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Title: Electric pot pullers?
Post by: hunthard on April 15, 2017, 09:18:45 PM: Anybody use one of these, thinking about getting back into shrimping. My boat is already set up for Cannon down riggers. Thanks in advance.
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Post by: fishngamereaper on April 15, 2017, 09:29:45 PM: What are you looking at. I have an Ace line Brutus. About 12 years old and still going strong.
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Post by: RB on April 15, 2017, 09:58:44 PM: Quote from: fishngamereaper on April 15, 2017, 09:29:45 PM
What are you looking at. I have an Ace line Brutus. About 12 years old and still going strong.

:yeah:

Me too love it!
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Post by: hunthard on April 15, 2017, 10:26:49 PM: The Ace is the main one I was looking at. WOW 12 years, i'm going to go ahead and assume you are pretty satisfied with it.
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Post by: Mfowl on April 15, 2017, 10:51:05 PM: Ace line hauler is great. Small and stowable in your boat. It's easy to pop your DR off and put the Ace on and go get you crab pots when salmon fishing as well. However, compared to gas pullers they are slow as molasses. Harbor Marine had a shrimping seminar today (4/15.) They were advertising great deals on Ace line haulers on the Outdoor Line (710am) this morning for the seminar. I'm not sure how long that deal is going on though.
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Post by: huntnphool on April 16, 2017, 12:09:28 AM: I've owned both electric (Ace) and gas (Honda) I'll stick with gas. :twocents:
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Post by: rasbo on April 16, 2017, 03:57:56 AM: I enjoyed pulling them by hand and never bought one,but I did use a Honda puller on a friends boat and it was awesome..
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Post by: dscubame on April 16, 2017, 06:17:43 AM: Davit's are the way to go. Especially with shrimp since typically the pots are down so far. Been using them for years and won't go back to hand pulling.
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Post by: fishngamereaper on April 16, 2017, 06:18:18 AM: Quote from: hunthard on April 15, 2017, 10:26:49 PM
The Ace is the main one I was looking at. WOW 12 years, i'm going to go ahead and assume you are pretty satisfied with it.

Very happy with it. Gas is faster, but also louder and has its danger issues. I know a guy that lost a digit with a gas puller. The Ace pulls fast enough to keep the shrimp in the pot, is quiet enough to have a conversation while pulling, and is pretty safe with a bunch of kids on the boat. And for a small motor its pretty powerful, Ive snagged derelict pots with it before and it will pull two pots no problem.
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Post by: Encore 280 on April 16, 2017, 09:23:57 AM: The one bad thing about the electric pullers, you have to keep your main motor running or you'll run the battery down and be DIW. :twocents: I have the EZ Pull and like it. :tup:
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Post by: Jerome on April 16, 2017, 09:39:44 AM: I have the ace and love it, i did install a second battery and a perko switch to run the hauler and downriggers off of.
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Post by: hunthard on April 16, 2017, 12:39:41 PM: Thanks for the feed back guys, I'll check out the Ace puller,
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Post by: WAcoueshunter on April 16, 2017, 01:39:20 PM: I have an older Ace that is still going strong. But got a Scotty last year and now prefer the Scotty.
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Post by: NRA4LIFE on April 16, 2017, 02:55:33 PM: I've had the Scotty now for 4 seasons and love it. Yanks up heavy crab pots with no problem. My buddy has an Ace and that thing works well also, maybe even a bit faster than my Scotty. I thing either would be good. Never shrimped though so can't help there.
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Post by: Snowgoose1 on April 19, 2017, 01:43:18 PM: Have a Discovery Bay Power Hauler 2.3HP, 90:1 gear box worm drive. Our pots are offshore pots and exceed 60 pounds which don't move in the tidal swings. We went to the power hauler because it's easy to get the pot higher than the side of the boat. Then we only have to swing it in and lower it. Works the same way in reverse putting it out. The Power Hauler is very strong and has a rating up to 250 pounds. We have had it for three seasons with no issues and it saves our backs. It's very easy to hook up and take off the boat leaving only the bracket along the side/floor base.
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Post by: SpringerFan on April 20, 2017, 01:07:07 PM: Quote from: Snowgoose1 on April 19, 2017, 01:43:18 PM
Have a Discovery Bay Power Hauler 2.3HP, 90:1 gear box worm drive. Our pots are offshore pots and exceed 60 pounds which don't move in the tidal swings. We went to the power hauler because it's easy to get the pot higher than the side of the boat. Then we only have to swing it in and lower it. Works the same way in reverse putting it out. The Power Hauler is very strong and has a rating up to 250 pounds. We have had it for three seasons with no issues and it saves our backs. It's very easy to hook up and take off the boat leaving only the bracket along the side/floor base.

