FBRDrifter
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First post. I figured it would be easier to do this all at once. I picked up a 2011 Tracker 1436 (you can tell the year by the paint flaking off), trailer and a 1980 model 9.9 Johnson all for $1100.00. The boat had only been in the water once before I acquired it. Motor from original owner. I did a good deal of searching here before I decided what I wanted to do. A bit lower front deck for a bit more stability, No seat bases as I prefer to fish standing, storage under front deck and under front bench seat, battery in front to be closer to trolling motor, blah, blah blah. Pretty much standard issue build here with a couple exceptions. I made up a rotating mount for the non-rotating Lowrance fish finder and a nice mod for the front mounting of a transom mount trolling motor. It is an old Motorguide T28 with the plastic pin release for the tilt. I built a steel/brass pin and got rid of the notches for different angles (no need for them on the front) and added plates to the side that ramp up the pin to fall into the last notch. All I have to do is to pick up the trolling motor and drop it in the water. NO pushing the pin what so ever. And to pull it back up, just push the pin long enough to get it out of the bottom notch and lift /tilt the trolling motor back into the boat. Below are the pics I took during the build. The trolling motor pics are at the bottom of this post and should help show what I did, as to the mod.
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