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Location: Ft. Wayne Indiana | Got the new boat a while back, and I absolutely LOVE IT!!!
1910SC Polar Kraft powered by a very nice Suzuki 175. Lowrance X-125 up front for the clients and a Lowrance 25C on the dash. 80 pound Minn Kota Power Drive, powered by two amazing Trojan AGM 31's.
This boat simply rocks!!!!
More storage than ever, 18 rods, up to 8 foot can fit into the rod locker, HUGE front deck and rides very very nice.
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Location: Contrarian Island | did it come with a few Nascar jerseys too? lol
only 2 locators? that simply is not enough.
nice boat.
it's neat.
Edited by MSKY HNR 3/30/2006 10:08 PM
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| Nice boat Mike, I can't wait to fish in it!!
Edited by MuskyJay 3/30/2006 10:38 PM
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| It's funny how small the Suzuki's look...that's a huge motor but it really doesn't look that large on the boat. Nice ride Mike.
jed v.
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| that's an awesome looking ride man!
good luck with her this year dude!
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Location: The Sportsman, home, or out on the water | Congrats! I'm picking up my new ride tomorrow. I can't wait! |
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| Nice ride Mikester! Polars are popular down this way also, 'specially for tidal areas etc. Have a good season dude, congrats on yer progress the past few years.  |
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Location: Ft. Wayne Indiana | Trailer has breaks and the single axel is just fine. |
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Location: New Berlin,Wisconsin,53151 | Looks great...lets go!
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Nice ride, Mike! |
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| I really hate agreeing with GMG, but..... What is the rating of the trailer under that boat? What size tires? They look like 13" wheels. This is a 19 foot boat, correct? Probably around 1900-2000 for the boat. Motor another 500, gas another 300, plus gear, maybe another 2-300 lbs. That's over 3000 lbs easy.. The trailer just doesn't appear to be big enough. If those are 13" tires, and Carlisle to boot, I can almost guarrantee that you will have problems. Just hate to see you have any problems, Mike. Please check this out.
But that is a nice boat. Looks to be lots of storage, and plenty of deck room up front. Congrats.
Edited by Shep 3/31/2006 8:27 AM
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Location: Waukesha & Land O Lakes, WI | www.buymylund.com?.........Almost spit out my coffee.
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| Also, Mike. Put a Ram stabilizer on your Power Drive. You don't want the head bouncing around, and smacking itself on the gunnel. |
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Location: Watertown, MN | Mike nice ride, when is she planned on getting slimed? I would look into the trailer issue Shep brought up, I always get the next size trailer up from what dealer recommends, better safe than sorry going down the road. Broken axle are not to fun, but sure do smoke!
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Location: Ft. Wayne Indiana | I just called the trailer place.....will know more on Monday.
She has already been slimed....several times!!! |
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Location: Munster, IN | Nice ride Mike.
Does it have a heated livewell so the suckers don't feeze in November?
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Location: Minneapolis, MN | Congrats on the new rig. It probably doesn't feel good to hear criticism about your new toy but I concur with Shep on the Carlisles. If you have them, you may want to consider begging for a replacement. There's dozens of threads on Bass Fishing Home Page and Walleye Central about tire failures with this brand. I was in a friends truck twice when his failed. Its really scary with a single axle trailer because the entire tread came off. All that was left was the sidewalls. One time we had to use a knipex to cut all the steel belts off that were wrapped around the axle. |
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Location: Oak Lawn, IL. | I must agree with everyone here about the Carlisle tires. I've gone through all three that came with my 2001 Alumacraft/Trailmaster and they all peeled just like the guys are saying. First time it happened a guy told me that the tires weren't the proper rating for the weight of the boat. Thought he was just trying to sell me two more tires. Blew the third one last year in Kenora and the only place I could find that was open only had another Carlisle to sell me but I had no choice.
Beautiful boat though and I hope you have nothing but luck with everything, including the tires. |
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Location: Plainfield IL | Awesome ride mike. Congrats. Ditto on the carlisles! |
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Location: Waconia, MN | Great looking Ride Mike! Best of luck in 2006!
Later- |
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| I have carlisles on a brand new Tufftrail trailer....should I be concerned or ask for a replacement? The boat and trailer are 1 week old! Was ghoping I wouldn't run across a post like this. I have some goodyear marathons on another trailer the same size tires - should I switch. |
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| Your call, I blew out 3 of 4 carlisles the first summer on a new trailer. All while driving! What a mess it made of the paint job on both fenders. |
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| I would keep an eye on the tires, and keep them aired to the max, which is probably 50 PSI.
