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i have a 88 bass tracker pro 17 flat bottom.does any body knows the factory weight.or where i might find out.mine seems to be really heavy.it's real hard to pick up to hook up trailer.
boat weight ?
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Can't really help with factory weight,but if you are close to a grain elevator or a co-op they usually only charge a dollar or two to use scale,sometimes free if you talk real nice.
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thanks,mine must be waterlogged.it's really heavy.got a leak some wear it takes on about 10-15 gallons a hour.but it will hold water sitting on the trailer.any ideas?
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My guess would be something plugging up one of the drain areas between the floor and the bottom. Can you see the plug from inside the boat, or does the floor go over the top of it? I've taken my bass boat to the car wash and put the wand through the plug from the outside. I usually get alot of gunk out that way.
How about the livewell? could it be leaking water?
How about the livewell? could it be leaking water?
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So 548+gas+batteries+anchors and cooler and motor. I'd imagine around 1000# all loaded up. A water leak is one thing to deal with. It may also be tongue heavy just because the axle is too far back. I have a similar trailer. It doesn't look like you can move the axle very much because of frame shape.
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removed floor,Had three pop rivet's loose.fix them,still taking on water.so i removed aluminum deck in back.found the live well hose split in two places.this was completely in cased in foam behind aluminum.the plywood was good,the front foam was dry,only the foam from the console to the back was completely waterlogged. so i don't see how not having a shed had anything to do with it.
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Freeze thaw.
Think about this just for a couple of seconds.
A man goes out and buys a 4 wheeler for 6 grand and he parks it in his garage or builds a garage for it.
A man goes out and pays 3 grand for a lawn mower and keeps it under a roof.
A man pays 150 bucks for a rod and reel combo and he doesn't leave it laying in the yard.
Yet the same man goes out and buys a 15,000 dollar boat and leaves it sitting in the yard.
The word "boat" does not mean impervious to water and the elements.
Folks just have a completely wrong attitude regarding boats.
I'll pay absolutely zero dollars for a boat that sits in the elements. Too much trouble.
If you tear into them and do full restores on them like I do you would see what I'm talking about.
The reason full restores are required is because they sit in the weather.
Atleast 3 grand in materials in the one I'm restoring now. Several hundred hours.
A boat aint a duck.
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marks right about that a boat ain't a duck after doing full restores on a couple of boats myself . you can't just leave it outside with the stern in the air uncovered , like the boat i had just picked up. i got in the boat and stepped through the floor , got it home and drained the rest of the water out of it , ripped the floor out and the foam was was completely waterlogged. had the guy at least cover the boat and had the bow up he'd have gotten three times the amount of money he got out of it.
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