01-03-2010, 11:12 PM
My tube/toon sits in an un-insulated garage. In fact, I had a bottle of water on my pontoon that is frozen.
YES all bladders are effected by temps. Sometimes mine looses air sometimes not and I have Urethane and right now, bladderless. My pontoon is on a trailer in the garage. It has lost some are in that you can push on the bladder, but still enough air you could float it. In other words, Urethan or Bladderless will loose some air.
As far as Vinyl, it is a little more delicate. I suggest, do not fold it, no creases. If you can leave it slightly inflated, great. Or, roll it up when it is warm.
I seriously doubt that just the cold can do any damage. I have been fishing on overnighters and woke up to frost on everything...didn't hurt the others Vinyl boats.
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YES all bladders are effected by temps. Sometimes mine looses air sometimes not and I have Urethane and right now, bladderless. My pontoon is on a trailer in the garage. It has lost some are in that you can push on the bladder, but still enough air you could float it. In other words, Urethan or Bladderless will loose some air.
As far as Vinyl, it is a little more delicate. I suggest, do not fold it, no creases. If you can leave it slightly inflated, great. Or, roll it up when it is warm.
I seriously doubt that just the cold can do any damage. I have been fishing on overnighters and woke up to frost on everything...didn't hurt the others Vinyl boats.
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