10-31-2011, 08:33 PM
Thing about mounting front or rear, I agree, a boat is no problem either way, but pontoon is a totally different story.
The haul is not designed for it, therefore pulling is much better and easier on a battery, plus you are totally hands free because you steer with your feet.
We put my 40 lb Thrust on our Gregor 14' aluminum boat and it works great...again, they are designed for a motor.
The problem with using Car batteries is they can not take the draining and charging like a Deep Cycle. I am afraid you will be going through a lot of batteries, and maybe abusing the warranty by not using it how it is intended, just saying. Don't need more reason to have battery prices go up more.
My brother in-law had a motor Guide...went through a lot of batteries for some reason with it and we use our Minn Kota's twice as much.
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The haul is not designed for it, therefore pulling is much better and easier on a battery, plus you are totally hands free because you steer with your feet.
We put my 40 lb Thrust on our Gregor 14' aluminum boat and it works great...again, they are designed for a motor.
The problem with using Car batteries is they can not take the draining and charging like a Deep Cycle. I am afraid you will be going through a lot of batteries, and maybe abusing the warranty by not using it how it is intended, just saying. Don't need more reason to have battery prices go up more.
My brother in-law had a motor Guide...went through a lot of batteries for some reason with it and we use our Minn Kota's twice as much.
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