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Post by freezerfiller on Jan 1, 2020 18:24:19 GMT -6
Happy New Year! Mosquito's post about Flares and New Years reminded me, that I like to use this time of year to go over all of my safety equipment and make sure my flares are in date, life jackets and throwable are in good shape, and all the stuff in my ditch bag like backup vhf and flashlight have new batteries or are fully charged. It's also a good time to look at your maintenance schedule and go ahead and do anything that is within 10 engine hours of needing done. To me, there's nothing worse than having to do this when fishing season gets going. Here's to a great 2020!
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985crabs
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2000 V1900 Bay Series, Yamaha 150 Carb. 2
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Post by 985crabs on Jan 1, 2020 20:26:59 GMT -6
So true. I need to change my lower unit oil.
Do all y’all carry shotgun flares? Makes sense, but don’t seem to be required. Always wanted some, but seemed expensive.
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Post by Juan on Jan 2, 2020 6:58:44 GMT -6
Good advice freezer! I need to check my safety gear but I did do my 100 hour maintenance at 98 hours the other day and changed all the fluids, filters and anodes. Should be good for another 100 hours now. Shot gun flares here and you're right, for something that expires too quickly, they cost too much. HAPPY NEW YEAR
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Post by freezerfiller on Jan 2, 2020 16:51:43 GMT -6
I just keep handheld flares due to the cost.
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Post by AHHHH-Spray on Jan 5, 2020 10:06:05 GMT -6
If I went anywhere I thought I would actually need flares, I'd have shotgun type. I bought one of those strobe lights last year to take place of flares because I figure I'd save money in the long run.
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Post by freezerfiller on Mar 14, 2020 18:28:05 GMT -6
My flares had expired so I went to Wally world last month and grabbed some that expired March of 2023. I then looked in the back of the stack and found the back ones expired October 2023. 6 months free for 15 seconds of looking!! The only other item of concern was my registration expires mid year, so I had to put a reminder on my calendar to make sure that doesn't draw unnecessary attention!
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