Has this ever happened to you before

[Bduck]

This has been mentioned in another thread. I have been looking at the Gatorbak for a while thinking about installing them on my next bunk rebuild. I do have the hard sectional plastic covers over the carpet which has never been an issue with me launching in freezing conditions. As FishfulThinking mentioned about the impeller is true. My sons impeller on his outdrive of an IO sheared the frozen rubber fins on the impeller, ruined his day of fishing after driving 3hrs one way obtaining fishing & boating permits in another state on an Indian reservation, Pyramid Lake.