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Thanks Guys. Kodiak is the buy and my trailer guy is really an RV guy who can work on boat trailers. He does not use suppliers for boat trailers so I ordered those from e-trailer and eastern marine in large part because I can get them for a little less but also because they can be here...

Hey Guys: I have had my trailer at the trailer guy now for over two weeks and he is just getting to it today and I am supposed to be departing Friday for the Keys. UGHHHHH! Anyway, the calipers are seized up in the open position, so the wheels spin but I have no brakes. I am looking to buy...

Grady uses Evergreen marine wood in their boats and I think since about 2000 or so. This is a far superior product than previous years. Some of the most reputable boats on the water like Hatteress use wood. If they built their boats was build like a Carolina Skiff and I own one, or Bayliner...

The question is what kind of water do they wish to boat in around the coast? They can go to Washington and Bath and hit the upper Pamlico Sound, the water is fresh to salt depending on where you go. If they want pretty water, try Beaufort and Emerald Isle area. Wrightsville Beach is nice as...

Hey Yall: Friday I am heading to the Key Largo for 14 days. If anybody is going to be down there then and wants to meet up for a boat drink or what ever, drop me a line....

Bennett is awesome and Tabman lurks here as well. He helped me last year with solving a problem. In life we will always have problems and those businesses who address those problems are leaders. Tabman is a leader in customer service. It is not the problem, it is how we solve it that makes a...

My vote is trim tabs...significantly better than those hyrdo foil things on the motor as you can fine tune how the boat rides both bow pitch up or down and how the boat lists or leans from side to side too while running....

Grog, While you are correct the current direction going through the fuse makes little difference, the fuse's position in a circuit can be critical. The reason fuses are on the plus side of device and ahead of the switch is for it to protect the device. So reversing the circuit the fuse is on now...

If you want mahi off the coast of South Carolina you have maybe till the end of June, then it goes dead, but the king fish heat up in the summer. They are great to catch, but you should not eat a lot of them though. I get the spring Mahi bug something fierce - lol.

Grady, as far as I know, has NEVER drained a fish box, live well or ice chest to the bilge in their designs for the past 20 or 30 years, if ever for that matter. This does not sound right at all. All those compartments should drain by gravity to a through hull and out to sea. It is time popping...

Wow, hope things work out with this. Current flows when switches are closed (on). This puzzles me here...most fuses in a DC circuit are wired to the positive (inbound current) side of the circuit.So the circuit is now reverse and essentially there are no fuses but if the electronics are off...

congrats! nice fish.

I had a 1998 192 and I am not sure when the SV2 hull was rolled out on this boat. I know mine was. I can not answer some of your questions. The baitwell behind the helm is an option by the factory. Some folks put their own in the boat so not sure there. Sorry The gas tank lid is attached by...

Magic, She is in the water on a freshwater lake right now. I meant what I said on the clean up. We spent about an hour Saturday cleaning the boat while on the water. We swam around the water line and scrubbed the scum, we washed the deck with biodegradible soap, we polished the curtians with...

Bill, When I am near the ocean, I am like you in I wash it really well. I find it pleasing though to clean the boat at the end of the day. I enjoy it. I hate honey do lists at home though, just hate it (lol), but my boat is another story. I see it as I get to clean to the boat versus I have to...

I dont know much about the X5 but it is not much bigger than my 2008 4 Runner. Towing is easy, stopping is the trick especially on the Interstate. my 4 Runner is rated at 7,500 pounds with its V8 and while I can tow my 228 with it, I do not. I tow it with my Tundra with 5.7 liter and 14 inch...

bay rat - I am with you brother. When we troll for dolphin at 7 knots having the curtains up ( or off) is nice having the breeze in your face and so forth. I know the boat is designed to be in the water and all, but if it is choppy having them down with spray off the quarter is nice to me. i...

Zimm, that is a fine looking boy you have. My kids grew up on the boat and many memories shared. Bigfoot, you owe it to take a ride on Brian's 225. That 272 would be an awesome boat on Lanier then mauybe the bug would bite you to take her to saltwater too. Grady Crazy - the 226/228 are...

Zimm, I have mine under a metal shed similar to yours and they do make extensions for those legs which is a cheap modification. I trailer my boat nearly 3,000 miles a year with 2 or 3 long trips to Florida and it is essentially your boat. I pull it with a 2008 Tundra with 5.7 liter. The hard...

I would love to do something like this, but alas I have all gas tank under there and not much space for this mod. Then again you have a Journey and I have the 228, this is where 2 more feet comes in handy (lol).....