RacerxV6 Posted November 13, 2021 Report Share Posted November 13, 2021 Came home from work to find this on the front porch. Thank you Geeviam for your assistance and input. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geeviam Posted November 13, 2021 Report Share Posted November 13, 2021 Looks great Racerx! Glad you were able to find one in stock! You'll need to snap-on the Gearcase Adapter Ring that came with it, to ensure a good seal and keep the exhaust channeled through the prop hub. Then go run that thing!! ☺️ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RacerxV6 Posted November 13, 2021 Report Share Posted November 13, 2021 Already snapped on and getting ready to install 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernWake Posted November 16, 2021 Report Share Posted November 16, 2021 Just got back from a bit of a road trip: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geeviam Posted November 16, 2021 Report Share Posted November 16, 2021 Congrats Cleve! Great looking skiff! Can't wait to see some of the catches you'll be sneaking up on with this rig. Looks like it has the little guy's approval too! 👍 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whichwaysup Posted November 17, 2021 Report Share Posted November 17, 2021 16 hours ago, SouthernWake said: Just got back from a bit of a road trip: Man, that's awesome. Really really cool to see you found one, and a beauty at that! She looks well rigged, well maintained, and downright purdy! Love the pic of your son, I see he's already claimed the helm! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernWake Posted November 17, 2021 Report Share Posted November 17, 2021 Thanks everyone, went out this morning and welcomed her to the marshes of SC with a dozen or so reds on fly by myself with the dog. Really impressed with this boat across many categories. now the tough part of selling my old one. IMG_0569.MOV 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HewesYourDaddy Posted November 19, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2021 On 11/17/2021 at 12:12 PM, SouthernWake said: Thanks everyone, went out this morning and welcomed her to the marshes of SC with a dozen or so reds on fly by myself with the dog. Really impressed with this boat across many categories. now the tough part of selling my old one. IMG_0569.MOV 28.57 MB · 0 downloads That's such a cool video. Thanks for sharing that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanaflatsfish Posted November 20, 2021 Report Share Posted November 20, 2021 that's not even legal....shooting reds in a barrel LOL... Wow....very cool video....great dog BTW 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RacerxV6 Posted November 21, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted November 21, 2021 My daughter joined me this year as a member in my fishing club. We had our first tourney yesterday and we took 2nd place and my daughter took big fish with a 4.79 lb large mouth. She also got an $80 payout for that. To say how proud I was and excited for her is an understatement. 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whichwaysup Posted November 22, 2021 Report Share Posted November 22, 2021 That’s fantastic!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whichwaysup Posted November 22, 2021 Report Share Posted November 22, 2021 I have an ongoing battle with trailer lights. For the first 10 years of my boating life, I simply ignored them - not a single trailer I owned had a full set of working trailer lights. But, eventually, I amended my ways. Now it drives me nuts to have a light out, but its an constant, aggravating battle. Between wiring that goes bad, connections that break, and lights that go out, keeping all the lights on is an exercise in frustration, but one I've been religiously maintaining. I trailer a lot before dawn and don't want to kill anyone. Then after all that, you go to the boat ramp and some jack-a-ninny clips your trailer and drives off. So, to the frickin' a-hole in the blue BMW who was parked in a HANDICAPPED BOAT TRAILER SPOT besides me at the CB state park marina, I hope my trailer scratched the hell out of your paint job. Oh, and thanks for the note . . . oh wait, you didn't leave one. Seriously, it's 37 bucks for a new light kit, I can afford it, but a note would have been nice. And I know that the guy knew he did it because he ever-so-kindly tried to hide the incident by "re-mounting" my broken light to the trailer before driving off. Had it not been for my license plate sitting on the ground, I wouldn't have known what happened till later. What's wrong with people? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geeviam Posted November 22, 2021 Report Share Posted November 22, 2021 1 hour ago, whichwaysup said: What's wrong with people? Dis-functional parenting. Sorry for your troubles Gus. I kept blowing bulbs on my trailer or they wouldn't work right. Found two things wrong. The trailer ground wire (white wire) has to be well attached to the trailer frame, and also connected properly to the ground pin on the plug-in on your towing vehicle. The other thing I found was a short in one of the tail lights on the towing vehicle. The screw that holds the tail light lens in place went through the bundle of wires when the wire bundle was not moved out of the way of the screw hole when reattaching after changing a bulb. I separated the wires where the screw nicked them and wrapped each one individually with electrical tape to fix the short. Hope this helps 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smilemaker Posted November 23, 2021 Report Share Posted November 23, 2021 Hopefully scratch is beyond the TV miracle eraser. On a note about trailer lighting. Today's LED lights are very susceptible to bad grounds. Over the years I finally went to eliminating the trailer as my ground source and run a dedicated ground to each light. The easiest way is to place a plastic junction box on the trailer such that it does not get submerged. Run the plug wires into box. Now from each wire you can easily run the appropriate wire to the light. Troubleshooting down the road is easy as you have total access to each end. