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Fabricating a Mount for Trolling Motor.....Any pics out there?
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<blockquote data-quote="MrGiggles" data-source="post: 492610" data-attributes="member: 22613"><p>There's a pic of the deck plate in here. Be warned, that plate snowballed into a front deck, then a rear deck, then a front deck extension with a livewell. These were taken before the last addition. I sold it later that year.</p><p></p><p>I did the same with the plate on the Tracker that I have now, although it was already setup that way from the factory, the brackets were already there. 3/4" ply, cardboard template. I also screwed a chunk of hardwood to the bottom to stiffen it up further, even still it flexes a little with the trolling motor on high.</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.tinboats.net/threads/14-alumacraft-f7-casting-decks-and-observations.44454/[/URL]</p><p></p><p>If you went aluminum I imagine you could notch and bend the outsides slightly to match the countours of the gunnel. It would be slow going but you could cut the plate with a jigsaw. Could also haul the template over to a fabricator and have them blast it out with a plasma cutter.</p><p></p><p>Although it may not be worthwhile, plywood certainly has advantages in terms of cost and ease of use.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MrGiggles, post: 492610, member: 22613"] There's a pic of the deck plate in here. Be warned, that plate snowballed into a front deck, then a rear deck, then a front deck extension with a livewell. These were taken before the last addition. I sold it later that year. I did the same with the plate on the Tracker that I have now, although it was already setup that way from the factory, the brackets were already there. 3/4" ply, cardboard template. I also screwed a chunk of hardwood to the bottom to stiffen it up further, even still it flexes a little with the trolling motor on high. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.tinboats.net/threads/14-alumacraft-f7-casting-decks-and-observations.44454/[/URL] If you went aluminum I imagine you could notch and bend the outsides slightly to match the countours of the gunnel. It would be slow going but you could cut the plate with a jigsaw. Could also haul the template over to a fabricator and have them blast it out with a plasma cutter. Although it may not be worthwhile, plywood certainly has advantages in terms of cost and ease of use. [/QUOTE]
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