Good Evening All
Longtime lurker first time poster here. Looking for a little bit of help with my 1950 14' Alumacraft. I currently have a 55# Minn Kota Traxxis 42" (as pictured) and like it a lot, but I have a casting deck on the front of my boat. I would like to "mount" it somehow to the bow so I can utilize both at the same time. My first thought was to drill through the motors bracket and permanently mount it to the boat, but I would be concerned about the metal bow plate ripping off driving down the road. Instead I plan to just use the standard clamps and attach at launch which is no big deal to me.
This is what I have to work with at the front of the boat. It appears as though the previous owner had a quick release for their trolling motor and I wouldn't be opposed to reusing this, but new trolling motor + the bracket is a touch spendy. Also, for whatever reason, they put it so the motor would go directly into the casting deck when not deployed, so most likely i'll have to drill at least 2 more holes to angle my motor to one side or the other.
I found some brackets that I think may work with the help of some 2x6's and some gasket material to eliminate any possible metal to metal contact and squeaking.
Thoughts on my little project here?
Thanks,
Corb
Longtime lurker first time poster here. Looking for a little bit of help with my 1950 14' Alumacraft. I currently have a 55# Minn Kota Traxxis 42" (as pictured) and like it a lot, but I have a casting deck on the front of my boat. I would like to "mount" it somehow to the bow so I can utilize both at the same time. My first thought was to drill through the motors bracket and permanently mount it to the boat, but I would be concerned about the metal bow plate ripping off driving down the road. Instead I plan to just use the standard clamps and attach at launch which is no big deal to me.
This is what I have to work with at the front of the boat. It appears as though the previous owner had a quick release for their trolling motor and I wouldn't be opposed to reusing this, but new trolling motor + the bracket is a touch spendy. Also, for whatever reason, they put it so the motor would go directly into the casting deck when not deployed, so most likely i'll have to drill at least 2 more holes to angle my motor to one side or the other.
I found some brackets that I think may work with the help of some 2x6's and some gasket material to eliminate any possible metal to metal contact and squeaking.
Thoughts on my little project here?
Thanks,
Corb