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| What is th best bet ? To remove the electronics when trailering or just leave them hooked up? On my new 620, they seem to be more prone to damage the way they stick up in the air while traveling? My other concern is if I ever get to start fishing a lot, I do not want to damage any of the pins on the connectors.
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Location: Stevens Point, WI | I personally take my electronics off everytime I take the boat off the water. I am usually trailering at least 30 miles one way to fish. I personally just like to know or have the sense of mind that my expensive electronics are sitting somewhere I know they won't take a pounding while trailering. Another reason I take them off, you take a pit stop into a store, you could lose one so quickly you probably won't even realize it until you go to put the boat in the water the next time. I look at this way, I would rather be safe than sorry!
As for worrying about the pins on the connectors, I have been running Lowrance units for a good number of years now and I personally have yet to have one issue with pins bending or breaking. Nothing but good experience with the Lowrance connectors and units in general. |
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Location: Waukesha Wisconsin | I usually leave mine on. You can't tell me that those electronics take more of a beating on the highway than they do in my boat. I have bent pins on my Lowrance units, totally my fault during dark conditions. The new sockets in the back have made it close to impossible for this to happen now however.
The majority of the time, the boat is going from the launch to my garage so they stay on. All bets are off though when I'm traveling during a tournament. Way too may horror stories about guys loosing thousands worth. |
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Location: McFarland, WI | I always take mine off. I think road vibration is worse and different from the rough ride on the water but it is mainly a case of less is best. I have had two Lowrance units on the boats for 7 years and have had no problems with connectors. You also don't have to worry about security if you stop for a burger and adult beverage.
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| If my boat is covered I have always left them on and have not had any adverse effect. I am confident that the thousands of jolts each day on the big water is worse than anything the springs and shocks on my ranger trailer can impart.
The only reason they come off is for storage in winter and security reasons
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| Two weeks ago I stopped at a gas station off I-94 in Portage to go to the bathroom. I came out to find all my rod holders and the bow locator gone. |
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Location: Rhinelander | I take mine off the boat no matter where I'm going if any public stops are planned. What happened to Zach has happened to too many of my acquaintances to for my trust in the general public to leave the rig be. |
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| Sunshine still hasn't realized what happend to him last year.
It didn't look like we stole his electronics, because we just inserted a card and copied all his waypoints. It only took a few seconds to make off with all his years of location information.
Well, OK, we really didn't. But the 'intellectual' value of todays GPS units is in many cases - alot.
I take mine off - I cringe at the thought of a road rock doing to my locator what it did to my windshield.
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Location: Appleton, WI | 30-40 minutes each way, put them on before i leave the house. More than that, under lock and key (name the band with that album). Everything comes off when I get home. |
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Removal of Electronics while Trailering