Roughrider IV

I have a 5hp 4 stroke kicker, is not enough engine to push my 17.5 tiller to speeds needed on Lake Ontario unless its flat and no down current. I use it for walleye at speeds under 2mph

Took the boat , trailer out for trial run this past weekend, change in prop size got me darn on max rpm and 34mph which figured out to 8 percent slip. Actually picked up around 1000 rpm over prop that came with the boat. If your not at or around max range which is 5800 to 6300 for my suzuki , you could ruin you engine. I went from a 18 pitch 3 blade to 15 inch 4 blade, hole shot better and holds plane at 4000 into a stiff wind. Trailer looked good till I got home and raised tires to check new bearing installs . I had play in all 4 tires so I pulled hub covers and tightened hand tight again . I got another nut side edge tighter. Hard to figure that out as I put 20 lbs pressure on them with a wrench to seat bearings then backed it off and hand tightened at initial install. Bearing temps with gun reached 115 at disk brake axle, pads are new and a hair too close , I can spin tire 2 revolutions till it stops, temp was lower on return trip home. Going to continue jacking trailer after trips to keep an eye on it .

Just installed new master cylinder on trailer, 2 yr old unit was rusted inside so I got a fresh one. I bleed the brakes with a compressor and one man bleeding system, worked really well but took a while to suck the fluid thru, about an hour, keep switching sides till both we're air free. New hubs, brakes, leaf springs, master, reversing selinode, the spare parts are now emergency parts, and a new tundra too tow with.

Always used amsoil marine synthetic. I also carry a heat gun to Check hub temps during stops. When I got home from last years problem I jacked up opposite tire, gave it a spin and it sounded dry. Replaced with new hubs and bearings. I have rollers and will refrain from submerging axles if at all feasible in the future.

Last year was my 1st trailering a dual axle boat rig I bought used 2 yrs ago. I've picked up a couple pointers on what not to do. The trailer is a load rite 2000 issue and the axles have a hole drilled to the inside for overflow grease . This may work with non pressure covers with just a grease fitting but when using bearing buddies I stop putting grease in when the spring STARTS to move. This is not enough pressure to move the grease thru the back side hole, in turn allowing water to enter brand new hubs from the inside. Hence the bearing buddies blowing off from steam pressure. I ruined that axle and have replaced it with a non drilled axle for overflow grease. The other axle is being cleaned out then pumped with fresh grease with a needle fitting then plugging the inside overflow once its full. A lesson learned the hard way when the bearing left loose. I also now carry extra hubs and brake parts hoping I'm prepared for next road trip. Hope this helps someone hitting the road to Ontario soon.

I have it, saved me big bucks towing my grady home after losing a leaf spring last year . The on road portion is well worth it, the on the water not so much. They cannot compete with free sheriff dept. towing services. They have 3 on the lake last year, northeast area, Oswego, Rochester. Oak orchard discontinued. I would suggest asking what channel the sheriff is on in your fishing area.

If I'm following a boat by a good distance and he bales out deep I'm gonna keep my course, I'm not a mind reader, my thought is to continue on inside past him and he can jump back inside after we pass. I've been driven into shore before, get out of packs, stay outside is the best for me.

Agree with vince on this, as a grandfather I am embarrassed by the way the moral values have degressed in this country. This crap on tv and killing game vidios makes me sick. How do I wrap this tragic act around in my head? What really scares me is what's next. [ Post made via Android ]

Personally, last week october for numbers. Surface temps in the 40's. Numbers go down hill the later I fished. I'm sure other opinions out there. Landshark spends a lot of time there. I have not been up last few years. Check quintefishing.com for info. Look for Sheldon Hatch, quality guide and grew up fishing quinte. Roughrider [ Post made via Android ]

Ok, I get that these days the wire rods are a must have and I have old diawa 47 rigs from the 80s I ran and they are a pain to reel in for the wife and I. I also have copper now but it saw little use this season. I need a wire set that I don't have to pump in to retrive. What's a good outfit that won't break the bank. Roughrider [ Post made via Android ]

