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2012 Spring time lease maintenance

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It is that time of year again, time to start the preparation before summer and it gets to hot to do any real work.  I have some lane clearing I want to do, foot plot setup, and feeder maintenance.  The last one is where I really need some help. I have 2 of the Academy brand Game Winner Low Boy feeders .  LOVE THEM.  They are low to the ground and easy to load/unload.  The biggest issue I have with them is the control/timer is separated from the motor box.  You then have this conduit going from the controller box to the motor, and as noted last year the raccoons were hanging on this and did some pretty good damage here... so that is a significant design flaw.  Academy brand Game Winner Low Boy feeder I went to the lease a few weeks ago to get my batteries out and remove the remaining few kernels of corn from the feeders, and found on of my Low Boys was inoperable.  Not sure if its the cable disaster noted above, if the motor died, etc, but the controller was fine.  This ALL le