02-25-2013, 09:28 PM
[cool][#0000FF]Misunderstandings (ignorance) about how to treat float tubes has been around for many years. First of all, there are no numbers on air bladders on any tubes or toons I know of...and I know a few. He is shooting in the dark. States that require registration have the ability to issue a registration number in the absence of a hull number. It's just a silly computer entry thing.
And the air chamber regulation applies to dual chamber pontoons, etc...not to single bladder float tubes. That has been challenged elsewhere. The inflatable seats do not count as part of the floatation system for the craft. Otherwise, you could register it with foam seats and then put the inflated seats back in later. But with the foam seats there would be no other air chambers
STUPID.
Some states are ahead of others in knowing the drill with float tubes and pontoons. In fact, some states have gone way too far in restrictions and registrations...making it almost as difficult to own a float tube as owning a boat...especially if you put a motor on it.
My favorite "encounter" was in Colorado. As I was going through the entry gate of a small lake I was asked about my float tube in the back. I was told that I could only use it in the swimming area...not in the main lake. But I was also told that I could not use fish hooks there...because of the swimmers. Catch 22?
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And the air chamber regulation applies to dual chamber pontoons, etc...not to single bladder float tubes. That has been challenged elsewhere. The inflatable seats do not count as part of the floatation system for the craft. Otherwise, you could register it with foam seats and then put the inflated seats back in later. But with the foam seats there would be no other air chambers
STUPID.
Some states are ahead of others in knowing the drill with float tubes and pontoons. In fact, some states have gone way too far in restrictions and registrations...making it almost as difficult to own a float tube as owning a boat...especially if you put a motor on it.
My favorite "encounter" was in Colorado. As I was going through the entry gate of a small lake I was asked about my float tube in the back. I was told that I could only use it in the swimming area...not in the main lake. But I was also told that I could not use fish hooks there...because of the swimmers. Catch 22?
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