crazyfisherman911
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Several friends & i have been hauling our boats around on Michigan Rough roads for years & never had a single problem. Even my buudy had an Islander with a rotted transom with countless miles with no issues. So with that being said I would not be afraid for a second. I have seen more than one kicker motor fall off on the lake from not being directly bolted on to mount & drug by battery cables.. OUCH !!!
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I have an octopus pump for my auto pilot on my boat & after a good morning of fishing I had to put a second reserve battery in because the run in was not enough to charge it back up to fish the evening. Other wise I had to run my main engine & not at an idle either for at least a half an hour.
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How about in the past years I have dropped 3 hand held gps's 2 out of my pocket & one on the bottom of my seat. My wife said are u that stupid ! she bought me a linyard to attach it to my coat. lol The last one was my makita rechargable flash light ! I think that a 10" hole is too big! need a 2" lol By the way I ice fish amlost every day from Dec 1st til April 1st. -
Thanks for the reponces, I think I am going to try it. If this works out I will post it on this sight. If a person was to buy a used $500 auto pilot & a $380 panther that would be a cheap system that others could invest in. Especially if you already have an auto pilot system that you can't troll with!
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The auto pilot has power wires that come out that are revesing to run a pump forward & reverse. This will run the panther unit in & out to turn the boat. I talked to a guy that has the same 22' islander & he use to use a hand tiller. he said he had no problem. But he could not tell me if he could do it in a head wind with 2-3' waves
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I looked at that unit it cost around $2500. I know that hooking up the panther system to my kicker, it will opperate properly. But by not connecting it to the lower unit on my 22' Islander I don't know if it will steer the boat not using my lower unit as a rudder. So by steering the boat with just the kicker will it be enough to the boat on course?
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I am looking at putting a panther steering kit model 100 with an auto pilot on my kicker motor, but not linked into my mercruiser out drive. I want to use this for trolling only. Do you think this would steer my boat into the waves. If I raise my lower unit I would assume it would. I have an auto pilot without complete hydraulics & it is only good if you are cruising..... I can buy the panther for less than $400.oo I figue this would be a cheaper investment than changing my system over to complete hydraulics. the only reason for buying the auto pilot was for trolling so I dont care if I remove it from my I/O.