Drain holes...????

[funtooner]

How come some MFG's have there drain ports on top?

[Lakebum]

Malcolm,

The plug on the back of the tube in pic 1 is the drain plug and the plastic plug on top of the tube in pic 3 is a vent plug. In order to completely and quickly drain the tube, the top plug needs to be removed so the tube will drain faster.

Lakebum (Louis)
2005 Suncatcher LX3-22C triton
2005 Yamaha F150
2005 Wesco galvanized triple bunk trailer
Lake Murray, SC

[Moser]

I think Lakebum has it right. My 1998 Tracker had those and the plastic plug itself had about a 1/8 inch vent hole in it. It did not have drains though, the dealer had to put some in when the tubes cracked and had to be repaired under warranty.

[rickdb1]

Also, the ports on top are used at the factory to pressure test the logs. The plugs on top on my previous toons had a small hole in them for venting like Moser said. Every other toon I've had in the past I have added drain plugs at the bottom. My current boat has the drain plugs are the bottom, but I don't recall seeing any on top..

[funtooner]

We put the drain plug in the bottom so it could be drained.
That's why I asked the question.

[Bill T]

After you added the drain on the bottom how much water did you drain out??
Is it common to drain tubes?

[funtooner]

We got about 3gal's of water out of it.
This happens all the time.

[rlcrews]

glad i read this post ,
i was a little concerned about finding water in my own boat , not much but it was there

[funtooner]

Old info but still good.

[funtooner]

Fun in finding the drain plugs....