Lund 1700 Fisherman questions

[Steve(CO)]

1. Does anyone know the capacities of the two gas tanks? The total is 27 gal, but I can't seem to find out how big the reserve tank is compared to the main tank. In other words, when the main tank runs dry, how much gas is left?
2. There was a recent thread about insulated live wells as ice boxes. Are the live wells on the 1700 insulated?
You'ld think the promo materials and/or owner's manual would give you this sort of information, but I can't find it. Thanks.

[strand]

I have a 1800 the live wells are not insulated lund did put a cooler in the rear live well (removable). As far as the reserve the only thing they told me was, if you go on reserve start looking for gas! also these boats steer hard if you didn't get the hyd. steering. My wife can hardly drive it. 150 opti with 9.9 kicker.

[Flip South Dakota]

I have asked the same question on the gas tanks, and no one seams to know. I can tell you this, I have put 25 Imperial gallons in the tank, which is quite a bit more the 27 US gallons, and have never had to go to the reserve tank. I know the 2001 book on the boat says the the main tank is 27 gals. and the reserve thank is 15 gallons. I think that's a misprint. I always get gas when the gauge starts to get to a 1/4 tank. I don't want to get into that gas gauge thing. But I have put more gas in the tank then what the specs. say you can. Maybe the pump was wrong!!!!!!!!

Also the live wells are not insulated. But the boat comes with a cooler in the port rear storage compartment.

I LOVE MY FISHERMAN. Email me if you have any more questions.

[Bison]

I'm not sure about this, but I think the reserve "tank" may just be a pickup thats mounted lower in the same tank.

[Flip South Dakota]

That's true, same as a reserve thank on a motorcycle. I would think there could be some nasty stuff in the bottom of the tank. Where that shorter pickup tube is.

I kinda miss being able to pick up the old 6 gallon to see how much you had left. But at the same time it's nice not stumbling over that protable tank all the time.

[Steve(CO)]

It doesn't make sense to me that we can't get a straight answer on this. Lund touts this Pro Reserve gas system, so there should be some concrete info available. They have a switch to go from the main tank to the reserve, so it would seem that there is a real, second tank, but it might just be a lower pickup. Also, there seem to be two vents just below the filler cap. If it were only a pick-up lower in the main tank, why two vents (or are they something else)? I agree that if you have a second, smaller tank and rarely let your gas get that low, you could have some really nasty stuff accumulating with time which makes more sense for the single tank idea. I'm going to beat on my dealer to get an answer on this one.
For Strand- There was a recent thread on the hard steering on the Lund Fisherman. I did have hydraulics put on mine for that reason.

[Flip South Dakota]

The stearing is stiffer then it used to be, because of that safety no feed back style. I don't know if there is anything you can do about that except change it out with hyd.

About the second tank thing, wouldn't the gas in the second tank get pretty skunky if you couldn't drain it out once in a while???

Your right on the amount that is in reserve, it would be nice to know.

[T-Mac]

You are correct. The reserve is just a deeper (2nd) fuel pick-up in same tank. When you run out on "main" you still have approximately 10% of a tank. You flip to "reserve" to make use of it.

[T-Mac]

Who did you ask?
Any Lund dealer should know this feature and answer your question.

[T-Mac]

Steve...both are vents...to one fuel tank.
This is a safety feature so that if vent hose gets blocked, you still are safe.

[Filp South Dakota]

I asked my dealer, he said some were around 9 gallons. But I asked him when he had a show room full of people, and a guy demoing a trolling motor. In all fairness it wasn't the best time to talk about fuel tanks.

I ain't complaining, I love the boat and everything about it. And I'm also not complaing about the dealer. He's been very helpful and has bent over backwords to be of service. He's been very fair also.

I think the Lund Fisherman series, gives you the best bang for your buck.

The dealer I worked with is "The Sportsmans" Located in Aberdeen South Dakota

He also sells Sylvans and Tritons.

[Tom]

That TMack is right on! as he usually is.

[Flip South Dakota]

I called Lund and the reserve portion of the tank is very close to 10%. Or in other words on the 1700 Fisherman with the 27 gallon tank it amounts to 3 gal. U.S..
The information in the 2001 book and web site is a misprint.

Soooooo if you run out you better start looing for a gas pump real quick.

[REW]

No,
Do you ever take your boat over a wave?
To you ever lift the tongue of the boat, during a launch or load. Do you ever trail your boat over a road that is not dead smooth?

All of these actions will cause the gas in the built in tank to be continuously mixed.

Every time that you fill the tank, you will be flushing the tank, and effectivly mixing up everything that is in the tank.

So, to answer your question, you only need to drain the tank if you want to get everything out of the tank.

Having said that, I personally don't like to leave the gas in the tank over the winter.
SO, as the end of the season nears, I gauge the number of expected trips, and match that with the amount of gas that I put in my built in tank. Hopefully, I am near empty on the last trip of the season.

Then, in my case, since the pickup is on the bottom of the tank, I sit the boat level, disconnect the gas line from the tank, put on an oversized longer hose, and put the other end in a 5 gallon can. Then I pressurize the tank and blow out any remaining air.
If I need more, typically, I end up removing about 10 gallons, I change cans as required. When I am blowing only air, I remove the hose, replace the motor hose, and finish winterizing the motor.

When spring comes, I fill the tank with fresh gas, and I rest assured, that any thing that might have accumulated over the season is gone, and I am running only fresh clean gas. Works very well for me.

I then use the gas accumulated in the cans to run my snowblower over the winter, and if it isn't all used by spring, simply put it into the gas tank of my car.

In your case, you could do the same thing. Simply put the tank on reserve to get the pickup to the bottom of the tank and pump or blow out the rest of the gas. Fill with fresh in the spring and you are good to go.

To blow out the gas, I put a pressure regulator on the end of my air compressor hose and set it at about 15 lbs. I have a helper hold his hand over the vents for the tank, and use the wand on the end of the air hose, wrapped with rags, to seal around the gas fill hole to pressurize the tank. I gently pulse the air hose - just enough to enable a steady stream of gas out the drain hose.

I always insure that I am doing this well away from other people and vehicles and out of the garage, in case of any spillage or gas fumes. Since there are no sparks, no motors, or other sources of ignition, this is a very safe procedure. i.e. as safe can be when handling an inflamable liquid.

Take care and run with no contamination and enjoy your rig, a great boat indeed.

REW

[Flip South Dakota]

My comment was directed towards the TWO tank set up, which is not the case with Lunds. You are right, since there is only one tank the gas is always being mixed up. But if there were two seperate tanks the gas in the reserve tank would have to be delt with to keep it fresh..