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6 guage anchor marine tinned copper. Some longer lengths require 4 but shouldn’t be necessary with your application. I personally bolt my crimped terminal ends together with stainless bolts and a locking nut to prevent vibration loosening it. I have then used heat shrink over the connection. I then placed mesh loom over that. you can decide if you want to still have a plug for your TM. If you are like me, the trolling motor never comes off of my boat. Some people like the convenience of being able to remove their trolling motor for whatever reason, storage, security etc. ill get you a photo of my set up hopefully in a couple of days. I’ll be installing my whole set up on my new boat.

Ya that’s 8, maybe even 10…too thin. Are you running a 24 volt system? I’m assuming you are getting too much resistance building up somewhere due to corrosion or just a bad terminal connection. I’d personally rewire, it’s a cheap effective solution if your run is short as described.

You might be a little light on your wire guage there. Especially if you are running an 80lb thrust motor. You want to run 6 guage tinned copper at minimum

Lol something tells me the guys complaining about the price drink a lot of busch or carling lol

Fantastic write up and report. I could picture everywhere you were even without a picture. a pb pike on a topwater…sheesh

Funny, I actually trust myself with wiring more than I do a technician, simply due to the fact that DC wiring is a bit of an “art form” when you really take your time and spend the money to ensure everything is marine grade, crimped, soldered, shrink wrapped, loomed, and waterproofed it’s a heck of a lot of detail, detail that I wouldn’t trust a hired gun with simply due to time constraints. I spent all winter last year doing a lot of wiring in my skeeter, and to do it perfectly is time consuming as all hell.

So a quick story about personal experience, this happened to me, what was happening was that my wires were fraying at the plug in connection due to vibration creating a big resistance which actually was lighting my power cable on fire. Yes…i had a small fire in my boat even with the cable fused. if I were you I’d be immediately checking every connection, or even possibly totally redoing them to ensure you have a nice clean connection to each terminal point. by the way if you are using a minkotta receptacle and plug, they are literally totally garbage.an electrician friend recommended installing a commercial high voltage plug, I did and never looked back.

Step 1. Makes Internet Thread Step 2. Gets Replies Step 3. Sarcastically thanks everyone for their "stupid" comments on their internet forum thread. you cant make this kinda stuff up lmao

Dave the thing I’m most shocked about is that after following this thread along is that there is actually an open water season 😂 yet here we are talking about ice up out of all of the cottage jobs, dock work is my most hated bar none. It always needs to be done when it’s cold as hell. There’s not a heck of a lot of august dock work.

It’s a shame no one coulD get any info. that’s a pure case of assault. Assault by a man, on a woman during a pandemic? Buddy would be needing soap on a rope if they catch him.

Not going to hurt anything unless you are really moving. You don’t want to bend the shaft of the trolling motor. This is one reason I love my Garmin force. To stow and deploy you just pull the cord. Dual shocks make it nearly effortless

hes around fishing still, just not on the forums anymore. He switched careers and went into the trades a few years back so I think it keeps him pretty darn busy.

Salus makes a coast guard approved suit as well. Nautilus/helly hanson seems to be out of the game. I went through in my nautilus and it floated better than a life jacket, I was almost hovering above the water. Im a huge fan of the Salus 1 piece, some people might find it a bit heavy/uncomfortable, but there is nothing in the world as warm, wearing the thing feels like you are wearing body armour against the elements on the ice. I fish days when its 25 below in the thing and im toasty.

Seems there’s been a few people I have chatted to that have recently brought boats over. If you have all of your paperwork set and go directly to customs and declare there hasn’t been an issue. my only concern at this point is the transfer of title on the trailer coming from New York which is a title state. sometimes I wonder if all of this crap is bogus…when I bought my last boat (within canada) the lady at mto seemed confused by the fact that I was registering a boat trailer separate from the boat. I paid the registration fee got my plates and left with all of my documentation and I never looked back. I’m to this day not convinced I jumped through all of the hoops I was supposed to but I’ve got the transport canada registration and all of the applicable registration documents and insurance so even if I am wrong, I don’t think anyone could tell me that I am?