Mike, any word on the trailer and tires? What did the dealer have to say? |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | There is nothing wrong with the Carlisles. There was a bad run of them that were out there for awhile, but we've had absolutely no trouble with them since. I run thousands of miles a year on them, and only had problems with that run of tires. |
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Location: Wausau | Sweet looking ride! |
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| I have two brand new Carlise tires I would be happy to sell. They are the replacements for the two that blew out on me on the same trip. Fortunatley after the 1st one blew out I stopped in Brainerd and bought a marathon. Two tire blowing out the same day gives one pause to use that brand again. I also spent some time cutting the steel belt off the axle after it wrapped around it a few times. Always a good time on the shoulder of the interstate. |
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| By the way very nice looking boat. Love the rod locker look forward to going out in her this July |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | I had the exact same thing happen with a set of Goodyears a few years back on a K Dee. They stood behind them and I didn't have any trouble with the replacements. |
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Location: Ogden, Ut | One of the main things people fail to do on trailer tires is have them balanced. That causes a lot of premature failures irrespective of brand name.
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It is a nice looking boat Mike. |
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| First off, Sweet boat Mike! Congrats. Very nice ride. You went from one sweet ride to another sweet ride. :thumbsup:
Secondly...
Man....how ironic with the timing of a trailer tire thread.
Just this past Saturday, on my way up from Indy to the lake, I blew a Carlisle trailer tire. Just four hours prior to the trip, I had aired up my tires (cold mind you) and greased the bearings for that weekends trip. Glad I checked ALL three tires. It's not often I pay attention to the spare. De Ja Vue? I dunno...but I aired up the spare that same day too. Thankfully I did that.
This is the second Carlise I've blown in less than a year.
Last summer, I blew a Carlisle with my lightweight, 14ft aluminum Sea Nymph riding on a single axle trailer. Shreded the tire, blew out my tail light and destroyed the license plate bracket.
This past weekend, blew another Carlisle trailer tire with my Crestliner 1750 riding on a single axle trailer tire. HOWEVER! I must note, that I had a rather "small" incident which sent me off-road for a few seconds avoiding creating an accident. As I re-entered the highway...."thar she blows!"
The belts were sticking out of the tire in places it shouldn't have been sticking out of. LOL!
I'm still on two good tires...this weekend: Buying three new tires. Opting to not go with Carlisle. Not sure if I had a run of the bad batch that Sworral was talking about or what. But..I'm not going to chance it.
Toooo many years throughout the years going on vacations and traveling many miles and having so much wasted time spent on the sides of roads changing tires. Not just our familys trailer tires on boats, we're talking snowmobile trailer tires, work trailer tires, friends and uncles boat trailer tires, etc. For a few extra bucks...it's worth the peace of mind of traveling in relaxation vs. holding your breath and squinting over each and every bump in the road hoping your tires survive.
There's an old saying: "You get what you pay for."
And that holds true quite a bit.
I even question the rating on my Shorelander single axle trailer being big enough/strong enough for my 'lil Crestliner 1750.
This is the first time since I've own the boat (only have owned the boat for less than a year) that I've traveled with trolling motor batteries in the boat. I JUST bought two brand new 31 series trolling motor batteries and installed them in the boat before this trip. And those batteries storage compartment is right above the trailer's axle. I'd guess those batteries to weigh about 80 lbs each...give or take and that's adding about 160 lbs right over the axle.
I travel up to Michigan to places where our cabin is 10 miles back in a National Forest and it's all dirt/rock roads...I surely don't want to puncture a tire out there either due to a rock going through a cheap tire.
Edited by MACK 4/6/2006 9:11 PM
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| One thing I'll note about trailers and their size and ability to do the job: I question when buying boats, if these dealers just give the bare minimum trailer to hold/pull your boat to and from storage, in order to keep costs down to the consumer. Thinking that the consumer will use their trailer only twice a year; once to put the boat in the water in the Spring, then the trailer sits empty all season long, then come the Fall, pull the boat out of the water and then put the boat/trailer in storage for the Winter: rinse and repeat as necessary.
With people such as guides, such as Mike, that travel a LOT and travel miles and miles all year long....I would think it'd be in their best interest to quite literally "over do it" in the trailer dept and almost over compensate on the trailer just for that peace of mind. I know I don't travel or trailer nearly as much as Mike does...and I still squint and hold my breath at times, crossing my fingers that she'll hold up to the task.
Mike...if the boat manufacture or the trailer manufacturer that you're talking to about the trailer, says that your trailer will be fine, ask about warranty, which I'm sure you have. And/or...if your trailer's not already equiped with some sort of liqui-lube bearings vs. the traditional grease bearings...maybe at least upgrade to the liqui-lube style bearings.
Edited by MACK 4/6/2006 9:09 PM
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