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanaflatsfish Posted November 23, 2021 Report Share Posted November 23, 2021 3 hours ago, smilemaker said: Hopefully scratch is beyond the TV miracle eraser. On a note about trailer lighting. Today's LED lights are very susceptible to bad grounds. Over the years I finally went to eliminating the trailer as my ground source and run a dedicated ground to each light. The easiest way is to place a plastic junction box on the trailer such that it does not get submerged. Run the plug wires into box. Now from each wire you can easily run the appropriate wire to the light. Troubleshooting down the road is easy as you have total access to each end. best way to do it.... dc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuddyBottomBluz Posted November 23, 2021 Report Share Posted November 23, 2021 9 hours ago, smilemaker said: Over the years I finally went to eliminating the trailer as my ground source and run a dedicated ground to each light. The easiest way is to place a plastic junction box on the trailer such that it does not get submerged. Run the plug wires into box. Now from each wire you can easily run the appropriate wire to the light. Troubleshooting down the road is easy as you have total access to each end. This is great advice and have done this myself. But what else I did, after reading it on this forum, was I went with some fairly inexpensive extension cords and used those as my trailing lighting wires. Obviously not the same colors but you just have to know the colors and how they are connected. It is doubled sheathed for extra protection, waterproof, just make sure the connections are done properly. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smilemaker Posted November 23, 2021 Report Share Posted November 23, 2021 Muddybottom I have heard of people using extension chord but I prefer to use a tinned wire for anything marine. I use a duplex wire with 2 or 4 wires. This also gives that extra layer of abrasion protection. Costs more than extension chord but the tinned wire is better for salt water. Much has been said on connections but you can't beat a good heat shrink butt connector slathered with liquid electrical tape and then encased by heat shrink tube about an inch passed the connector. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whichwaysup Posted November 23, 2021 Report Share Posted November 23, 2021 10 hours ago, smilemaker said: Hopefully scratch is beyond the TV miracle eraser. On a note about trailer lighting. Today's LED lights are very susceptible to bad grounds. Over the years I finally went to eliminating the trailer as my ground source and run a dedicated ground to each light. The easiest way is to place a plastic junction box on the trailer such that it does not get submerged. Run the plug wires into box. Now from each wire you can easily run the appropriate wire to the light. Troubleshooting down the road is easy as you have total access to each end. You have a pic of this? Going to have to rewire the trailer and might consider this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorkDork Posted November 23, 2021 Report Share Posted November 23, 2021 38 minutes ago, whichwaysup said: You have a pic of this? Going to have to rewire the trailer and might consider this. Rewired my trailer this way about 3 years ago and haven’t had any issues. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuddyBottomBluz Posted November 23, 2021 Report Share Posted November 23, 2021 52 minutes ago, smilemaker said: I use a duplex wire with 2 or 4 wires. This also gives that extra layer of abrasion protection. Costs more than extension chord but the tinned wire is better for salt water. Absolutely, the tinned is better but with the cost of wire these days trailer lights can be pretty expensive using it. But again as you mentioned the connections are key using proper heat shrink or the 5200 and then the heat shrink is key. As mentioned though this was the absolute best trailer wiring I had and never had to mess with it for years! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RacerxV6 Posted November 24, 2021 Report Share Posted November 24, 2021 sorry also Gus about all the troubles you are encountering. I backed into a trailer once left the guy a note and offered to replace his tandem trailer fender. he said no way, I was the first one to ever leave a note...he said not to worry about it. I did bend it back and almost got it back inplace...any who on to trailer lights, I have not had the issues you are having as freshwater isn't as rough on the trailer like old salty is........hope you figure it out.... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish5 Posted November 24, 2021 Report Share Posted November 24, 2021 I also can NOT stand a non working trailer light. I have several work boats and a couple pleasure. Constantly battle with the work boats. Couple weeks ago i pulled the pathfinder and noticed one side of the trailers marker lights were out, almost immediately replaced but noticed that the wires were mighty brittle, looks like a complete rewire is in the near future. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rckeat Posted November 25, 2021 Report Share Posted November 25, 2021 I rewired my trailer I'm guessing about 7 or 8 years ago using one of those trailer wiring harnesses. Wire was not tinned, but I ran a separate ground to every light and haven't had any problems since other than a the clearance light bar going bad. All other lights still function as they should. The keys for me are independent grounds to each light (ran them from a bus bar I riveted to my trailer), and avoid splicing anything that will get dunked. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whichwaysup Posted November 26, 2021 Report Share Posted November 26, 2021 Got a little work done on the trailer. Finally added the centering bunks with my boys help. Used them yesterday and they made a big difference. Also rewired the trailer using an extra wiring harness I had, thought about going fancy with extension cords, boxes, etc, but didn’t have the equipment. Was rewarded for my efforts with precisely ONE working light after I finished. 🤪 Apparently I have a ground issue. New trailer lights arrived so will put those on and address the ground today. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernWake Posted November 26, 2021 Report Share Posted November 26, 2021 Those centering bunks make life much easier. next warm day you take the boat out put some paraffin wax on your bunks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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