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Post Safty on mud buddy
Today I took my new boat out to play around and the main part of the lake was all blocked buy cat tail bogs so I found the easiest place to get through and went and made it and started motoring again and my motor died. The Kill switch fell off of it and I wasn't wearing it and some how it did not fall into the boat it fell into the lake and I could not see it or find it so I had to push pole back. Has this happened to any one else, and does any one know where I can get one or if mud buddy even sells them.

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Sun Jun 26, 2011 11:14 pm
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Post Re: Safty on mud buddy
go to academy. they sell every kind of kill switch in a pack. Find the one that works and throw the rest away.


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Post Re: Safty on mud buddy
My motor cranks without it.

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Sun Jun 26, 2011 11:19 pm
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Post Re: Safty on mud buddy
you might want to get that fixed


Sun Jun 26, 2011 11:29 pm
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Do yourself a favor and wear the kill switch!

As stated academy sells them


Sun Jun 26, 2011 11:31 pm
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Post Re: Safty on mud buddy
i would get a spare to keep in the boat so you dont have to push pole back


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Post Re: Safty on mud buddy
Happwned to me once with my longtail. Was in a bad storm and jumped to run to some cover and forgot it in my wrist...and it fell in the water. Disconnected the ground on the handle and motored back later.

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Post Re: Safty on mud buddy
Best advice I can give on this is to buy a new kill switch key that matches up with your kill switch and then get one for your dry box, also I keep one tied on to another life jacket in the boat so if you fall out the guy or gal riding with you can slap a new one in and come to your rescue if needed.

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Good idea red

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X2 on disconnecting the ground wire on the switch next time.

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Post Re: Safty on mud buddy
our local walmart sells just the lanyard. i also carry extras.we are all guilty of not always wearing them at times. all it takes is one time and i could be game over. also most guys have zip ties on their boats. just lift up on switch and tie a zip tie. between the switch and the switch button it will get u running again.

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I have trouble remembering to hook it up, all the old outboards I've ran never had one.

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If im just in clean water i dont wear my kill switch. I clip it around the back of the handle incase it gets pulled off it is still attached to the handle.

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Post Re: Safty on mud buddy
I keep a couple of these stashed in the boat, and although i have never had the misfortune of loosing a lanyard on the water, I have given more than one of these away to boaters that have.

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