I’ve always brought mine in the spring, his busy season, and it took about a month to get the boat in and less than a week while he has it. You may be able to get right in right now and get it in a week.
Just beware, the guy is very old and very hard of hearing but he does pretty good work. He only accepts check or cash.
I’ve purchased my last 2 covers for my center console from Economy Canvas in East Bethel. They are custom obviously and I’m not sure if they’ll be cheaper than one you order but the last one cost me around $450.
Keep in mind the if you had two 36v 55aH wired in parallel you would have a 110ah run time. You would have to run 3 – 12v 110aH in series to get to 36v and would have 110aH of run time. If you just ran3 12v 55aH in series you would have only a 55aH run time. Because of this it normally isn’t cheaper to run 3 12v. I was told when I bought my batteries to go with 36v by all three companies I talked to about it.
Thats exactly what I am seeing as well. Although, 3 12v 100ah batteries is only $698 compared to 2 36v 55ah WITH 25A CHARGER ($1080) or a 36v 100ah ($1029)
Some other advantages are that if a battery quits on you, you can run your trolling motor off just one battery. Also, you only need a single bank 36v charger to charge multiple batteries. And, LiTime has a 25 amp charger which I would imagine could charge them full in just a few hours.
I am also seeing that they recommend that you should only charge your batteries right before you plan to use them. Otherwise you are supposed to store them at less than 80% charge.
Thanks for the replies. I’m glad to see others trying them out. Havent heard anything negative about them yet. Looks like I’m going to get a couple as well.
BC, are yours connected in series or parallel? A lot of people are recommending hooking these in parallel for various reasons. Looks like the cost of 12v is much less than the 24v and 36v so I can see why people connect them in series.
I’ve been busy coaching my kids sports for the last 5 months and haven had my boat in the water since April when we were at the rainy river. Really haven’t had a reason to check in and when I do this is what’s at the top.
Says a lot about a person that they feel the need to call someone a mental patient based on how they look.
Did you call them a mental patient to their face or are you just looking for internet points?
Friend of yours?
Would that be a problem for you?
I know your traumatized, but please, show me where on the doll where they touched you.
Got the boat back about a week ago now. I wound up going with Countryview Marine. Here’s the details.
The adjuster from progressive seemed more than accommodating and seemed absolutely determined to get the lower unit back to good working condition. He was adamant about getting the gears inspected for cracks or potential damage. With that said, he flat out suggested that Countryview was on their list of unfavorable shops. He went as far as saying they discuss them in meetings and how to handle customers the want to go there. He didn’t say it outright but seemed to suggest that they go well beyond the damages from the claim and try and get other damages covered. I called Countryview to ge their side of the story and they assured me there wasn’t a story to be told. They work with Progressive all the time.
I was adamant about going there and he knew there was nothing he could do. After dropping my boat off there the adjuster called and found out that the guy at the front desk is someone he’s worked with at a body shop and is on good terms with him.
They tore into the LU and found some damage to the gears so it was determined they would be replaced and the total bill would be about $4300. Countryview called me and said they could rebuild it at that cost or they could offer me a rebuilt lower unit at about $100 more with a warranty for the remainder of the season. I went ahead and had them put the reman lower unit on.
I took it out today and it’s as smooth as butter. So far so good and I am very happy with Countryview marine and ultimately happy with how Progressive ended up covering everything. I ended up with a $125 deductible and about $100 extra cost for the reman LU.
I will be going back to Countryview if I ever need to.
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As a coach and a parent, I’ve learned that if a child doesn’t know what to do, it’s the coaches or the parent fault. Then once they know, you immediately give them the opportunity to do it the right way. If they do it wrong you let them try it again. If they fail again, you have them try knitting.
If they never fail, they never truly learn.
I hope this isn’t too political but my kid has a hockey tournament and my lower unit is in the shop. Odds of wetting a line that weekend are somewhat slim.
Carry on though. I don’t mind hearing more about rocks and cows especially if there’s agates in there somewhere.
30 years ago a childhood friend of mine showed me how to fish for carp with oatmeal. You take a handful of quick cooking oats, dunk it in the water and squeeze it onto your hook. It acts like a dough ball. The really cool thing is that it sheds oatmeal flakes and essentially chums for them in a totally legal way. It actually stays on the hook way better than you’d expect.
The oatmeal worked great and we caught a bunch. You could actually see them rooting around in the spot where you were casting. When that happened the action was fast and furious.
Chumming isn’t legal here but fishing with oatmeal is. Give it a try. The Coon Rapids Dam is where he showed me this technique too. That’s where I spent most of my teens.
Last Friday the kids put down their rods for lunch and I plopped in 2 sturgeon rigs. Within 5 minutes they were both going. One was a PB 68″, the other was a mid 40’s. We targeted them for less than 5 minutes. This was in just a random spot while walleye fishing. I wasn’t seeking finding an honey hole or anything. Isabelle did most of the work pulling in the big one but I had to intervene several times. The kids hooked into I think 3 or 4 on their walley rods. We landed one of them.
Suprisingly I did see a couple surface in spite of the water temps being 42-43. In my opinion the bit was strong.
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2002 Johnson 150 2 stroke.
That’s what happens when you have a monopoly. Because of these prices, I simply can’t bring myself to go to a concert at any large venue. I won’t attend a stadium concert if the tickets were free.
