Kinda slow around here...

Maybe we should have a lake naming debate like old times?

You should be out crappie fishing.

My trim has been going on and off, think it's electrical, wiring lose somewhere I think. If I had a go-devil this wouldn't be an issue.

I love my manual trim on my PRODRIVE.
That's all I'm gonna say.

Haha, that's the one thing in your motor that works!

little fishing here and there. Mainly waiting on the river to go back down. Have a couple new impoundments to build, one to spray and do lots of underbrush/tally tree cutting, and the normal planting. Couple pits to sink and normal blinds to set out. Get the rice planted in late may, babysit it and plant the millet in late july-early august. Have plenty to do!! It is pretty slow around here....was thinking about asking everyones opinion on GHG vs G&H!

So sorry to hear one of the bells and whistles in your Mud Buddy is acting up.

Been trying to make money to cover my half [censored] winter work

One bad battery and a little paddling... the killer gets bent.

Don't rub it in Wayne, that's not nice. At least now its stuck in a good spot where I can drive it.

That was kind of a nasty thing for me to post. Look on the bright side, wiring isn't easy. It could be a corroded switch, a pinched wire, a burned wire, a wire with a hole rubbed in the insulation allowing a ground.

With a volt ohms meter you can start and a 12 v power supply you can begin tracking things down. Isolation is the key. Isolate the motor on the trim and give it 12v power. If it works then maybe it isn't the motor, maybe. With the volt ohm meter you can turn on the continuity, mine and most meters have a an alrm that sounds when continuity is achieved. I would go to the switch first for this test. Check it off and then switch to on with the probes hooked up. It is not a complete positive because of the switch positioning can make contact sometimes but not all the time. If it is negative then that is it. Then check continuity of the wires involved. Again that takes only one negative continuity test result to declare location of a problem. Positive continuity is never a declaration of a problem located.

When you say going on and off, please explain what it is doing.

Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. It will stop working, I get back there and poke around on the wiring (all I know how to do lol), then try and it works. Sometimes it slowly starts working, like the electric connection is going on and off rapidly, then it starts working fine, then stops again. When it is not working, I can hear a click back there when I flip the switch.

This is the wires going to trim motor, it is worn here with the outside sleeve, but green sheathing around the wire is fine...

check the flux capacitor, sounds like a connection either coming loose or a grounding out somewhere

Note for Ag2015: the flux capacitor comment was a joke, Guy and Wal both know this is a joke, so please dont read to much into it

Garrett, You are why I read and don't post.

your the reason I post and dont read

Says the man with near 12,000 posts

Moral of the story.
Mud buddys trims break
Fan boats belts break

Want dependable. Go prodrive or bring a wrench.

I'm looking into being a prodrive dealer, the people of central need options

We could talk about taking pictures with background and the effect is has on pressure

I couldn't resist

Given the four months it took to register and get my boat numbers. I'd be down for trips to central TX for service.

Lol. Do they make electrician in a bottle?

I say if you want dependable, then walk. An old man told me a long time ago that when a man has machinery, a man has problems.

That is so true. I was a walk in hunter for 10 years before I got a boat, and it's a real peace of mind not having to depend on your boat to get you back to your truck. I did a 2 day overnight walkin duck hunt this season, I wanted to check out some of my old walkin honey holes you can't get to by boat. It was so simple packing up not having to mess with a boat, and the excercise you get is great. I got those Cabelas Jean waders with the nice built in lace up hiking boots, they are great for walkin hunts. Just need to make sure you don't step off into deep mud over your head, that would not be good.

That's one reason I like hunting out of my Momarsh with 7.5 hp longtail, so simple and easy, less stuff to go wrong. Although one time I gave it a pull to get her started after a duck hunt, and the pull cord broke, thank god it started first pull.

But on a duck hunt, I will never trim up my mud buddy up out of the water, because if it gets stuck like that you are screwed.

You are obviously not as clumsy and accident prone as I am.

I would rather fall down than suffer the breakdowns I did last season.

If Mudbuddy is using a Mercury trim motors, as GT and ProDrive do, there is a bleed off screw that will release pressure.

Going down should be the least of your worries...going back up is the problem

Boat wiring is not bad at all, it's two wires and you have to have the circuit complete to get power...one positive to one negative. Trace the two wires and figure out where your problem is. I'd bet its a connector or there is something in your wiring loom around where it's rubbed through. I'd also put a piece of rubber hose or something over that spot where it's rubbing...if it rubbed through the wiring loom it will eventually rub through the wire.

Good luck....but you should be able to find it. It's much easier than cleaning a carb

anyone wanna make an O/U bet on how threads we have in the next 4 months on how to fix Guys trim?

3 pages deep and not one lake named. Probably should have been a BC discussion.

On a different note should gone with a Gator-Tail.

those gator tail belts are awesome to deal with

I am not taking that bet. I shocked myself by even getting involved again.

Garret will tell you a Gator tail if fool proof and will never have a wire rub through and leave you stuck out.

yeah they never leave you hanging, especially when your 10 miles from a ramp and up a creek thats 4' wide

Have belt. Will travel.

