Bennett trim tabs~ upgraded tabs???
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Bennett trim tabs~ upgraded tabs???
Looking to see if anyone can or has built a better longer style tab to work with the dual ram bennetts that are on boats. Looking to have some tabs made, I have a guy local in town that will make them but he wants to make atleast 4 sets and I cant find but one other person that would be interested in upgrading.. I could do K-planes but really dont want to deal with running cables, specially in salt water.. Other option is the lenco Electric racing tabs, which look good but uses its own switch and indicator and i really dont want that...
Any help would be greatly appreciated,
Any help would be greatly appreciated,
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Be careful w/the Bennets. They are probably the best recreational tab in the world but not a performance tab for a fast boat.
I had standard single rams on my old 24' Sonic and exploded one of the rams.
I up-graded to their dual ram "Sport Tabs" which were much better but still exploded one of those rams.
Also struggled w/keeping the compression fit plastic lines on.
Emptied the reservoir into the bilge several times.
Most of their tabs are rated for 60 and under and my boat ran 80.
My failures were in extreme conditions too though. That boat was big fun in about a 2' - 3' quartering sea (Lake Erie) but took substantial down tab to do it.
Scary thing would be coming back w/no tabs! The boat didn't want to plane very well bellow 30 w/no tab. A 24' boat @ 30 MPH's in rough conditions is no fun.
I now have my 2nd 24' Sonic and this one has the Kiekhaefer K planes and is night and day better.
IMO, you'll be way ahead by doing it right the first time.
BTW, Bennett bent over backwards to help me even when I was honest w/how bad I was abusing their product. Maybe the best customer service (multiple times) I've ever experienced.
Sorry for the book but thought you might some of the info useful.
I had standard single rams on my old 24' Sonic and exploded one of the rams.
I up-graded to their dual ram "Sport Tabs" which were much better but still exploded one of those rams.
Also struggled w/keeping the compression fit plastic lines on.
Emptied the reservoir into the bilge several times.
Most of their tabs are rated for 60 and under and my boat ran 80.
My failures were in extreme conditions too though. That boat was big fun in about a 2' - 3' quartering sea (Lake Erie) but took substantial down tab to do it.
Scary thing would be coming back w/no tabs! The boat didn't want to plane very well bellow 30 w/no tab. A 24' boat @ 30 MPH's in rough conditions is no fun.
I now have my 2nd 24' Sonic and this one has the Kiekhaefer K planes and is night and day better.
IMO, you'll be way ahead by doing it right the first time.
BTW, Bennett bent over backwards to help me even when I was honest w/how bad I was abusing their product. Maybe the best customer service (multiple times) I've ever experienced.
Sorry for the book but thought you might some of the info useful.
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victory trim tabs
I put a set of victory trim tabs by martini marine on my old liberator 241 a bunch of years back they were really nice. worked as well as any bennett set up will. However I think somthing happened to the guy that was making them. Im not sure if anyone else picked up where he left off.
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