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    What size wire and inline fuse?

    Hello! I'm adding a 16' LED light strip to my bimini top that will run through a bluetooth controller unit as well as a voltage reducer to a simple rocker switch off of my dash with a run to my battery. I found a tutorial online for the 3 items listed below that they used but they did never go...
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    Led lights down side of pontoon

    Hello! I'm considering adding some waterproof light strips underneath my deck on my pontoon boat on the left and the right side of it. I have a few questions. 1.) Has anyone on here done that and what are your general feelings/thoughts/issues? 2.) Do you have any suggestions or lights that...
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    Converting Boat Lift For Pontoon

    Hello! I recently came into the ability to pick up a shore station boat lift for super cheap (few hundred) and am curious about the ability to use it for my pontoon boat. I have a 20' pontoon as you can see in the photo attached to this message. I also attached 3 different photos of the lift...
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    VENTED GAS TANK VS AUTO VENTED QUESTION

    Hello! I have an older pontoon boat with a 40hp outboard on it... I keep it parked in a marina at a slip I rent out for the summer and my gas tank is exposed and sits on the back pontoon due to the design of the boat and how it was when I bought it. Long story short, I had about 3/4 to a full...
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    Can a Jeep Tow This?

    Hello, Can a 2012 Jeep GC Laredo with a 5,000lb hitch tow capacity tow a trailer and 24' pontoon boat? It has to go bout 15-20 miles each way with putting it in via a boat launch and taking it out comfortably. Its the 6 cylinder auto 4x4. The pontoon is late 70's with a somewhat smaller 45hp...
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    1970's Pontoon - Questions on What to Look For

    Hello, I have a 1970's year Jand pontoon - 24'. 2 years ago I purchased it from another individual and had it sitting in a smaller lake last summer without many issues, this year it will be on a lake double the size of last year. Only issues I really had were an occasional rough running...
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    What to Look for When Purchasing a Motor

    Hello, I'm purchasing a 68lb thrust 24v Minn Kota trolling motor for my pontoon boat. I really want it as a backup to my 2 stroke Chrysler that can be finnicky from time to time. I'd like to have piece of mind knowing that if something happened out on the lake that I could still make it back...
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    Minn Kota 68lb for Pontoon?

    Re: Minn Kota 68lb for Pontoon? Thanks for all the insight. Not sure why all the negatives and then a huge positive with no issues? I'm not looking to take someone tubing behind it and I'm on an 11 acre lake, nothing even close to lake michigan. The lake is actually Big Cedar Lake (if that...
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    Minn Kota 68lb for Pontoon?

    Hello, I'm bartering with an individual over a 68lb Minn Kota Pontoon version trolling motor that's a bow mounted system. I have a 1975 Chrysler outboard that has been known to run horribly and die from time to time when out on my boat. I'd like to have a backup motor and/or slow putz around...
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    Trolling Motor on 30' Pontoon?

    Hello, I purchased a 30' JAND Pontoon boat last year for about $800, no canopy, just a few bench seats and pedistal seats. The pontoons are good, the base of the boat is good and it's pretty straightforward. It's from the 70's but the biggest thing is that the pontoons are in good shape...
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    70's Chrysler Outboard, Start Manually?

    Hello, I am by no means an expert when it comes to working on motors but I have done routine maintenance on mine for the last few years without issue. Long story short... I have my boat stored at a house where there is no running water in order to run it and do some carb cleaning and to make...
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