sherman brown

i cant say for sure on heavy wire but i put braid backing then 300' of 15# wire on a Okuma convector 30 with plenty of 30# power pro backing.

that's like getting 2 for the price of 1. if i did my downriggers off my tracks i would jump on these for this price. good luck with your sale.

you could be right about there being a problem with the charging system. but you have a lot of stuff going for a 12 amp charger to keep the battery charged. and it could just be it doesn't reach the full 12 amps when idling. you need a good volt tester and not just a test light then shut everything off and test your battery to see what volts it has. then start your kicker and at idle see what you have. now have someone rev the kicker to a higher RPM and see what your getting. I have a volt meter on my old Black and Decker charger that makes it simple to check the voltage in my batteries. have you compared the voltage output rating on your old motors voltage output rating? it could just be as simple as your older motor having a higher output than the 12 amps on this motor. if you want to know for sure take it to a dealer and have them check to see if it is charging and at what output at idle and at a higher RPM. I'm still not convinced 12 amps is enough to run everything and still charge the battery. but you do need to know for sure one way or the other and that's by testing it yourself or having a dealer or marina that can just hook it to their machine and test it. have you tried running your motor with everything off and just seeing what the voltage at your battery is? I used 2 batteries in my old boat with a Perco battery switch so I could switch which battery i wanted to use. then if the battery was too low to start my motor I would just switch to using the other one. but do not use both batteries to start your motor if one of them is low. ni learned this the hard way when I had the switch set on both and it was cranking very slow. with the starter dragging I just took it in and paid for a new starter to be installed. but when I still had the same problem i started switching to one battery at a time and it started great on 1 battery but would hardly crank the motor over with the other one. and using them both the bad battery was drawing the good batter down making me think the starter was bad. bought new batteries and the problem was solved.

are you sure the motor has a charging system? What else are you running off the battery? the motor shouldn't drain the battery at all. but do you know the amp output of the kicker? are the other items pulling more amps than the kicker puts out?

I may have a few 40 and 30 but I'll check the next time I go down to my pole barn.

another big factor is not only the weight but the type of weight you use. I have used 12# and 13# pancake weights for a few years. but last summer we used 8# dredge weights and had less blowback than with the pancake weights. then I found a guy who sells the dredge weights at a great price. so I bought 10# weights last fall to try this summer. if anyone wants his info just pm me and I'll gladly give you his website.

that's one heck of a deal for whoever gets it. it does look like it's been used very little. so I would think it's as good as new. now price a new one and 300.00 won't even be close. I would buy it myself but the boat we bought came with 2 older cannons that still do the job. then I have 2 Big Jon pro tournament riggers that are still almost new even tho they are a few yrs old they have seen very little use fishing Erie for 1 week each year for eyes that came off my old boat.

I bought a center console with a 150 HP Merc that was still a great motor for years until some good friends put something in the gas tank that caused it to lock up. I had to clean the separator filter a couple of times on my way back in but whatever it was did its job before I made it back in. hindsight is 20 20 and the first time I had to clean the filter and saw it had something in the gas I should have got a tow and not kept running the motor. if a saltwater motor is cleaned and flushed out like it should be they are as good as any other motor.

getting the lt4000 just has a little more power which ni believe you didn't really need but it doesn't hurt anything, it just cost a few bucks more. but if it gives you peace of mind it's well worth the extra money. good luck, great fishing, and have a great season.

I don't know a lot about running sliders. but if they are hanging up on your knots why not try other knots, I have had great luck with the uni-to-uni knot. another small knot that has worked great for me when splicing lines is the old blood knot. and if I'm using braid I will always add a couple of twists in the line so the braid doesn't slip.

. I haven't had any real trouble. but it's best to keep the cable from getting loops in it. and I only spool off just what I need to reach the bow eye which is usually only about 10' or less for me. now on some shallow ramps, it does take a little more. but even if it tangled it would all be right on top. I have had a loop in the cable when bringing the boat up when the cable gets tight it it never gave me any trouble. 1 am 72 and in poor health. I couldn't even think about going boating without my electric wince. the 1st time I used an electric wince my oldest son and I were at Brookville Lake camping. and my wife and I were there for the next week. so my son left with my boat still tied up at the dock. and I had to load it by myself on a steep ramp. I had to stop 2 different times and rest for about 15 minutes each time. my heart just couldn't take it. but before I launched again I drove down to Cincy and bought an electric winch or my boating would have ended yrs ago. I started with boat trailer winches but I would have to stop and winch the boat back down as it would get slack from the boat rocking on the trailer. but I finally read about the load-holding brake on the Super winch lt3000 winch. now I do have an Lt5000 that I bought new off eBay but right now I don't need to use it but it does feel good to know I have it if the lt3000 ever goes bad. now I do have a couple of other trailer winches but they are still Super Winch just a different type of winch. I am planning on using one on my new to me 17' Rinker with the 115 HP Johnson but haven't mounted it yet. I forget just what they are but I believe they are S-series winches. the cost up around 600.00 new but I bought mine like new but used for a lot less money. I am sorry for the long message. the bottom line is once you use the S-series or the LT series you will never go back to a manual.

I used one on my trailer for my 21' cobia that had roller bunks on top of the regular bunks. but on the 26' it has bunks on it and works great. I had an 87 28' sea ray with twin 4.3 Mercruiser with bunks on the trailer and it pulled up just fine. you could go up to an lt4000 but I just don't think you need it. i started using electric over 15 yrs ago. but the lt3000 with the load-holding brake is what I switched to and I trust it not to slip and let the boat slide back on the trailer. but I still hook up a safety chain just in case. if it would make you feel better with the extra power then it's not going to hurt to get the lt400. but I would make sure to let off the power once the trailer bow roller is firmly in place on the boat.

I use the superwinch lt3000 for our 26' sylvan and it doesn't even strain. but i watch to make sure the boat is pulled up to tight. these winches have a double braking system and are load-holding winches. but I get mine off eBay.

if you don't find anything you might check out Cisco tracks with a web search then go to hodgesmarine.com for cannon ratcheting holders.

I did use pancake 13# weights. we bought a boat that came with 8# dredge weights. they were even better about blowback than the 13# pancake weights. so i figured if the 8# was so good I would try some 10# weights. I found a great place to get them at redskyoutdoorgear.com and they have great dredge weights at reasonable prices. but I believe you can use these in 10# and do as good or even better with the 10# dredge-type weights than the 12# shark weights your looking for.