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Posted on 4/28/20 at 2:44 pm to kook
Have owned more than a dozen boats from 10ft long to 40ft. Never have I had or used a battery tray or tie down and never have a had a problem. Marketing play to get in that wallet deeper is all.
Posted on 4/28/20 at 4:16 pm to Boat Motor Bandit
to the OP, you may not have received your Darwin award yet, but eventually you will.
battery's secured in a approved, covered battery box is the only answer.
the problem with a uncovered battery tray is when your boyfriend/girlfriend/kid throws a rod or screwdriver or some other object across the posts and shorts it out and causes a fire.
or when u are ripping down the horrible la road system and flip a battery out of the tray/box because you don't have it tied down and it shorts out and catches your boat on fire. or same scenario in heavy seas or even in calm water and somebody starts yanking on the anchor rope that's wrapped around battery and it gets flipped over on it's side and shorts out on a metal gas tank or gas tank support.
all you downvoters can go get bent, lol. op is a fool if he don't secure his batteries in his 12 boats. think of it as a seatbelt for your batteries. don't matter to me if y'all strap yours down or not. less boats on the water fishin my spots!!!!
I strap mine down in the mudboat/airboat/joboat/bay boat because I don't need preventable issues out when i'm tryin to relax.
battery's secured in a approved, covered battery box is the only answer.
the problem with a uncovered battery tray is when your boyfriend/girlfriend/kid throws a rod or screwdriver or some other object across the posts and shorts it out and causes a fire.
or when u are ripping down the horrible la road system and flip a battery out of the tray/box because you don't have it tied down and it shorts out and catches your boat on fire. or same scenario in heavy seas or even in calm water and somebody starts yanking on the anchor rope that's wrapped around battery and it gets flipped over on it's side and shorts out on a metal gas tank or gas tank support.
all you downvoters can go get bent, lol. op is a fool if he don't secure his batteries in his 12 boats. think of it as a seatbelt for your batteries. don't matter to me if y'all strap yours down or not. less boats on the water fishin my spots!!!!
I strap mine down in the mudboat/airboat/joboat/bay boat because I don't need preventable issues out when i'm tryin to relax.
This post was edited on 4/28/20 at 4:17 pm
Posted on 4/28/20 at 4:32 pm to Jopete
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Jopete
Debbie fricking Downer over here, sheesh.
JK. I'd definitely strap them down.
Posted on 4/28/20 at 5:56 pm to Homey the Clown
No problem there. 
And the last poster that has own 10' to40' boats. So have I. Everything has a place on a boat. I will leave it at that.
And the last poster that has own 10' to40' boats. So have I. Everything has a place on a boat. I will leave it at that.
Posted on 4/28/20 at 6:36 pm to Boat Motor Bandit
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owned more than a dozen boats from 10ft long to 40ft. Never have I had or used a battery tray or tie down
Posted on 4/28/20 at 9:27 pm to magicman534
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OB, I have 4 batteries in my bay boat.
Depends on you and how you run the boat, my center console gets airborn enough I strap down everything that is not screwed down and still lose stuff from time to time.
Posted on 4/28/20 at 10:25 pm to cave canem
I feel like I have been in seas many times that would send a battery 10 feet high.
Posted on 4/29/20 at 6:16 am to LEASTBAY
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I feel like I have been in seas many times that would send a battery 10 feet high.
Been there, done that way to many times.
Posted on 4/29/20 at 9:25 am to LEASTBAY
I have not.
But I forgot to strap down my new cranking battery and it was bouncing around on my pumps
You gotta secure em
But I forgot to strap down my new cranking battery and it was bouncing around on my pumps
You gotta secure em
Posted on 4/29/20 at 10:07 am to cave canem
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Marine battery tie downs...necessary?quote:OB, I have 4 batteries in my bay boat. Depends on you and how you run the boat, my center console gets airborn enough I strap down everything that is not screwed down and still lose stuff from time to time.
How many of y'all have lost a rod and reel out of a rocket launcher??? I have, too many times to remember. Most times never even realized it until I stopped and reached for the rod LOL....I have lost them tied down and not tied down but they usually only hit me in the head when they are tied down....
I lost a trolling motor one Sunday on Lake Lanier in Georgia....crosses a houseboat wake at speed in about 6 feet of water and when I topped the wave I saw red clay LOL...motor snapped off the bow, and did some damage....stuff on a boat takes a beating....
Posted on 4/29/20 at 10:15 am to Boat Motor Bandit
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Have owned more than a dozen boats from 10ft long to 40ft. Never have I had or used a battery tray or tie down and never have a had a problem. Marketing play to get in that wallet deeper is all.
Hell if you own a boat you have already committed to being conned by marketing ploys to get in your wallet....if you have $80K or more tied up in a hunk of fiberglass you intend to float on a body of water with gasoline and batteries on board you ain't the brightest lamp in the fixture to begin with....we are all a little bit off in the head if we own a boat, that's a given......whay balk at a $9 plastic box with a nylon strap at that point???? Go all in....embrace your mental illness and make the most of it...or don't, either way we have a mental problem that requires a boat to treat...we are screwed.
Posted on 4/29/20 at 10:19 am to Cypressknee
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Used to have the same issues. Swapped to these trays and have been fine since. LINK
Man that is the cats arse! I have never seen those before...ima buy 4 of those for my duck boat...I am restoring it as we speak and I was going to put the batteries in boxes inside a compartment but I would prefer those inside the compartment because they'd take up less space. Thanks!
Posted on 4/29/20 at 11:01 am to Gtmodawg
quote:until I can walk on water I don’t see an alternative
wallet....if you have $80K or more tied up in a hunk of fiberglass you intend to float on a body of water with gasoline and batteries on board you ain't the brightest lamp in the fixture to begin with...
Posted on 4/29/20 at 11:46 am to tigerfoot
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quote:wallet....if you have $80K or more tied up in a hunk of fiberglass you intend to float on a body of water with gasoline and batteries on board you ain't the brightest lamp in the fixture to begin with...until I can walk on water I don’t see an alternative
me neither...I like to have a boat or three about the place. I could survive without them but life is about more than survival!
Posted on 4/29/20 at 1:54 pm to magicman534
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is it necessary to strap them down?
Absolutely, batteries are heavy as shite. If they are allowed to move even an inch when big waves are hit, the battery will be imparting an impact force on the hull each time. That's a lot of repetitive stress in one spot. Batteries should be secured even if they won't fly away.
Posted on 4/29/20 at 2:56 pm to Jopete
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Jopete
what a fricking douche.
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