Mine has stopped advancing. Does anyone have any suggestions to fix it (beside throwing it in the river?) Thanks!
160499
If it quits advancing, there is usually a jam somewhere inside the unit which can often times be fixed by going to the blank option and continuing to press the device in the hopes it will spit out the jam. If the jam is too small for that, you might be able to see it and pull it out. If the pressure handle will no longer work, then the device is probably broken. In my experience, these are "one man" machines. Many people using it can lead to breaks.
106051
Mine are having a hard time too. I have the water at the maximum, my smaller turtle has gotten up the ramp but no one has seen the larger one up on top yet. I am almost ready to remove it and go back to the floating shelves. I am going to try one more thing and that is to ramp a piece of driftwood up and see if he climbs up that.
612542
Sounds like user error... I have no issue, I am an experienced paddler and I don't have any issue. Make sure everything is pumped up evenly and your skegs are in good shape.
600543
Ours was a lot of fun until it started deflating half way down the river. That was its first use as well. I'm hoping that it was just mine that it happened to and others has had better luck
218674
I have had the same problem. We used fine at first and recently I changed it to coarse. It still has a little sediment but seems to be working better.
1511702
I had a similar issue and found that I needed to adjust the little bobbing pin near the handle, it should be standing straight up at full pressure so try to use a pen to adjust it.
907887
try using less water... I use mine all the time and find it only has issues when it's overfilled
608233
I'm having the same problem and haven't figured it out yet. I've had this skimmer for over a month now and so far, it's useless. If you get a good answer, please let me know.
2198813
check water levels in reservoir. mine always works just fine till it runs out of water.
1638331
That's only happened to me once. Pop the spool cap off (squeeze the two sides and pull it) and look at the spool of line. It's possible you have some sort of knot in the line stopping it feeding freely. If so, pull it out and rewind it. I've had very few problems with it, though if you're whacking weeds close to concrete or stone, for instance, it will wear quite fast, requiring stopping every minute or two to feed more line. BTW, you should hear the line feed click just before the head stops turning. The thing is designed for about a 1/4" feed on each stop/start.
1565431
contact the suppler. It should be avaaible on line. Mine was all torn up also. Lucky for me I figured it out.
1147689
Michael Try to change the props to the oppsite sides -they should run so the leiding edge is going forwards this makes the boat go forward- I changed all the rc radio and reciver and mounted a hi tq servo with a new working rudder and now it almost flyes across the lake. Hope this helps Larry
1762724
I too have this problem. I've tried all these suggestions. Nothing works. I e-mailed Hayward days ago. They won't answer me. I think this must be a common problem. Any other suggestions? Thanks.
687276
Let it drain completely and gofom there.if not most hobby lobbys can help. I have since upgraded to the outdoor models and am having a blast. Thanks amazon
265534
Send it back. The hole just gets bigger. I had this happen to another mesh float. I had to throw it out.
374342
lost cause. it ruins the floating ability. you should try and use the warranty to get it replaced
799176
I had a similar problem, but it was due to my cross-threading the water supply hose. I was very careful, and it appeared to be threading straight, but it was not. I changed the water supply hose (plastic) to a new one, and the problem was solved. It was user error and not due to product.