I recently purchased a super clean 2004 TR21X. It's my first real bass boat, and there is quite the learning curve. The kill switch lanyard is lying in the side panel, but I can't figure out where to connect it. I am planning on fishing my first bass tournament in a few weeks, and I've just discovered the safety rules. Please help.
I have a 2003 TR20 so they’re probably the same area as yours...mine is a toggle switch just below your shifter to put the boat in gear. It has a little “roof”over the toggle switch. Hope this helps.
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Have to figure out if the switch is up or down .. have it down , slid the ring on top of it to flick it up ,, the try it see if it works ..
Last edited by Murph44; 09-12-2018 at 01:39 PM.
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Do you have 2 attachment points for your safety lanyard? The one in your pic down low towards the front is where they generally are but I have never seen one in the actual throttle handle. Since this is your first bass boat be aware that if that kill switch is not returned to the up position 100% the engine will crank over fine but will not startOriginally Posted by Murph44
Have to figure out if the switch is up or down .. have it down , slid the ring on top of it to flick it up ,, the try it see if it works ..
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I appreciate y'all taking the time to reply to what is probably seems like a pretty dumb question.
I have a red toggle switch similar to the pic posted by Thommo59. Up is "Run" and down is "Off". I just don't see how a lanyard would push the switch down to the off position if I were ejected from the boat. I tried to post a pic, but it tells me the file is too big to post.
To compound my confusion, I just realized the lanyard I saw in the boat is broken on both ends, so no clues there on how to connect it.
That brings up another question - how do I get a new lanyard? Will that need to come from Triton? Or are there several standard types that I could get from BassPro or somewhere similar?
I resized the pic and got it to post. I hope it helps.
New lanyards available at walmart.
Yes .. there’s a universal lanyard that comes with a bunch ..
https://www.walmart.com/search/?quer...0boat&cat_id=0
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Flip the switch down to off, the put the closed loop attachment over the toggle switch and then flip the switch back up to run with the clip,still over the toggle. It will hold the clip in place. You’ll eventually forget it is clipped to you at some point and you’ll hop up and your motor will quit. Then you’ll know it works!
Thank you, noahtn. I finally get it. So simple. Problem solved.
Maybe you should find some one who knows how to drive a high performance boat before you take it out on your own in a tournament.
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