Spent the week at point breeze, Tuesday I headed alone as the wife slept in. I shut down the engine to unlock a compartment and when trying to restart, I got nothing. Radio good, gps working, motor will not crank. Showing 12.5 volts at gps and checked both batteries with load unit, measured good. Go to call wife, no phone service. Call the coast guard to assist in contacting boat us for tow, find out they no longer have boat at the oak, seems they can't compete wirth free marine service. Coast guard gets them on the phone, its gonna be 2 to 3 hours from rochester by water, you gotta be kidding me. Rally killer charter stops by for assist, calls the marine sheriff for me, great to know I can get off in an hour. Bigs thanks to Killer, he was working a group at the time. On the way in, boat US shows up, relieves sheriff of tow, and gets me to the dock. He tells me they have 3 boats on the lake, sodus, rochester, clayton. If you call, they will go 25 miles one way for service. I pulled the boat, checked wiring, damn loose connection at negative terminal. I was back fishing that evening. Fast froward to Thursday, we pulled out at 2pm, Stopped for gas, i got a hot bearing, this bearing also spit out a bearing buddy 2 weeks ago that I replaced. I've been boating since 1976, never lost a bearing. I always check for temp at all stops, add grease if needed. I got to whitney point rest stop, bearing still hot, add a few more pumps of grease, head out for another 2 plus hour drive. I'm watching in the mirror, puff of smoke, she's wobbling now, ****, I pull over, yea she is cooked. Brand new disk brake hub with under 1000 miles on it. Call boat US, they got me a guy with a hub, he arrived in half hour, I already removed everything, installed new hub and handed the guy 60 bucks for hub with a tip. Boat US pays for service call. Drove home with brake assembly bungy strapped and duct taped to axle, broke off brake line though, that's gonna be replaced also. Lessons learned: T mobile sucks, get vorizon for lake service. Use lock washers on battery connections Marine service around lake will tow cost free, channel 9 Coast guard is very helpfull in all situations, not just life threatening. If your trailer spits out a bearing buddy, you have a problem developing. I will not submurge my axles again Carry a cut off tool to remove race from spindle, the guy brought a portable dewalt grinder, great tool for the job. BOAT, you gotta love it to put up with it. Roughrider IV out. [ Post made via Android ]

What can you say, its an addiction. You know yer gonna pay sooner or later. I just hope its not DURING my vacation this coming weekend. Good luck with it. Roughrider IV [ Post made via Android ]

Did the same to my rig last fall. Took us an hour to bleed all the air, keep bleeding till you can't push the actuator in, use a 2by 4 to leverage the coupler nose. Roughrider IV [ Post made via Android ]

Gased up at cicero fastrack, 4 bucks a gallon last weekend. Roughrider IV. [ Post made via Android ]

Fishing same area since Friday. Morning, 3 browns , place is pretty sparce for hooks. RoughriderIV out. [ Post made via Android ]

Name: Don Huth Location:Nazareth,pa. Home Port: lake ontario Boat Name/Type: Roughrider IV / gradywhite overnighter I fish for: ================== (your welcome message to LOU - anything else you want to say to the community goes here). Started in 1986 out of Fair Haven in a 16ft starcraft, got the fever bad, moved up to a 22fter, bought 13 acres with a friend and planted a trailer. In 1992 we had to sell out with job and family health issues. We picked up a 17fter in 94 and returned once in a while but never felt the same. Fast forward to 2012 and Im a grandpop with young kids that love to fish so we looked around and found a grady in virgina last fall. Rebuilt the trailer, added riggers and electronics and next weekend hope to splash in at mexico pt. Her she is. Just got the cockpit cover this week. Hope to renew an old habit with the salmonids. Best of luck to everyone, roughrider IV out.

No problem, I know you was busting me. Have one for me. Roughrider out. [ Post made via Android ]

I may be anal about the speed but after running all my spoon brands, different flasher makes next to the boat watching the action I charted minimum, max, and optimal speeds for each. Around my place the waters are only good for boat rides anyway. Good luck with the barn building. Roughrider out [ Post made via Android ]

To finish up, Trevor at fishhawk sent me a new screen unit to try and that fixed the surface speed question. The customer service is outstanding. No questions asked, they just sent me New parts. I would highly recommend them. Now if I could only get the boat wet. Hope to get up next weekend with my new to me rig. Talk about Brake out another thousand, I'm getting close to 5Gs in boat add ons. I'm gonna post some pictures this weekend. These fishing reports are becoming addictive! Roughrider out. [ Post made via Android ]

Did the home lake test today, unit matched speed at 10ft to 80ft depths with 12lb ball And dodger, fly behind it too within .3 mph at 3mph against 2 different gps units. One thing that saw a big difference is at speeds around 4mph the probe slides side to side like a j plug and gives a large difference around 1mph faster than gps readings. I was very impressed with unit as a whole , although the surface speed function reads 0 now the company is sending another ducer to try no questions asked.great coustomer support. Thanks for responses guys. Roughrider out [ Post made via Android ]

I have a question on the speed accuracy at the ball. If down at 80ft with blow back figured in the equation, does the probe lose some speed because of the cable angle or will it maintain same speed as measured 5ft under the surface. I'm thinking of trying a test at a local lake with no deep currents to see if it reads the same 80 ft down verses 10ft down. The last time I had down temp it was a ray jeff unit so its been a few years. Thanks, looking forward to august. Roughrider out. [ Post made via Android ]

We are vacationing 1st week of august and would like to find non ethanol along the highway close to point breeze. Staying at 4Cs marina area. Thanks, roughrider out. [ Post made via Android ]

Anyone know why this unit will not show surface speed on read out? I tried to spin out of water and I get no speed in or out of water. The probe unit works fine and display shows down speed. Thanks for any opinions, Roughrider out. [ Post made via Android ]

avon skin so soft lotion. Worked great in the 90's for us. Give it a try. Roughrider out. [ Post made via Android ]