about 8 weeks so called the dealer and they found it in their shop. Went over and picked it up expecting it would be ready to go not really understanding the concept of how it works. As most of you probably know this cover is supposed to have clips that install into the track system under the gunwale of the boat. Opened up the package and to my surprise there was a bag of all kinds of hardware that needed to be installed. It did come with directions but neither I nor my Dad are very handy with these things and couldn't make out exactly what the directions were saying. Seemed like they left out some steps or explanation. Basically, can't figure out how the black clips that are supposed to slide in the track go in and how to get the "male part" of the snap into this black clip. The boat is the tiller model if that makes a difference?

Also wondering if any of you would expect the dealer to handle this assembly as part of the deal? If it is easier than I think, I would like to try myself as the dealership is in another community and would prefer not to haul the boat over there.

[kjgmh]

For the side snaps you fold the black plastic piece in half and insert in the pro-trac. Then the snap has a phillips head on the inside of it and you just screw it into the black plastic clip(after the clip is in the trac). If it has the bungees for the back of the cover you drill and bolt those in the back of the boat. On the front it should have turnbuckles, you can usaully find a deep well socket that will work to install them. If does not make sense I can email you some pics. kjgmh at hotmail

[ray]

Thanks for the reply kjgmh. Another question(s) that hopefully doesn't sound dumb. Would I have to pre-drill a hole in the plastic clips and do you have to line the clips up with the the snaps with the ones in the cover? I would appreciate the pics my email is [email protected].

Thanks!

[SXViper]

Ray,

Is the boat located in Fergus? If so I could possibly swing over and help you out with the installation. I work in the engineering dept. at Lunds. I live in Dent so I would be willing to swing over and help you out. You can reply on here or e-mail me at SXViper316 (at) yahoo.com

Let me know,

Brian

[fishlakeman]

SXViper,

It's cool to see a fellow engineer on the site, well not quite, I'm studying to become an engineer. I have always been a follower of Lund boats and ran into the VP of Sales when I was shopping for a Lund two weeks ago. I know his name is George, can't remember his last name, if you would happen to know his last name could you let me know? He offered to take me on a tour of the plant, so I'm looking foward to doing that sometime. My grandparents have a lake home on OtterTail, and I go to school at NDSU, so I'm pretty close to New York Mills. Would you happen to know if Lund offers any type of internships for mechanical engineering students? I have always wanted to be a boat builder/ designer (especially for Lund), and would be interested in learning all about the process. Thanks for any info! - Nick Pederson

[oilguy]

It's pretty sorry, but TTBOMK, the red boat factory doesn't haven any engineers. If anyone has better insider info, I'd be interested.

[SXViper]

Nick,

Why don't you sendme your e-mail addy then I will send you Georges last name. Also the answer is yes they usually have a couple interns every summer at Lunds. The best thing would be to stop be the office and ask them how to go about getting an internship.

Oilguy,

What makes you think there are no engineers at Lunds? How do you think the new products are developed? Do they just decide lets build it this way and thats it?

Brian

[fishlakeman]

Sure thing, I can't believe I forgot to add my e-mail adress. Anyway here it is: [email protected]. Thanks for the info!

[oilguy]

In a nutshell that's it. designers and professional engineers aren't the same thing. Ask the next professional engineer you meet

[marine_man]

Just to stir the pot a little...

So.. are you saying that lund doesn't employ any degreed engineers (4+ years of schooling, etc) and only employs designers (2 years of schooling)... or are you saying they don't have any registered PE's?

marine_man

[oilguy]

I had issues with a product a few years ago. de-rated hull to be specific. to make a long story short, when I asked a "white collar" employee if they had any engineers there I was told no.

[marine_man]

ok... here I thought you were going to start ripping on degreed engineers that didn't have their pe...

marine_man