You aint had a belt head ache until you disassemble the entire arse end of an airboat and airboat reduction unit with counter rotators to get to a belt a ^&* @#$%^% dirt dauber destroyed. I was wrong on several accounts in this video. The gear weighs way over 100 pounds and the lower shaft does not or should not come off. Everyhting in that video but the engine had to be removed to get to the belt. Oh and before you ask, those are chickens you hear in the background.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QNQonIHSzE

This was me when I got finished and all worked fine afterwards.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9QAxL2pKq8&index=5&list=PL77DxL0E42DibLTHJo6FNV1Hxb8ANvLIA

that was a fun hunt

^ that might have been twice in one season. Or was the 4' wide creek the next year? Either way I can attest to Garrett's boat breakdown abilities

drive it like you stole it

ag2015, the last couple of posts are not a joke

So Garrett is trolling an Aggie? Shame on you!

your right, as a red raider I'm better than that

moment of weakness on my part

Bully!

I learn something new all the time on this forum. This is no lie, everything I know about duck hunting I learned for someone on this forum, or on my own. This was a burning question I had.

There is a lot of background in the pic, I'm sure Judd (and all the other barneys) will be hunting there next season.

garrett I'm real close to putting you on my ignore list.


ag2015 this is a joke, although I agree garrett is a troll and bully, just ingnor him, I do most of the time.

I here for your lunch money and your duck hole

I burnt that hole up a few years ago.

I got it working....The connectors were dirty, just had to flip the switch up and down a few times.

Lol

I'm confused. So Judd burned Garret's hole or was it Guy's hole Judd burned or did Garret burn Guy's hole before Judd burned Guy's hole, or did Judd burn both Garret's hole and Guy's hole or was it all three sharing holes till they burned their holes out?

And I thought you had zero sense of humor.

I have always been a burner, not a burnie

This thread is officially out of control. IBTL

Gross.

Rule # 11

Y'all need to get your head out of the gutter

#fuddyduddy

Yes, don't be making a rule #11 joke out of it. We are talking about hidden duck holes and waterfowl honey holes here. You have been hanging around your school children too much.
http://www.ducks.org/hunting/hunting-tips/finding-hidden-duck-holes
http://www.outdoorlife.com/blogs/hunting/find-your-next-waterfowl-honey-hole

Drops the mic

These are really good articles. The first one John you should post in your sticky, and put it at the top with "Don't ask where the ducks are, here is how you find them..".

Done!
http://texashuntingforum.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/5268623#Post5268623

lol, nice!

AB....I think John just proved you wrong

Oh I have a sense of humor. More than y'all will ever know unless you hunt or work with me. As a mod I have to stay even keeled and set an example. Sucks sometimes. But hey I am allowed to have a bad day once in a while. See.....


"The moderators were chosen because they have proven themselves to be even-keeled and reasonable people. If you treat them with respect, you will almost always find that they will respond in kind ... however, keep in mind that it is possible for a moderator to have a bad day on occasion."

So how was the hunting at Truskott last season?

Lol

Kinda slow today....until my best friend called to inform me my boat is upside down on Fork....!$%%^^%^*&*((&%%^!!!!

He is ok but dam near lost his life. They were fishing bass champs tourny.

So your buddy swamped your boat and nearly killed himself?

He said they lost all power when they turned the point by the dam. (whatever major creek runs north from the dam). I don't spend time on fork so I'm not familiar with all the creek arms. Then they started drifting toward the dam. Started taking water and when it filled up the next batch of big waves did them in. He said 2 boats who they flagged down did not stop and render aid. Game Warden was watching from the dam as they had called in. He was fishing with his adult youngest son and his oldest son who was also fishing the tourny in another boat. They came by just in time. He was out of energy by the time they got him in the boat. Wearing a lj but he was sinking with all the clothes he had on plus he is a nice size dude. Game warden just told him my boat has washed down the dam so I guess its on the south side of dam now.

Sorry about your boat BDB. I am glad your friend and his son made it out. That water is still cold. Hypothermia would have set in fast. I do hope the boat was insured.

Yep, write it down SJ don't play.

My bad

Brb what's the latest update on your boat. Sorry to hear about your boat.

Insurance is a good thing! Glad your friend is okay.

I like to assume those other boats had extreme focus on navigating the rollers and did not see your friends. I know i almost passed someone one day waving a jacket. My passenger saw them.

It very well could be they thought they were just waving at them. It was very rough out there from what I was told. This morning GW said the boat washed up on a sandy bar. My friend is handling the recovery and has found a local to go "retrieve" (its a duck site ) my boat. It is a 2000 X21 Xpress with a 225 yamaha. Not sure what it was worth sense its 2000 but it was a nice fishing boat for me. I stripped all carpet out a few years ago and had liner sprayed in it. To me it was a crappie/sandy/catfish boat but my bud used it to fish bass tournaments. Its a very nice bass boat if you want to use it that way. (Large deck)

Looks like that boat has 24 inch side and 21 inch transom, is that right? I would like to think that would be enough boat, did the waves come over the sides or transom? Was the bilge pump working? Glad everyone is ok.

He said they lost all power. No bilge, motor, horn, trolling motor...nothing worked. Waves came over transom and sides some.

BTW what would cause such a power failure?

Can you believe I finally got a round to fixing my trim? It was stuck in a good spot, so I been fishing all summer with it like that. But with teal season approaching, I needed to take action. The pic above, the first pair of connections coming from the trim is on the left, so I started there and that was it. I had full 12 volts coming out of each wire, so I knew that was it. One wire was trimp up, the other was wire down. Can't believe those connections failed after only 2 seasons, so I solder it, works like a champ now...

You should solder professionally.

That's what I was thinking, I'm a natural, hey that's not bad Foosh for being ADD.