beermunk
Petty Officer 2nd Class
- Joined
- Jun 20, 2004
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- 146
We left Sunday morning at 4am from Wisconsin. Got to OK about 4pm. Went to the hotel and then the dealership to look at the boat. We went to launch it and absolutely loved it BUT the bilge wasn't working and the engine compartment was filling with water quickly after a 15min boat ride.
So we're crazy tired and just drove 800 miles and tell them to fix it. The dealership, Arrowhead Boat Sales in Grove OK, was very good to us. Besides the bilge not working the CD player would only go up in volume and not down. This was now at around 6pm at night on Sunday. They promised to look into the water and told us that they would just give us $200 cash for a new CD deck because they didn't have any in stock.
Around 9pm that evening the owner calls us at the hotel room and to let us know they hauled the boat down to the lake three times and finally found why there was water coming in. Apparently there was a rip in the rubber boot that was attached to the plastic pipe that the steering cables go into. After that was fixed they cleaned the float on the bilge pump and that worked.
Monday morning we go back to the dealership and pump some water into the engine compartment and verify the bilge works. He also shows me the boot that was fixed. We take it back out on the water and I put it through it's paces and verify no water comes in. For our troubles they comp our night at the hotel and throw in three nice neoprean life jackets for my son, wife and I. We air up the tires on the trailer and head out.
15 hours later we arrive back in Wisconsin without any incidents. I was completely tensed up the entire trip home. Never exceeded 62mph on the highway but unluckily hit St. Louis 5pm traffic. My Titan got 8.7mpg the entire drive home and about 15mpg without the load on the way there, so over all it was a $300+ adventure but well worth it. Hauling in 4th gear on premium gas bites.
A couple of questions:
1) the bolt and butterfly nut that is on the white light attached to the top of the bimini is gone - is that something a hardware store has or do I need to order that specially? Luckily the bimini was down and the light didn't get tore off.
2) After 800 miles on the trailer hauling it home I want to get the bearings repacked for our travels this summer. With drum brakes on all four tires is this an easy job compared to a brake-less trailer or am I better off taking it to someone that knows what they're doing?
Here she is:
2004 SunTracker 22' XP3 Party Barge Tritoon
Mercruiser 3.0l Alpha One 135hp
Tracker bunk trailer
So we're crazy tired and just drove 800 miles and tell them to fix it. The dealership, Arrowhead Boat Sales in Grove OK, was very good to us. Besides the bilge not working the CD player would only go up in volume and not down. This was now at around 6pm at night on Sunday. They promised to look into the water and told us that they would just give us $200 cash for a new CD deck because they didn't have any in stock.
Around 9pm that evening the owner calls us at the hotel room and to let us know they hauled the boat down to the lake three times and finally found why there was water coming in. Apparently there was a rip in the rubber boot that was attached to the plastic pipe that the steering cables go into. After that was fixed they cleaned the float on the bilge pump and that worked.
Monday morning we go back to the dealership and pump some water into the engine compartment and verify the bilge works. He also shows me the boot that was fixed. We take it back out on the water and I put it through it's paces and verify no water comes in. For our troubles they comp our night at the hotel and throw in three nice neoprean life jackets for my son, wife and I. We air up the tires on the trailer and head out.
15 hours later we arrive back in Wisconsin without any incidents. I was completely tensed up the entire trip home. Never exceeded 62mph on the highway but unluckily hit St. Louis 5pm traffic. My Titan got 8.7mpg the entire drive home and about 15mpg without the load on the way there, so over all it was a $300+ adventure but well worth it. Hauling in 4th gear on premium gas bites.
A couple of questions:
1) the bolt and butterfly nut that is on the white light attached to the top of the bimini is gone - is that something a hardware store has or do I need to order that specially? Luckily the bimini was down and the light didn't get tore off.
2) After 800 miles on the trailer hauling it home I want to get the bearings repacked for our travels this summer. With drum brakes on all four tires is this an easy job compared to a brake-less trailer or am I better off taking it to someone that knows what they're doing?
Here she is:
2004 SunTracker 22' XP3 Party Barge Tritoon
Mercruiser 3.0l Alpha One 135hp
Tracker bunk trailer