As far as I know, there’s literally no other option. Sports events like the Wild you can open an account with the team and buy tickets though them with a tiny fee, but concerts I don’t think there’s a way to avoid it.
Run away from a shop that wants to sell you an SEI,run fast,run hard,absolute sh!t.
If you cant find someone shoot me a pm.
Countryview basically said the same thing. Leaning that way now. Just need to figure out if my adjuster can work with that or if he needs to hand it off to another adjuster for a different area. Hoping to just work with my current adjuster.
At this point. I plan on calling at least one other place to get the scoop on these SEI LUs and what other options there are. I want a LU that’ll last another 22 years if some idiot doesn’t hit another rock before then.
Good advice. I just don’t know which one I should get. That’s why I’m asking. The shops I’m calling I’m telling them I want the best available not the cheapest or best guarantee.
Countryview is my shop of choice right on 17 amd 61. Great shop and I’ve known them forever.
I’ve got a call into them. They are looking into it and will give me a call back.
I asked them about the SEI lower units and he doesn’t recommend at all. Online opinions in other forums are great either. Most people replace their LU with these because of the low replacement cost. Sounds like they are made in China.
The insurance guy spoke to Riverview and they told him they would take it apart and evaluate it, but they won’t put it back together. They said by the time everything is repaired, it would cost as much as a new aftermarket LU without the warranty.
Does anyone have any opinions on an aftermarket LU? He said they would install a SEI brand LU.
The only issue is that it would end up being black instead of white.
The way I see it, my deductible is $125. Everyone is telling me there is likely more damage than a bent prop, broken skeg and bent shaft. Even if the bill is $500 it might still be worth it. A new prop and shaft in parts alone will come to over $700. Plus $300 for skeg repair. $1000 before labor.
The insurance adjuster said he would advise the gears are sent out for testing to make sure they weren’t damaged either. If I go out on my own and find out it’s a lot more than what it looks like, it’ll be a much bigger uphill battle dealing with insurance than starting with them in the first place. If I had a dime for every time I’ve heard the words “Whoah! I’ve never see a prop bent so bad” I’d have this thing paid for by now. I’m not overly optimistic it’ll be cheap.
As long as he’s the one recommending that everything is thoroughly evaluated, I’m all on board. I want to do everything I can to prevent an issue 1/2 way between Isle Royale and Grand Portage this summer.
Leaning heavily towards Riverview at this point.
Hallberg has mostly bad reviews for their shop too. The people there always seemed incredibly arrogant to me. They have decent prices on parts and marine oil though.
I have an early 90s
Had mixed luck with Pro-Tec in Albertville years ago, have not gone back. Good luck with what you choose.
Thanks for the input. I dug up some old posts on IDO and the reviews are all bad. I get a feeling they’ve fudged their google reviews.
Anyone use Riverview Sports and Marine in Elk River?
I’m basically crossing off all the places nearby. Also interested in places in the NE or E metro/suburbs. I’d go as far as Pine City or so.
Depending on the outborad’s age, this can get tricky as so many shops won’t work on anything older than 10 years old. Which, BTW, is a total crock of ####.
It’s an 02. I see Hallberg does anything 2000 and newer. Hopefully that’s the standard cutoff year. Looks like I’m not going to be able to be too picky about this.
I’d check with H2Outfitters in Big Lake
Thanks. Looking into that place right now.
Anyone familiar with Pro-tec Marine in Albertville?
Call these guys and see what they say.
Performance Propeller
5333 Lakeland Ave
Minneapolis, MN 55429
Phone number
(763) 535-8011
Will they do the mechanical work or just the prop and skeg repair?
I have a bent (and twisted) prop shaft so the gears and the LU need to be thoroughly evaluated.
Unfortunately it’s not a Merc. It’s a Johnson. Rapid is out of the question because they do not work on them.
Bigdill, go get an estimate at a shop that you want to do the repair work. Progressive is going to do their estimate using software and it likely won’t be close to real world cost.
You should have the shop look at the power head too. A rock hit that bad could have did internal motor damage. I’ve seen plenty of motors totaled from a lower unit collision.
The last time I made a claim for my trailer tire blowout I recall them telling me to just give them a call back and send invoice and they would send a check for any costs over the estimate. They made it sound really painless. I have no reason to think otherwise since everything has been so easy so far.
I’ll definitely be asking the shop about the power head. Thanks for the input.
BG i don’t know if i’ve ever seen a prop look that bad and still have all the blades on it.
I saw the rocks coming so I throttled down and hit just as the boat was coming off plane. Then I had to motor away from the rocks while I was trying to raise the motor. It wasn’t a single hit at wot. I can see how the blades could shear off at high speed but with the current I was probably only going about 8 mph ground speed.
I followed my trails from previous years but clearly the 3’ drop in river level was enough to make all the difference. It was just dumb. Next time I’ll need to idle past that area instead of being so cocky.
Sounds like my pattern was just like everyone else’s. Heavy jigs with large darker blue green plastic was very good the last few days. Pitch it towards the center of the river, lift, drift and let it thunk bottom. Most hits came crashing in right before it would hit bottom.
Well maybe not exactly like everyone elses approach.
You’ve seen me fish up there. This is my bread and butter. Its not for everyone because it can be tedious and takes a lot of attention to do it well.
You know the bite is really on when 1/2 your bites come before it ever hits bottom after hitting the water and you get multiple hits and misses on the same cast.
