Dave LeGear
Contributing Member
- City
- What's left of Pine Island
- State
- Florida
As some know, I installed springs on some of my hatches (Live-well, Trolling Mother Battery box) on the old 190 and you can see pictures of such in my photo gallery.
They worked great and come in very handy! What I do recommend, is to pay attention to the angle they are installed and maybe the size used. The one I had for the 190 Live-well was a tad too steep, and maybe too small in size since it took just the slightest bump for it to fold and fall... Picture this, your on a Flat and dropping in that one nice Trout for Dinner into the Jacuzzi as I called it... And you bump the spring with your arm, and the lid falls making this loud noise to scatter all the fish for 100 yards
So here is the source for those springs...
http://www.moonlitemarine.com/hatch holders.htm
I am sure West Marine has some of them at twice the cost though
Some times, the simplest of things and upgrades, really do make for a much nicer and efficient experience on the water and I would have to rate this little upgrade, way up there for ROI
Hope this helps!
Dave
They worked great and come in very handy! What I do recommend, is to pay attention to the angle they are installed and maybe the size used. The one I had for the 190 Live-well was a tad too steep, and maybe too small in size since it took just the slightest bump for it to fold and fall... Picture this, your on a Flat and dropping in that one nice Trout for Dinner into the Jacuzzi as I called it... And you bump the spring with your arm, and the lid falls making this loud noise to scatter all the fish for 100 yards
So here is the source for those springs...
http://www.moonlitemarine.com/hatch holders.htm
I am sure West Marine has some of them at twice the cost though
Some times, the simplest of things and upgrades, really do make for a much nicer and efficient experience on the water and I would have to rate this little upgrade, way up there for ROI
Hope this helps!
Dave