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Location: Central Iowa | I'm heading up to Canada this year with my own boat for the first time, what are some items that you guys won't leave at home when going on a week long trip? Spare prop and wrench, extra spark plugs, oil...anything else that I'm forgetting? |
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Location: Otsego, MN | spare tire and a jack. |
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Location: So. Illinois | A good pair of cutters, a big first aid kit and a marine band radio...... |
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| bearing kit for trailer
fuses
electrical tape and wire nuts
Jeff |
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| Spare trail wrench, trailers and tow vehicles have different size lug nuts. |
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| I always bring a spare trolling motor. Have needed it 2 out of the last 5 seasons. If you are running a Minn Kota power drive I would strongly suggest bringing at least 1 spare foot pedal also. |
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Location: Elk River, Minnesota | If possible, I would have a kicker motor with you. If your big motor goes out and you are 10 miles from camp, your TM batteries are not going to get you there. Always, ALWAYS play safe. On that same note, if your kicker is 2 stroke and your big motor is 4 stroke, carry extra oil in the boat.....just in case you somehow run out of gas for the little one and your big motor goes down (yes...this did happen to me 12 miles from camp. I had to cut my oil reservoir line to pump in oil to my big tank so the little motor could be hooked up to the boat's gas tank)
I always make sure to carry some extra rope just in case your battery goes dead on the big motor and you need to pull-start it. A paddle of some sort in case you get stuck on a rock and need to push off some how.
With the spare prop, it is ALWAYS a good idea to have an extra thrust washer AND nut in case you have to do a replacement and drop the nut in the water.
Jumper cables are being added to my stash, for if my starting battery goes down, I can jump from my TM batteries, which should be enough to get it going.
Lastly, be sure to check regs for what your boat needs to have on board. I believe in Canada, you need to carry a minimum of 50 feet of floating rope.
I could go on here, but it might take all day to write...  Cover every base you can think of...overkill here is definitely not a bad idea....Murphy always seems to show up somewhere...
Fun planning for a trip like that... Enjoy the anticipation of it and write down what you think you need.
Steve
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| Here is a link to the NEW Canada Regulation for 2006!
http://boating.ncf.ca/equipment.html |
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Location: Central Iowa | Looks like I need a bigger boat for all this stuff  . Lots of good stuff mentioned here that I hadn't thought of. |
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| I trailered my boat to Eagle last fall for the first time. The thing I wouldn't leave home without was my GPS. Big lake, big water and a lot of Eagle looks the same. My Garmin got me home more than once.  |
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| I know people who carry an entire hub/bearing/seal assembly as a spare with the tools to change it when they go on a trip. Keep it pakaged in a plastic bag and you are ready to go should you blow bearings out on the road (look up Donny Hunt's story from last year). When we traveled up there we did it in caravan style, like 4 or 5 truck/boat combos. Had someone blown bearing we'd have had plenty of help but no spare parts.
I also lost a hub cover on a local trip yesterday. Had to stop and get a replacement while on the way. For the 5 bucks it costs, I'll have a couple spares from now on too.
Extra bearing grease in a pump gun???
When I was up there I also carried a small waterproof container that had all the stuff I'd need for an overnight island stay. Matches, a couple pieces of snack type food, space blanket, water/Gatorade, and a knife/hatchet combo. Just in case you couldn't make it back to the lodge.
Also might want to carry a small tube of superglue (or stitches), bandages, bandaids, ibuprofen/aspirin, sunscreen and sun block lip balm too. I always have that stuff in my boat.
Scott
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Location: West Chester, OH | Spare car keys stored OUTSIDE of the vehicle.... |
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| A few issues back (this year) of Muskie Hunter there was an article by a fellow who was coming home from Eagle last fall. After that memorable trip he now carries two spare tires, bearings, u-bolts. |
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Location: Carney, Mi (in da UP eh!) | Until I installed a marine radio in my boat I really didn't feel comfortable going way way off of the bouy line on LOTW. For around $125 you can install a marine radio or buy a hand held portable. Most of the resorts monitor a marine radio plus you have instant access to weather bands. Even during the WMT event on Twin I turned on the weather band to hear the upcoming forcast..I use it more than I would thought I would......Randy |
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