02-22-2022, 07:26 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-22-2022, 07:49 PM by SkunkedAgain.)
Wow I must have taken an extended weekend, I'm way behind in responses... So I'll try to catch up here the best i can... Bob, you're right the Lithiums are not cheap and I won't go that direction because of price, but I do like the recharge cycles, which is like 5X more than the AGM per the numbers I've seen (if you can trust them)... and the weight reduction would be great... So when the price comes down to where poor folk can afford them, I'll probably go that direction... For now probably not... Roger, I talked to Alan the other day about the same thing and I had missed the point that the rod keeps the two synched up so both turn the same direction at the same time, so that saved my interference factor as long as they are linked anyway... I moved my motor closer to the main and it just verily clears the transom on the end of the right hand turns, but it should work if I get a good link to keep them synched up... The rest of your tips would be great if i had the budget and the room, but I lack both, so probably will have to figure out work arounds... For an 18 footer, this boat doesn't have much storage compared to the newer models... kind of 
, but I'm getting to like a lot of things it will offer, so I'm happy with the boat overall...
Curt and Bob, i love your seat ideas, except for affording them, but nice to look at anyway... Forest, yes unfortunately it does have the plastic hinges... Kind of bumbed about that, this seat had the best reviews on the site I was looking at, but I'm not real happy with them... Good idea to use them as the kid seats and overflow seating... I'll need to find two good high strength seats for the main two seats...
I like that slider idea on the drivers seat, unless it is a problem when I turn to face the rear... I'll have to check that out, I think I may have a clearance issue there... Shane, i'd love the Ulterra, but I was thinking Terrova, but maybe I need to rethink with a different boat... Thanks all for your tips and help... It sure is appreciated
So I don't know if anyone has notice I have a bit of a redneck tendency at times, so due to that I was having issues spending $500 plus on a mast for side planers, so I found a piece of old pipe laying around my scrap pile and well I sort of scabbed together a pole that i think will work fine for my boat... Can't wait to go try it, I mount the pipe in my front deck seat mount socket, seems to be secure, if not I'll put a bolt through it, anyway I pass the line through a couple eye bolts and secure it to an old fencing spool... I may get some ice shantee rattle reels to replace that spool, but sort of wanted to test it first... I built a side planer per I think it was a plan Bob provided a couple years back, it worked okay at toon speeds, but I built it smaller than the full size model that the plan covered... so i may have to scale it back up to full size for the boat... I really like the idea of just putting your clips on the main line and letting your rod set the distance how far out the line you fish... So I hope this will work when I get on the water later this year... Not sure what they call this method, but your planer board stays out full distance and your release slides out that line to where you fish, and when you get a bite that clip slides to the planer and you put a new clip on your line when you start fishing again... Hope that makes sense, I'm sort of
tied to explain what i was meaning... Later J
, but I'm getting to like a lot of things it will offer, so I'm happy with the boat overall...Curt and Bob, i love your seat ideas, except for affording them, but nice to look at anyway... Forest, yes unfortunately it does have the plastic hinges... Kind of bumbed about that, this seat had the best reviews on the site I was looking at, but I'm not real happy with them... Good idea to use them as the kid seats and overflow seating... I'll need to find two good high strength seats for the main two seats...
I like that slider idea on the drivers seat, unless it is a problem when I turn to face the rear... I'll have to check that out, I think I may have a clearance issue there... Shane, i'd love the Ulterra, but I was thinking Terrova, but maybe I need to rethink with a different boat... Thanks all for your tips and help... It sure is appreciated
So I don't know if anyone has notice I have a bit of a redneck tendency at times, so due to that I was having issues spending $500 plus on a mast for side planers, so I found a piece of old pipe laying around my scrap pile and well I sort of scabbed together a pole that i think will work fine for my boat... Can't wait to go try it, I mount the pipe in my front deck seat mount socket, seems to be secure, if not I'll put a bolt through it, anyway I pass the line through a couple eye bolts and secure it to an old fencing spool... I may get some ice shantee rattle reels to replace that spool, but sort of wanted to test it first... I built a side planer per I think it was a plan Bob provided a couple years back, it worked okay at toon speeds, but I built it smaller than the full size model that the plan covered... so i may have to scale it back up to full size for the boat... I really like the idea of just putting your clips on the main line and letting your rod set the distance how far out the line you fish... So I hope this will work when I get on the water later this year... Not sure what they call this method, but your planer board stays out full distance and your release slides out that line to where you fish, and when you get a bite that clip slides to the planer and you put a new clip on your line when you start fishing again... Hope that makes sense, I'm sort of
tied to explain what i was meaning... Later J
When things get stressful think I'll go fish'en and worry about it tomorrow!