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lakerunner · #16 Post by **lakerunner** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 1:53 pm

Mike do you ever make it over to Lewiston/Clarkston??
We drive there every other year

#17 Post by **mike** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 2:20 pm

wwind3 wrote:Awesome fish Mike! I saw 2 boats hook up on 40+ lb kings the day I fished---amazing sight---incredibly strong fish...

Thanks! Its not really fair because I am 6'6" so the fish looks smaller than it really was! Took me about an hour to get it in and I was TIRED!

#18 Post by **HandymanHerb** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 5:20 pm

shootandfish1 wrote:

Herb- Not sure if I am doing the quote function correctly- Please bear with me.

I currently live in Harrodsburg, about 1 hr. SW of Lexington. Grew up in Monticello, near Somerset next to Lake Cumberland.

Can't believe I messed up the name of the St. John- I have a lot of good memories there.

Looks like you did good to me, My Uncle ran the Somerset post office till he retired 10 years back, and my Aunt and his sister are living there too, her husband grew up in the area

#19 Post by **mike** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 5:54 pm

lakerunner wrote:Mike do you ever make it over to Lewiston/Clarkston??
We drive there every other year

Not yet, someday I would like to get over there! I go mostly to lake cascade, lucky peak and cj strike...

shootandfish1 · #20 Post by **shootandfish1** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 6:17 pm

About boat trailer brakes- surge vs. electric - Which is considered the norm for newer boat trailers? Is one style considered better than the other? I had thought that for a regular (not a boat) trailer surge brakes were not too common.

WaltF · #21 Post by **WaltF** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 12:21 am

For boats, i believe surge are more common.
Med sized popups and up, electric brakes rule. Specially out here in the Colorado Rockies.

#22 Post by **mike** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 8:11 am

Surge brakes work better on a boat trailer because the safety system is mechanical in a break away event, with electric brakes the trailer has to have a battery (on the trailer) hooked up to engage the brakes in a break away situation which wouldn't be very practical when you are submerging your trailer all the time!

shootandfish1 · #23 Post by **shootandfish1** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 9:07 am

mike wrote:Surge brakes work better on a boat trailer because the safety system is mechanical in a break away event, with electric brakes the trailer has to have a battery (on the trailer) hooked up to engage the brakes in a break away situation which wouldn't be very practical when you are submerging your trailer all the time!

I agree that electric brakes did not make sense on a boat trailor, but one poster said that they existed.

I know about the 'battery on the trailer' for electric brakes. My state, Kentucky does not require them nor do we have to license our trailers. At least for the smaller ones-16 ft. ect. I

FloterBoter · #24 Post by **FloterBoter** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 3:54 am

scissors trailers that are rated for highway speeds are fine.
they have many advantages.

i hate surge brakes.

Heatman · #25 Post by **Heatman** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 12:56 pm

[quote="FloterBoter"]scissors trailers that are rated for highway speeds are fine.
they have many advantages.

Whatever you say.

FloterBoter · #26 Post by **FloterBoter** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 3:47 am

i saw a bunk style upside down with the pontoon boat just like that. proves nothing.

do the math. stability is not that different.

head on collison... pontoon on scissors hits truck frame, on a bunk trailer it proceeds
through your vehicle decapitating your family.

just like the dreaded t** fins--still waiting for the data or statistics.
it's been a long wait.

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