Yes the budget is tight. I want to get started as soon as possible and I would rather be inconvenienced for a while and get good quality equipment instead of cheap equipment.
Shoulder cramp?
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IDK, Iām not trying to have guys do more work than necessaryā¦
Check this out for a wood skid built for back of truckā¦idk if that fits what your looking for but itās an idea you can play with.
@GrimetoShinePW yes this is exactly what I am going for.
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Iād look for an aluminum skid then, unless youāre certain it will be very short term.
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Cool cool glad I could be of some use:) good luck
Just my 2 cents: a year ago I was brand new with zero experience starting out on a tight budget just like youā¦ spend your hose reel money on marketing or a website or just leave it in the bank. Hose reels are a luxury. Youāll know when you need them & youāll be able to afford them when you get there. Just buy your hoses in 50 foot sections & link them together as needed. 50 foot hoses are super quick & easy to roll up by hand.
Hahaaa!!! My dude, you need to get out of the office more often. Youāre more likely to throw your shoulder out checking the mailbox than rolling up a hose with a manual reel but I will say the trigger hand takes all of the abuse. When I wake up in the mornings, itās impossible to make a fist with my right hand for a while. Itās called trigger finger & Iām sure lots of dudes on here are very familiar with it.
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Get you a good Velcro strap. No ones exempt from the trigger finger syndrome
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Killer advice dude! Greatly appreciated. I got the Suttner 1500 pass through gun to use with a ball valve on bigger jobs & itās been great but this work is tough on the fingers no matter what. Even the left hand has the trigger finger from just dragging hose.
Itās tough on the body no doubt. My knees from years of leaning on ladders are shot aswel, elbows getting a bit rusty also. Take it from me, mitigate all these things while your young and starting out, most of this wear and tear is stuck with you, the glitz and rewards seem less and less worth it every year.
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You are correctā¦I need the rest of this snow to melt off my boat so I can get these lights and emergency bilges installed, then do some fishing come springā¦
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THIS is the proper method of getting out of the office! What are you fishing for?
Personally, almost always bass fishing. I may entertain some other odds and ends if that isnāt any good, but Iāll drag plastic worms over logs all day long as a means of therapy if nothing else 
But itās been years for meā¦the little boat I got is almost rebuilt and ready for action (hopefully this spring).
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Thatās the spirit! I plan to get another boat one of these days but kayak fishing is hard to beat, especially from a therapeutic perspective. Definitely give it a try if you havenāt already.
Iām a bit big for kayaks. Mine is a decked out 14ā Jon boat. If I canāt get that up in there, then I donāt need to fish there 
Haha, Roger that! Itās a perfect time of year to find a nice fishing kayak for cheap on Marketplace. Youāll love it if you find the right one but jon boats are awesome too. As long as you enjoy yourself at the end of the day, itās all good. I hope you catch a whopper!
i donāt enjoy fresh water fishing at all. Salt Life all the way.
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Sounds like fun other than the 8 hour drive. I canāt say Iām not a little jealous but you can make the most of it when itās all youāve got!
