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I have a novel idea for frozen blocks in the cooler. Buy 4 L jugs of water, pour a little out the top as they will expand when frozen. Then when the water begins to melt, you have fresh, cold water to drink. No screwing around with other types of containers, no cleaning, just straight forward and logical. Been doing it for years.

But the thread got off topic. He's not looking for a off road vehicle, he's looking for a tow vehicle, preferably an SUV, to drive around the city mostly and tow a 16 foot boat. A small 6 cyl. pickup, or mid-size SUV would be perfect for what he was describing.

Yes, just not a domestic truck person

And right in to the shop after the first road trip

Can you get one of those within his price range, $9,000?

If you can swing it, stay away from anything domestic, you will eventually pay more in the long run for repairs. Nissan Frontier is probably the best truck in the industry, no matter the size and Toyota make a fine vehicle as well, although generally more pricey. I picked up a 2000 Nissan Xterra with low mileage for $4700 last year. The body is mint and it tows really well, just love it.

Who wears underwear?

No big deal, I wouldn't lose any sleep over it

West shore, rapala's in bright colours, then darker as some cloud cover came in, from 10:30 or so to 4:30

I bought a 27 series at Bass Pro last Friday and it was also too large for my tray. So at one end I cut the corners of the tray down to the bottom with a hack saw and then folded the end down flat so the battery would fit in it length wise and lay flat on the bottom of the tray. I'm not worried about it shifting as I have the screws and bar pretty tight across the top. Works like a charm.

Any "bites" we had and the ones we did catch, came in the 8-10 foot range over and around weed beds. I think the weed bed I normally troll this time of year is a little more advanced than in the past, water temps were around 55-56°. All of our fish came from the same areas.

Hit Sturgeon yesterday morning after the forecast was calling for T-storms in the late afternoon and evening. Thought the fish would be on the bite with the impending weather, but they weren't overly aggressive. We did manage 2 pickerel, 1 just under the slot, 3 large bluegill, a couple of perch, 2 smallies, one was 3.5-4 pounds and boated 1 small muskie. I lost one other very muskie after fighting it for a minute or so, couldn't bring it up using a pickerel rod with 8 pound test, stayed deep, took a couple of decent runs and eventually went under the boat and broke me off. Didn't even get a look at it to gauge it's size, but it was a good one for sure. So the weather never did materialize, it was a lovely evening that I would have preferred fishing instead of the middle of the day. It did rain last night, but no storm. Pickerel and especially the bluegill were very tasty on the plate this morning for my wife's special day.

Gull has lakers, whitefish and bass in it. Typical deep shield lake, has pretty good smallmouth fishing, but it won't be open at that time. You might get a laker if you slow troll the shoreline with a lot of line out.

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The lights are the sealed kind, so I can't check inside. I thought about last night, but alas, can not do it. I will check the grounds right behind the lights on the bracket. It just seems funny to me though that, all of a sudden, I started having this issue. I know trailer lighting is notorious for "issues", but it seems odd that getting a new tow vehicle started all this. Oh well. Thanks for your help

At the rear of the trailer, wiggling the lights that are attached the trailer.

Everything works on the truck end, it's the running lights on the trailer only that are not functioning.

I just checked all the lights at the same time, brakes worked, signals worked, but no running lights. Now, another strange thing about all this is when I wiggle the trailer lights a little, the side markers turn off and on, still no main lights however. Is this an indication that, as Bernie mentioned, that the lights are grounding out through the main bulbs?

To everyone that replied, I have checked the lights with a tester at the vehicle and all female ends light the tester in the appropriate way, so I know everything is right to that point. The hitch and wire harness on the truck is after factory and appear to be properly installed. It's impossible for me to see where the vehicle ground is grounded to, but I will check the trailer ground, which is on the tongue. Thanks to all

Ya, that was what I eluding to, some kind of adapter, but the guy we bought it off of had no troubles with his trailer lights, so it seems strange. I can get a similar adapter at TFC, but I will use it as a last resort. Thanks

Just changed tow vehicles on the weekend, retiring our '96 Buick Regal (4 sale by the way) in favour of a 2000 Nissan Xterra. The trailer lights always worked amazing with the Buick, but when I hooked the Xterra up to the trailer on the weekend to test them, everything works except the running lights for the main bulbs. The little side lights at the back of the trailer light up, but not the main lights. Signals work, brakes work, but no running lights. Now, I have heard that vehicles with orange turn signals can be a problem when it comes to 4-pole trailer light assemblies, does anyone know if that could be the issue, or failing that, have any other suggestions as to why I am experiencing this problem? Thanks in advance

There's a parking area right beside the portage that leads down to Big East. You can walk across #118 and put the canoe in at Bentshoe as well. From there you can portage about 300m into the Crane Lakes for splake.

Why do you want to raise it, is the motor a long shaft?

Where Le Baron and Sail both out compete Bass Pro is in the electronics