Trim Tabs

[Crabby Cakes]

Can anyone give me some feedback on the Lenco trim tabs? Do you see a benefit to going with the electric tabs instead of the hydraulic? Aside from Bennett are there any other makes that I should be looking at or staying away from?

Thanks for your help.

Paul

[CR Bound]

Can anyone give me some feedback on the Lenco trim tabs? Do you see a benefit to going with the electric tabs instead of the hydraulic? Aside from Bennett are there any other makes that I should be looking at or staying away from?

Thanks for your help.

Paul

For reliability and ease save your self the trouble go Bennett.

[SNAKE EYES SPORTFISHING]

no pump, no fluid, immediate response, great customer service. you touch the button the tab moves. period. but lets face thats why they still make both chocolate and vanilla....dave

[Crabby Cakes]

For reliability and ease save your self the trouble go Bennett.

Have you tried the Lenco and had a bad experience? They sure seem a lot easier to install and have a lot less parts that could fail than the hydraulic ones. The 3 year warranty sounds good too.

[MarkP]

I have Lencos on one boat and Bennetts on the other. Both are good, but when I put tabs on the flats boat being built, they will be Lencos. I've never had to do a thing to them in the 3 years I've owned them yet with the Bennetts, I've had to work on them twice in the same year...

MarkP

[LurkerCharters]

I oversee the maint. on about 300 boats annually, If the Bennets are installed and sized properly they are very reliable, I have seen problems with the Lencos, They can be expensive to fix after the 3 year warrenty expires. Both have their drawbacks but I like the Bennets if I had to choose.

[Tuna Meltdown]

The first boat I ever owned had Lencos. It was a 2001 20' SeaCraft and I had to replace the actuators 3 different times @$180 apiece. I could never understand how the company could say that the actuators are fully submersible, maintenance free, and sealed for life when all 3 of my failures were due to water intrusion into the electric motor and gear system thus causing them to fail. They are easy to install and to replace, I became a pro after doing it 3 times. Since then the next two boats I have owned have had Bennetts and I have never had an issue.

[rmoody79]

The first boat I ever owned had Lencos. It was a 2001 20' SeaCraft and I had to replace the actuators 3 different times @$180 apiece. I could never understand how the company could say that the actuators are fully submersible, maintenance free, and sealed for life when all 3 of my failures were due to water intrusion into the electric motor and gear system thus causing them to fail. They are easy to install and to replace, I became a pro after doing it 3 times. Since then the next two boats I have owned have had Bennetts and I have never had an issue.

I too have replaced the actuators on my lencos as well, I also had the control box meltdown which lenco told me was a factory defect problem that they had in the past with my tabs

[Avenger]

For hydraulics you could also consider Insta-Trim. They're OE on my Hatteras and their customer service has been excellent.

http://insta-trim.com/

[Crabby Cakes]

Thank you everyone for the info on the trim tabs. I really appreciate it.

Thanks again,
Paul