06-10-2010, 01:09 AM
[quote high_n_dry]I've been curious how big a battery your using with your motor. If that's a 27 series, and you spring a leak or worse yet have a blowout, you best put that motor in high gear towards the closest beach or you the fish may get their sweet revenge.
I get nervous putting 100 lbs of battery and my 25 lbs worth of trolling motor on my toon let along a single bladder float tube rated at 350lbs.
It's a nice idea, but be safe out there. We need you and your fine writing on this forum.
Thanks for the post
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[cool][#0000ff]Now don't you worry your purty little head about me. I am all about safety. I take good care of my mother's son.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]First of all, I have been tubing for over plenty nine years and have never seen ANYBODY lose air enough to lose their rig or their lives. Could happen. More likely to get creamed on the road.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Second, while I have only one air chamber I have a lot of floatation in the foam seats. I cannot sink them in a swimming pool. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Third, I have added two parallel boat bumpers under the battery compartment to create extra floatation for the tube and to stabilize the ride when I add the motor and battery. As you can see in the attached pics...it works.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Lastly, I have the battery set up on a breakaway connection. IF I did find myself in trouble, with a suddenly collapsed air chamber, I could do a kayak roll and the battery and motor would sink...without me. Might lose some tackle, but that can be replaced. I gots more.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I started out with a 33 AH battery. Weighs only 24 pounds. Works great for an average day of tubing and you don't even know it's there. Today I tried my 75 AH battery...weighs about 50 pounds. Again, with the boat bumper floatation in the front I did not even notice the extra weight while kicking around. And after a bit of use the battery was still over 90 % capacity when I got home...even after a long run on the high setting of the motor.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Seriously, I do appreciate your concern and I want to agree that nobody should use something like this without a lot of experience, a lot of extra floatation and exercising all possible good sense and caution. And, if you don't actually wear your PFD the law says it has to be readily available on your tube.[/#0000ff]
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I get nervous putting 100 lbs of battery and my 25 lbs worth of trolling motor on my toon let along a single bladder float tube rated at 350lbs.
It's a nice idea, but be safe out there. We need you and your fine writing on this forum.
Thanks for the post![
][/quote][cool][#0000ff]Now don't you worry your purty little head about me. I am all about safety. I take good care of my mother's son.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]First of all, I have been tubing for over plenty nine years and have never seen ANYBODY lose air enough to lose their rig or their lives. Could happen. More likely to get creamed on the road.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Second, while I have only one air chamber I have a lot of floatation in the foam seats. I cannot sink them in a swimming pool. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Third, I have added two parallel boat bumpers under the battery compartment to create extra floatation for the tube and to stabilize the ride when I add the motor and battery. As you can see in the attached pics...it works.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Lastly, I have the battery set up on a breakaway connection. IF I did find myself in trouble, with a suddenly collapsed air chamber, I could do a kayak roll and the battery and motor would sink...without me. Might lose some tackle, but that can be replaced. I gots more.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I started out with a 33 AH battery. Weighs only 24 pounds. Works great for an average day of tubing and you don't even know it's there. Today I tried my 75 AH battery...weighs about 50 pounds. Again, with the boat bumper floatation in the front I did not even notice the extra weight while kicking around. And after a bit of use the battery was still over 90 % capacity when I got home...even after a long run on the high setting of the motor.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Seriously, I do appreciate your concern and I want to agree that nobody should use something like this without a lot of experience, a lot of extra floatation and exercising all possible good sense and caution. And, if you don't actually wear your PFD the law says it has to be readily available on your tube.[/#0000ff]
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