My $400.00 beater boat
 

True North wrote:
Califbill
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"If you have a local freshwater lake, drop it in and run it for a little
bit after every trip to the salt."


I've thought about that. Most are a bit out of the way and would add a couple of hours to the trip.



There would be no need for that if you had a quality boat. You spend
more on boat depreciation than I spend on firearm investments. My boats
cost me very little but they aren't falling apart.

My $400.00 beater boat
 

Well I already have one 12 gallon Moeler tank from when I had my pontoon to go in the boat, and in thinking on another.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B004AP...QH5MY4H VH037

With the dual batteries, and full tanks that's a lot of weight to the aft, so I'm thinking on placing the batteries up front. Longer cables but whatever.
Should I tie the tanks together and draw from both at the same time for even weight distribution or use them separately?

My $400.00 beater boat
 

Tim wrote:
Well I already have one 12 gallon Moeler tank from when I had my pontoon to go in the boat, and in thinking on another.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B004AP...QH5MY4H VH037

With the dual batteries, and full tanks that's a lot of weight to the aft, so I'm thinking on placing the batteries up front. Longer cables but whatever.
Should I tie the tanks together and draw from both at the same time for even weight distribution or use them separately?

There are great deals on long battery cables on eBay.

I would say draw from both but make sure they are both empty, or treated
with Stabil, at the end of the season or you will have bad gas in two
tanks. Will you be able to easily see how much fuel you have?

My $400.00 beater boat
 

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There are great deals on long battery cables on eBay.

I would say draw from both but make sure they are both empty, or treated
with Stabil, at the end of the season or you will have bad gas in two
tanks. Will you be able to easily see how much fuel you have?

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Oh no planning on running it this year. Too late, too cool, and too busy.
I'd like to run both tied together but no girl guage and can't see through the tanks, so no reserve. However I also have a standard 6 gal I can tuck in as a spare for 'reserve' I guess.

My $400.00 beater boat
 

There are great deals on long battery cables on eBay.
..........

Alex, you know what I do. I have no problem coming up with cables. Lol!

My $400.00 beater boat
 

Tim wrote:
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There are great deals on long battery cables on eBay.

I would say draw from both but make sure they are both empty, or treated
with Stabil, at the end of the season or you will have bad gas in two
tanks. Will you be able to easily see how much fuel you have?

..........
Oh no planning on running it this year. Too late, too cool, and too busy.
I'd like to run both tied together but no girl guage and can't see through the tanks, so no reserve. However I also have a standard 6 gal I can tuck in as a spare for 'reserve' I guess.


24 gallons is a lot of gas. Do you think you would ever come close to
burning that much in a day? I have a hard time burning 20 gallons in
the 500ci Caddy on the skinny water boat in a day and it loves gas! I
have only had to grab the spare can once and it's a 30 gallon tank.

My $400.00 beater boat
 

Tim wrote:
There are great deals on long battery cables on eBay.
.........

Alex, you know what I do. I have no problem coming up with cables. Lol!


I do know what you do. Didn't know you did cables, too. Might want to
put some on eBay!

My $400.00 beater boat
 

On Thu, 15 Oct 2015 20:12:01 -0400, Alex wrote:

Tim wrote:
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There are great deals on long battery cables on eBay.

I would say draw from both but make sure they are both empty, or treated
with Stabil, at the end of the season or you will have bad gas in two
tanks. Will you be able to easily see how much fuel you have?

..........
Oh no planning on running it this year. Too late, too cool, and too busy.
I'd like to run both tied together but no girl guage and can't see through the tanks, so no reserve. However I also have a standard 6 gal I can tuck in as a spare for 'reserve' I guess.


24 gallons is a lot of gas. Do you think you would ever come close to
burning that much in a day? I have a hard time burning 20 gallons in
the 500ci Caddy on the skinny water boat in a day and it loves gas! I
have only had to grab the spare can once and it's a 30 gallon tank.

5 gallons usually takes my out and back twice.

My $400.00 beater boat
 

On Thursday, October 15, 2015 at 7:12:09 PM UTC-5, Alex wrote:
Tim wrote:
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There are great deals on long battery cables on eBay.

I would say draw from both but make sure they are both empty, or treated
with Stabil, at the end of the season or you will have bad gas in two
tanks. Will you be able to easily see how much fuel you have?

..........
Oh no planning on running it this year. Too late, too cool, and too busy.
I'd like to run both tied together but no girl guage and can't see through the tanks, so no reserve. However I also have a standard 6 gal I can tuck in as a spare for 'reserve' I guess.


24 gallons is a lot of gas. Do you think you would ever come close to
burning that much in a day? I have a hard time burning 20 gallons in
the 500ci Caddy on the skinny water boat in a day and it loves gas! I
have only had to grab the spare can once and it's a 30 gallon tank.

Well, these things are thirsty and get maybe 3-4 mpg. If the Wabash river is up you can go a hundred river miles and rarely see any kind of a fuel dock. And even so, to find good quality non alcohol fuel can be a problem. so...

My $400.00 beater boat
 

On 10/15/2015 8:12 PM, Alex wrote:
Tim wrote:
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There are great deals on long battery cables on eBay.

I would say draw from both but make sure they are both empty, or treated
with Stabil, at the end of the season or you will have bad gas in two
tanks. Will you be able to easily see how much fuel you have?

..........
Oh no planning on running it this year. Too late, too cool, and too
busy.
I'd like to run both tied together but no girl guage and can't see
through the tanks, so no reserve. However I also have a standard 6 gal
I can tuck in as a spare for 'reserve' I guess.


24 gallons is a lot of gas. Do you think you would ever come close to
burning that much in a day? I have a hard time burning 20 gallons in
the 500ci Caddy on the skinny water boat in a day and it loves gas! I
have only had to grab the spare can once and it's a 30 gallon tank.


Heh. The Egg Harbor I had burned about 35 gallons per *hour* of diesel
fuel at cruise speed. The Navigator was a fuel miser, only burning 28
gallons per hour at cruise.