my trailer light went out on my boat so I did a few tests and I have yet to solve the problem so I need some help from you experts. I did a test on my trailer light plug on my truck and I was not getting juice, I got out the owners manual and checked the fuses in the truck they were ok, I then checked the fuses in the power distribution box under the hood, I found one that was burtout so I replaced it figuring it would solve the problem, it did not. The fuse was a 40A maxi fuse and the discription of the fuse location in the manual said "Trailer Tow Battery Charge Relay, Engine Fuse Module (fuse 2) I then looked under the bumper and followed the wiring all the way to the hood area and could not see anything that looked like it had come unpluged. My rear taillights and my licience plate light work but I dont have juice going to the plug, I have a plug that is circular and it has 2 center prongs in the middle surrounded by 6 prongs. The Cap of the plug says Hoppy 6-24 and my truck is a 98 ford f-150. Any help would be appreciated. thanks AJ
Wanderer, thanks for your reply. I do intend for it to be 24 volt, with a thrust of 70-80. Spot lock is a must (my wife is looking forward to
not being the anchor person any more). With my old boat we did quite a lot of pulling shad raps and hot n tots, using the trolling motor. Unlikely
that we will fish in whitecaps, did plenty of that when I was younger. I also need a wireless remote, not going back to a foot pedal. We do a fair amount of bobber fishing.
I don't think I will bother with a depth finder on the trolling motor. I am leaning toward moving my Garmin depth finder from my old boat to the
new one, just because I am so used to it and it works well for me. I am 70 years old and kinda set in my ways...
Dang, new content and now answers.
First, congrats on the new boat!
My recommendation is to get the most thrust you can in 24V, assuming a boat that size isn’t running 36V. 80 might be tops? I’m partial to MinnKota.
How do you plan to use the trolling motor is an important question too.
All weather or just nice weather?
Casting a lot or bait dragging?
Bobber or panfish fishing?
Spot lock? Networked with depth finders? What brand of depth finders?
We have bought a new boat, which we will be picking up this spring. It is an Alumacraft Competitor 165 sport with a 90 horse Yamaha
motor. I will be buying and installing a trolling motor, wondering if I can get some recommendations on what pound thrust I will
want for this boat? Also, I will be selling my old boat, is there a good way to determine the value on an older boat ( mid-80's with a 75 horse 2-stroke
Mariner motor) I will appreciate any help with these questions.
I went ahead and watched some of the MLF coverage. Wheeler didn’t make the cut but the bigger story was the Poche/Avera fallout.
Kinda funny listening to both sides of the story and putting together the scenario, reading between the lines.
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my trailer light went out on my boat so I did a few tests and I have yet to solve the problem so I need some help from you experts. I did a test on my trailer light plug on my truck and I was not getting juice, I got out the owners manual and checked the fuses in the truck they were ok, I then checked the fuses in the power distribution box under the hood, I found one that was burtout so I replaced it figuring it would solve the problem, it did not. The fuse was a 40A maxi fuse and the discription of the fuse location in the manual said "Trailer Tow Battery Charge Relay, Engine Fuse Module (fuse 2) I then looked under the bumper and followed the wiring all the way to the hood area and could not see anything that looked like it had come unpluged. My rear taillights and my licience plate light work but I dont have juice going to the plug, I have a plug that is circular and it has 2 center prongs in the middle surrounded by 6 prongs. The Cap of the plug says Hoppy 6-24 and my truck is a 98 ford f-150. Any help would be appreciated. thanks AJ
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