Does he have a 4 stroke outboard ? Oil change kit or maintenance kit for that make and model. A dealer should be able to help you.

Justin Laack wrote:

Information was released today in Amsterdam mega live 2.0 is coming in the spring along with humminbirds new model xplore. Unfortunately it is not compatible with the helix model. It’s on mega live Facebook groups and crappie fishing forums, guys are upset and rightfully so.

I saw the same post . Add another nail in the coffin for bird in my opinion . Helix’s id venture to guess were 70 percent of their sales and were basically told to pound sand if they want the new live .

Got any cordless tools ? I’d go that route. I have a dewalt one and it’s great .

Water was still 47-48 tonight . Only could find smallies to play tonight . Last weekend was tough for me but did catch a 27 and a 28 within 5 minutes of each other at last light on blades . Barley could scrape together a limit of eaters if I was going to keep em. Struggling this year compared to last … how’s everyone else doing ?

Eelpoutguy wrote:

I’m thinking about investing in a “no trip door” hub house.
Do you need to install anchors at the door for it to work?

No , and you don’t necessarily need the tent poles either unless the winds blowing . If the winds blowing though and your trying to cheat it – don’t put the wind so it’s hitting at the no trip door otherwise it’ll blow it inwards and flip up the skirt and what not . I have the Eskimo 250xd. I like the shack but honestly for the type of fishing I like to do I’d rather have a lighter 2 man pop up . Not the biggest ice fishing fan after fishing the river .

mojogunter wrote:

It seems you don’t have any confidence in them, so switch them out if you will feel better about it. I have been very happy with my vault hubs, and it sounds like others have said the same thing. I don’t think anyone is going to change your mind.

That’s not the IDO over thinking way . Appreciate the responses though !

Not arguing I just don’t understand I guess other than having RTV silicone on the seals and some special grease how they are any different . To be fair I’ve only watched one video on them and they looked like they loaded the hub with pressure just like a bearing buddy .

How are they any better than greased hubs? I really don’t understand the allure. Anyone want care to explain before I pound on a bearing buddy and Lucas red and tacky ?

Highbeeze24 wrote:

This is inevitable with the emergence of newer sonar capabilities and FFS. Change it to a daily of 4 with a possession of 8 and we can move on.

I’ve been around FFS multiple times and I’d bet less than 5 percent of the population who owns it uses it effectively . Go to the redwing dam and look how many people are catching fish with livescope vs those that aren’t . I was in a boat all weekend with livescope – the driver and other guy had a screen in their face all weekend . I had the 2 biggest fish with no screen lol .

mojogunter wrote:

That is a vault hub

Interesting – it doesn’t have the piston that comes out on the videos I’ve watched to keep the pressure in . Seems like an over complicated grease style hub! Might still tear them down this winter . I don’t like taking chances to ruin my trips !

This is what’s on the trailer . Didn’t see any Allen keys to drain em and refill em although I didn’t take off the tire either.

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Not sure if they are vaults or cools I guess . No markings on them other than a plain black cap in the center. I assumed vaults had vault markings on them .

Pat K wrote:

My 2006 trailer has had the oil changed twice but still the original bearings and races. There was a leak after about 7 years and I had the oil and seals replaced. Last year I just thought it was time and had the oil and seals replaced again. The tech said the bearings still looked fine. Both techs that worked on it said the bearings will run quite a while if the lube leaks out because of the synthetic lube that’s used.

Nice good info to know . Do you use it alot ? I put probably 7-10,000 miles on it a year . I fish 2-3 times a week at times . .

My biggest fear with oil bath is that rear seal blowing and all your oils gone and your burnt up quick . Grease will hold for a while with a bad seal .

For side imaging I like 455k signal , contrast 10 and sensitivity negative 2 . Scroll speed 8+ and range 80 feet . Have to tweak it day by day usually but will show ya all the fish you need .

I’ll open a can of worms here – what if you did have your CCW , what would have done different here ? Brandishing a gun without an intention of using it is a no no in the class I took . Shooting an unarmed man wouldn’t want to be the court case I’m in in this state . Pro 2A as the come and big gun owner , just don’t carry enough .

That’s some bad luck – think I’d be telling randoms my name is zepherleffigus from here on out ha .

I believe the only way to find out is to have someone “in the know” to look it up . Likely a tweaker who’s been to jail a billion times doesn’t have any LEO friends .

What set him off in the first place ?

And what did the cops do to him ?

Poured one out in the river yesterday for the 29 .

TillrLife wrote:

I guess I’m confused.

You called Humminbird, got it working, then you decided to use a different power source? What exactly does that mean?

Now it doesn’t work?

Why not just run a factory reset again and see if it works?

Must of read it wrong . It quit working – if you use a flashlight and shine through the glass you can kinda see whats going on . I called humminbird, we switched power sources, did a factory reset and nothing has worked.

Screen went black and the back light wont light it up anymore. Have to use a flash light to see your settings. Called bird and had a 20 minute factory reset and the works. Tried different sources of power . Nada.

Also its gonna drive me nuts if someone doesnt change that thread title to Lowrance lol

I too once was interesting in tanning hides . Then I looked into what I all needed to fleshing to chemicals and it was dang near cheaper to have someone else do it . Tanned coyote and bobcat so far . Had a freezer with a beaver muskrat badger mink and coon to get tanned and ended up selling them all to the fur buyer.

I picked up my buddy’s kid a Yamaha TTR 50 . 4 stroke 3 gears . Very cool little bike . I think it even had a remote to shut it down if they were headed to a fence . He mainly left it in 1st gear but it was a really well built bike . Electric start too. They hold their value well from the little I helped him search .

I bet the fly fisherman are holding a candle light vigil . Wish someone would shoot more drum on the river

Fleet farm always seems like they are missing about 10-20 percent of their fishing inventory but they do have awesome discounted rods from time to time and they don’t put away all the open water stuff like Scheels does . Not sure if Scheels has lost its luster with me over the years or something but seems like it isn’t what it once was .

One cat I sold for 27 dollars the other I had tanned and it’s on my wall in the basement . Didn’t eat either of them.

TillrLife wrote:

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I would consider running 2 – 36vs but then don’t you need 2 chargers? Or switch them every time ? For what it’s worth I went with the lead acids and made it work. Just seems like too much of a Wild West for me yet

Nope, one charger will charge both batteries, ran in parallel. It will just take twice as long.

Example, you purchase two 50ah 36V batteries, I think the Amped Charger is 10amp. So, really each battery is getting 5ah when charging. But, you also have double the capacity, so you won’t have to charge as often. It is OK to leave a Lithium Battery at 50%, 80% or whatever, unlike a Lead Acid.

Ahhh good info ! Got something to think about when these dinosaur batteries die out !

Always thought it be fun to run a roadside honestly box pumpkin stand if I had a few acres. Or get a contract with Hyvee or what not. Good luck in your ventures !

I would consider running 2 – 36vs but then don’t you need 2 chargers? Or switch them every time ? For what it’s worth I went with the lead acids and made it work. Just seems like too much of a Wild West for me yet

gimruis wrote:

19 pounds is all they weigh?? I see domestic feral cats bigger than that.

They aren’t really heavy both mine were around 19 . Here’s a 25 lb my buddy caught . Very rare they get over 30

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