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stevedok 03-02-2010 09:34 AM

Boat Remote Control
 
I am located on the main channel on the 21 mile marker at the Lake of the Ozarks and am in need of a remote so I can safely lift my boat out of the water whenever I leave. When I asked around I heard Firstmate had a lot of problems and was nothing more than a liability. Does anyone know another company that could take care of my problem?

4mulafastech 03-02-2010 12:34 PM

I have been using a Firstmate on the lift for my 292 since 2006. Works great. No problems at all. What have you heard?

MidOcean 03-02-2010 04:01 PM


Originally Posted by stevedok (Post 3058264)
I am located on the main channel on the 21 mile marker at the Lake of the Ozarks and am in need of a remote so I can safely lift my boat out of the water whenever I leave. When I asked around I heard Firstmate had a lot of problems and was nothing more than a liability. Does anyone know another company that could take care of my problem?

You might try to contact GTO. They mfg gate remotes with high capacity servos...

http://www.gtoinc.com/

klaw 03-02-2010 04:08 PM

At the Miami show Eaton has a new. Remote motor controller I am waitin on a price for it

klaw

Elite Marine 03-02-2010 07:23 PM

We are a dealer for GEM and would like to offer a great deal to all!

http://www.gemremotes.com/


I am working on getting back here as an advertiser and this would help! Sales were extremely flat this winter so we had to scale back. Alot of great repeat customers though - THANK YOU!!

Kirk
[email protected]

flat rate 03-02-2010 08:55 PM

firstmate kick ass no probs year around for 5 years

fatdaddy 03-02-2010 10:51 PM

I got the gem remotes too. Couldn't imagine not having one now.

4mulafastech 03-03-2010 10:25 PM

Stevedok, what problems have you heard about the Firstmate system??

fountain4play 03-03-2010 10:52 PM

First Mate all the way...works great for us...had mine for a couple years now and never had a problem....Mine has the option that will raise it back up if it starts to loose air and goes down.... That and I have a security monitor that will alert me if it goes down... I watch mine on my lake cam's daily to check things out... I don't keep the boat on it over the winter I don't trust any of them that far....

4mulafastech 03-04-2010 06:38 PM


Originally Posted by fountain4play (Post 3059560)
First Mate all the way...works great for us...had mine for a couple years now and never had a problem....Mine has the option that will raise it back up if it starts to loose air and goes down.... That and I have a security monitor that will alert me if it goes down... I watch mine on my lake cam's daily to check things out... I don't keep the boat on it over the winter I don't trust any of them that far....

Same here, my First Mate works great too. That's why I was wondering about the 'lot of problems' comment. Interesting first post with no response.


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