Bucks Bags float tubes?

[Scottmisfits]

I have just aquired a Bucks Bags Cut Throat float tube but it doesn’t have the backrest bladder. Is there a dealer around Calgary that deals in these? Next step would preferably be Alberta. I can order direct but I’d rather support local first if possible.

Thanks

[kilgoretrout]

In that its a float tube it likely uses inner tubes at least the bucks I had did.... car tube for the main and a motorcycle tube for the backrest ....... you may want to replace both as the one in it is likely 30+ years old like the float tube is ...... safety first

[Scottmisfits]

The inner tube main tube is in good shape, only a couple of years old. The Bucks website shows a bladder for the backrest. I never thought of a motorbike tube, but I will look in to it.

[graybeard]

Originally Posted by Scottmisfits

The inner tube main tube is in good shape, only a couple of years old. The Bucks website shows a bladder for the backrest. I never thought of a motorbike tube, but I will look in to it.

Good thinking;
Years ago I had a round float tube and I needed the main round bladder replaced. I simply went to a tire shop with my old bladder and I replaced it with a truck tube at the fraction of the cost.

The rubber tube was much more resilient than the other.

Good luck...

[kilgoretrout]

I had a Bucks Buckaroo and it came new with the inner tubes, perhaps yours is newer..... mine would have been from the eighties and in the nineties I had switched to a kick boat which signaled the end to float tubes ......

[Don Andersen]

I used a 650*15” truck tube
See:
https://www.petestirestore.com/650-1...15_p_6278.html

Don