I have the same but in 1.8hp.
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Post by: SERVOSKI on April 21, 2017, 07:10:00 AM: I have the Ace puller. works great for crab pots. It has some trouble pulling heavy shrimp pots, the rope slips in the sheave(even with multiple rubber strips in the sheave). If I had to do it again I might try the Power Hauler.
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Post by: h2ofowlr on April 21, 2017, 07:12:39 AM: Quote from: rasbo on April 16, 2017, 03:57:56 AM
I enjoyed pulling them by hand and never bought one,but I did use a Honda puller on a friends boat and it was awesome..

I call BS on this one. Maybe for crab. lol For shrimp, no way. Dropped 4 pots and after pulling the first SOB up from 350' I was ready to leave the other 3 on the bottom. Luckily some guy came buy and pulled the other 3 for me with his pot puller. I was one happy guy after that.
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Post by: Wanderer on April 23, 2017, 05:23:10 PM: me too. first time shrimping we pulled the pots by hand. went and bought an electric puller the next day....
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Post by: JKEEN33 on April 23, 2017, 05:40:45 PM: Dad and I pulled them by hand for two years. Not a ton of fun, but doable. We do have the ace puller now and like it a lot.
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Post by: Wacenturion on April 24, 2017, 01:35:10 PM: I went this direction..........the actual brand of davit I used and the same exact winch (picture is from someone else's winch). Had a special adapter made like the one shown to attach to the davit.
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Post by: dscubame on April 28, 2017, 01:04:07 PM: Your back and biceps thank you.
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Post by: Stein on May 01, 2017, 09:28:29 AM: I pulled 4 pots several times a day for 14 years and just built my own puller from an eBay wheel chair motor. I'll post a video if it works.
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Post by: gasman on May 01, 2017, 11:57:41 AM: Buddy made one from a camper jack motor. I got a slideout motor to build one, nut right now using my gas puller.
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Post by: Stein on May 10, 2017, 07:48:09 AM: My homebrew puller worked great, just need to tweak the hands free part a bit. It pulls faster than commercially available and I have less than half the cost into it. I could hook it to 18 or 24V and really get those pots moving.
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Post by: h2ofowlr on May 10, 2017, 08:24:37 AM: I just went and bought the Scott Line Puller. I think they had them at Costco for $368.
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Post by: lokidog on May 12, 2017, 09:09:05 PM: For what it is worth, Ace Line Hauler comp any has an amazing warranty. I have had two motors replaced by them with no questions asked. I've now got a Safety Hauler which works well, thankfully I did not have to pay for it though.... It does require a much different mounting (more complicated)system than the Ace.
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Post by: dscubame on May 13, 2017, 07:15:55 AM: The best warranty is one you don't need to use.
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Post by: KFhunter on May 13, 2017, 08:16:09 AM: Dad just bought a Thunderjet Alexis with partial hard top and offshore mounted O/B and kicker, we plan on getting it in the salt once or twice a year *hopefully* and I'd like to put a pot puller on it. It's got electric Scotty's on each rear corner, would the scotty pot puller be ideal to slide in the current DR mounts and plug in since it wouldn't be used very often?

Or better to put a davit off the hard top?
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Post by: WAcoueshunter on May 13, 2017, 02:08:34 PM: Quote from: KFhunter on May 13, 2017, 08:16:09 AM
Dad just bought a Thunderjet Alexis with partial hard top and offshore mounted O/B and kicker, we plan on getting it in the salt once or twice a year *hopefully* and I'd like to put a pot puller on it. It's got electric Scotty's on each rear corner, would the scotty pot puller be ideal to slide in the current DR mounts and plug in since it wouldn't be used very often?

Or better to put a davit off the hard top?

Go Scotty. Super easy with that setup.
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Post by: Fishstiq on May 13, 2017, 02:12:45 PM: Quote from: WAcoueshunter on May 13, 2017, 02:08:34 PM
Quote from: KFhunter on May 13, 2017, 08:16:09 AM
Dad just bought a Thunderjet Alexis with partial hard top and offshore mounted O/B and kicker, we plan on getting it in the salt once or twice a year *hopefully* and I'd like to put a pot puller on it. It's got electric Scotty's on each rear corner, would the scotty pot puller be ideal to slide in the current DR mounts and plug in since it wouldn't be used very often?

Or better to put a davit off the hard top?

Go Scotty. Super easy with that setup.

...and if you're interested, I know a guy who is putting a Scotty puller up for sale.
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Post by: KFhunter on May 13, 2017, 02:14:33 PM: possibly :tup:
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Post by: Tenkara on May 13, 2017, 02:39:34 PM: Quote from: h2ofowlr on May 10, 2017, 08:24:37 AM
I just went and bought the Scott Line Puller. I think they had them at Costco for $368.

I was looking at those at the Tumwater Costco today.
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Post by: Fishstiq on May 13, 2017, 02:59:43 PM: Quote from: Tenkara on May 13, 2017, 02:39:34 PM
Quote from: h2ofowlr link=topic=211991. Bymsg2834551#msg2834551 date=1494429877
I just went and bought the Scott Line Puller. I think they had them at Costco for $368.

I was looking at those at the Tumwater Costco today.

That's a smokin' deal :tup: