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My kid was eating in Beverly Hills and ran into this guy. Talked to him a bit and wished him luck in the game tonight.
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🤔as a recovering machinist!🤣🤣that must make me a recovering welder!
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By Crow Hunter · Posted
I just figured that it is easy enough to just get a 3 bank so when the boat is not in use I can keep all 3 batteries charged. I have not bough a charger yet, maybe I will give it some more thought. Edit: After thinking this over, with the size, weight, and heat output of the charger (as well as the cost) I think it makes sense to just buy a 2 bank charger, I have a smaller charger i can use on the starting battery when the boat is sitting at home. Forgive me, for i am a retired engineer and I have to obsess over everything... -
Congrats on the motor! I think you’ll like it. I can’t say much on the charger location but I’ve seen them under the lid in back compartments and under center rod lockers. 160 degrees is more than I expected to hear. Curious why you’re opting for a 3 bank charger with a 24V trolling motor. Unless you don’t feel you be running you big motor enough to keep that battery up as well?
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By Crow Hunter · Posted
I did buy an Minnkota Ulterra, thanks for the recommendations. I had a bunch of Cabela"s bucks saved up, which helped. Now i need to get an onboard battery charger. Where do you guys mount these things in your boat? The manufacturer I am looking at {Noco genius) says tht their 3-bank charger will run at 160 degrees, seems like a lot of heat in an enclosed compartment? Thanks for any input on this. -
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By bobbymalone · Posted
Wasn't terrible at a state park beach. Antelope island maybe. I wouldn't recommend it as a beach destination tho. Figured I was there, I'm getting in it.
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Scoot
I have a 1998 Alumacraft 170 Tournament pro. On the back of it is a 115 hps 4-stroke Yammy which is attached to the boat by a jack-plate. Also on the back is a 9.9 hps 4-stroke Yammy.
The problem is this- the back end of the boat sits too dang low in the water. We took off the kicker motor (the 9.9) and that greatly improved the problem- but... we don't want to get rid of the kicker.
We're wondering about the jack-plate. For our boat we haven't seen the improvement in performance that some boats get with a jack-plate so we have no problem taking it off. However, we'd like to know before hand if we're going to see much of an improvement in how low the boat sits in the water if we remove the jack-plate. It weighs 44 lbs. which is basically half of what the kicker motor weighs- so we'll see roughly half the improvement we saw taking off the kicker motor. Also, by taking off the jack-plate, we'll be moving the weight of the big motor forward approximately 5 inches. How much additional benefit will this give us in terms of how low the motor sits?
Finally, anyone interested in buying a used jack-plate?
Thanks much for the help!
Scoot
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