Quick little update, I bought the boat…now just working out the details of importing it. seller is going to probably bring it over the border to customs on the canada side for me and I will simply meet him there and report it for importation. Took it for a test drive/compression test, all cylinders even just a blip under 120psi Finally got to drive a boat with a hot foot. bass boats are fun 😁

Please don’t eat em lol

I think you’ve already answered your question yourself but it sounds like the connection on the van is the problem. multimeter at the outlet is the easiest way to see what’s going on.

He definitely does. He’s doing his own thing though. Been focusing on the st Lawrence but I’m sure you could get him to run the tri lakes again. gbw probably gave you his number but if not let me know and I’ll send you it.

It is a title state but they have an online database where I can search the title easily. what I’m most concerned right now is the transfer of title in New York. I saw some article talking about possibly needing a notary in order to transfer title. I’m not sure how the province of this Ontario would have difficulty registering a trailer If I show up with a bill of sale, ownership documentation and the vin number? also, was this “trailer inspection deal” required to register any trailer? Or just those that have been brought from the United States? Cause when I bought my first boat I definitely never got the trailer inspected. I just went to the Mto office.

see this is an interesting comment...could you explain what that process looked like...like did you phyiscally go to their transport ministry office to get a temp sticker? drifter, what did you do for plates when going to pick up the trailer. This is what Im still torn on how i go about specifically this. I have plates on my current trailer, i was thinking of simply using them as a temporary solution until I can get the trailer home and then properly register it? Aside from that how else would I be able to get trailer plates without physically having the actual ownership docs until the day of ownership? Am i wrong in assuming that I could maybe go to the MTO in Ontario and buy plates for a trailer as long as I have the appropriate serial number and bill of sale?

this is what happens when you go for a ride in Dave's brand new skeeter zxr lol it may come to this if things dont work out. I have an agreement with the seller to hold it for me for a bit, but hes got a brand new boat that needs the space!

Ive been doing a lot of reading about this. Im seeing a boat from a New York Owner on thursday. Weve agreed that with a deposit that he will hold the boat for me until I can physically enter the united states. The info seems somewhat unclear mostly because there are companies that will apparently "cater" your boat over the border and manage the applicable paper work. Some of the things that they try to scare you into believing about bringing a boat over basically makes the truth even more confusing. So im asking anyone here who has actually purchased a used/new boat in the united states and brought it back to Canada, what exactly did you do. Please indicate if your boat was from a dealer or used in a private sale. I feel like there are differences there too. My take right now, bill of sale with Boat, Motor, Trailer all listed with Vin Numbers. Proof of ownership of all. Go over border, notify border agents that you are carrying x amount of cash with you to purchase a boat. Get the boat, drive back over border and declare that you have purchased a boat, pay the associated duty at the border. Go to service ontario, register the trailer, and go online and register the boat and motor with the federal government. Heard some stuff about trailer inspection at canadian tire...But i think that was an old cash grab that doesnt exist anymore? What else am I missing.

one thing that the youngins and the oldies can agree upon...regardless of how we were raised, popular culture influences or eras....steak is delicious.

you made the right choice cliff. Just recently went through the same thing with my girlfriend. We are now living together and the lawyers sorted out the details perfectly for us.

I personally believe her sobriety is based on a technicality, but nearly impossible to prove due to the circumstances. I also believe the people that got hit are totally negligent as well for parking a boat at night with no lights on. Heck, unlit boats are nearly impossible to see at twighlight if they get up against the shoreline. Multiple times I’ve seemingly had boats just appear out of nowhere after cutting to the middle of the lake after being near shore after the sun has gone down with no lights on. a tragedy is what I would call this on all parts. Two people are dead because people didn’t follow the rules.