Dean Stone Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 Hi all, hope everyone is ready for dredging . I have a 2" Keene dredge, with the hard floats. Dose anyone how much air to put in the floats? Don't want to blow them up, but need them to float good. Any help would be good, I tried to look on line but could not find how much pressure to put in them. Thanks Dean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LipCa Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 If they are "hard" floats, I wouldn't think you would have to put any air in them? I never did in many years of dredging..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean Stone Posted March 10, 2020 Author Share Posted March 10, 2020 They are the hard floats, they have air values on the small ends. with values covers like on a car tire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvanwho Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 those are rubber floats, black as I recall. Hard floats are made of marlex plastic and don't need air. I trashed mine and got Marlex hard plastic floats from a place in Oregon instead.Worry free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 If they are the black semi-inflatable floats inflate until firm and no more. Overinflating could blow the valve out. Another way to gauge is that when inflated properly they fit the curve of the frame perfectly. I think some of the hard gray floats have valves that are to allow you to deal with either elevation changes or cold water deforming the floats by adding or releasing a little air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjmpainter Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 I never put air in mine and they had plenty of buoyancy. More than a pound or two and you could pop them! good luck👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean Stone Posted March 10, 2020 Author Share Posted March 10, 2020 Thanks all, These are the Marlex floats , not the black rubber ones. I just didn't know if they were to have air or not. They float ok, just thinking, that sometimes get me in trouble. Thanks Dean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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