$1500 Trolling Motor Cut in half, OTW Ep.17

[@Alx28516]

Beto! your a great man, sir! I saw the “I love my Wife” sticker the wall next to the rod rack. Mr. Mark, Thank you, for your service!

[@saltyyak9418]

Dude got a badass garage.

[@innovationfishing1655]

Thanks Brother!!

[@Coyotes254]

We'll done gentlemen ! A very informative video on things we all have considered, but never attempted.

[@texascoastalliving]

Thanks 🙏

[@hectorcoria3650]

Wowsers gentleman, well and nicely done! And that great teamwork makes it all the better!!!

[@innovationfishing1655]

Yes brother that’s correct but Mark is my coach!!!!

[@hectorcoria3650]

@@innovationfishing1655 indeed!

[@hueydesoto196]

Thanks, you inspired me to cut down my Terrova 60” shaft to 48”.

[@robertbrittain2663]

As an alternative to cutting the shaft with hacksaw you can also use tubing cutter This will prevent scuffing the wires in the shaft

[@zaragosazuniga761]

That is a good idea.

[@helicopterjohns]

Slip a piece of tubing inside the trolling motor shaft to prevent cutting your wires. John

[@texascoastalliving]

Ahh perfect 👌! Great advice!!!

[@RealLifeFishingWI]

Or just disassemble it properly and use a sawzall. Further, the second set of butt splices wasn't required. Under the factory heat shrink are spade connectors. Could have simply cut that heat shink off, pulled the spade connectors apart, and put a new spade connector on the now-shortened wires. That's the proper way to do it, and is how it's done by dealerships since shortening of that motor shaft actually *IS* supported by MinnKota, and properly done, will not void the warranty. Note that this can only be done on Terrova-style trolling motors, it is not supported on Ulterra-style motors with the automatic trim.

[@BubbaBassAnglers]

OMG you just solved my problem! Needed a 36" or les shaft for my kayak and couldn't find one! BRAVO!!

[@hooktexas8684]

Awesome man’s fishing cave Beto. May Tight Lines Forever Be The Journey you guys.

[@innovationfishing1655]

Thank you 🙏

[@Lancesitton]

thanks! looks easy to do. sick rig!

[@Blaze_terror]

You two looked like pro's on that installation

[@KayakMarshFishing]

Nice skiff beto👍👍

[@coach.c.3889]

Clean job man just had got done watching mr Betos vid lol...yall r gonna look badass on the water 🚤🚤🔥🎣

[@innovationfishing1655]

Thanks Coach C

[@garymeives762]

Great job, but I think you installed the head backwards. When you disassembled the unit the long end of the head was pointed to the right and the cable was on the left side, but when you reassembled the unit the long end was pointed to the left and the cable was on the right side. I don't know if that will make any difference as to how it will steer, but you might want to check that out.

[@ChrisG9978]

The head is on correctly - the rear of the head (where the curly wire comes out) needs to be lined up with the prop on the lower unit (motor). The prop always "pushes" toward the rudder on the lower, so the front of the head points toward the direction the prop is pushing the boat. See 21:00, front and rear of the head is properly aligned with the front and rear of the lower unit.

[@pauleadams3268]

Good job

[@jeremyhoo3070]

Nice gents, pro job - I’m going to do the same shortening of the shaft so that it will suit my hobie outback 2020 - good instructions. Well done. Jez from Oz down under.

[@texascoastalliving]

Thanks buddy!

[@slikrik6098]

Great install guys

[@justinhuynh4849]

Beautiful install.

[@ericmeinke4838]

Any chance you could tell me the measurement of the length of the motor with prop? I want to do this on my Kayak through the sonar pod. Want to see if the motor will fit in the pod. Thanks guys, great video.

[@citylimitsbassin]

Great diy video

[@walterdarr1504]

Nice video Mark

[@noel3503]

“It’s like killing your dog” -Beto🤦🏻‍♂️ 😂 😭 Great video on making things work for y’all.

[@TheRealLifeoutdoors]

MAYBE Minn Kota will eventually offer small skiff and kayak versions of this motor

[@RGCfishingg]

That would be dope

[@machining7440]

They want you to buy their AP kayak. They are losing a lot of sales to Motor Guide.

[@zaragosazuniga761]

Great job guys. Made it look real easy. Love the Hskiffs

[@stevec9625]

Good video. I just bought a Terrova and the shaft is longer than I want. I’m not going to cut it. Mostly because of the warranty. I’m a retired firefighter and if my smoke detectors were beeping in my house or shop, like yours are, I’d have to drop everything else I’m doing and deal with it. It’s telling you there’s a problem, don’t leave them like that people.

[@jrgenrasmussen8840]

Did the same to mine terrova last saturday but only 4 inc works great.

[@michaeljenkins5557]

Great job guys! Take it to the next level.

[@Conservative01]

Great video. ‘It’s like killing your dog’ 🤣

[@texascoastalliving]

😂🤙

[@daviddura1172]

Well done!

[@henryclark5486]

Good job 👏 👍 👌

[@tylerbeebe5999]

Very nice fellas!

[@richardsterbins1831]

Battery Brand ? Where can it be purchased plus the connecters ? Thank You.

[@bakervinci163]

Those connectors were heat shrink connectors. I guess two heat shrinks work as well

[@heathmcdaniel9232]

Good idea don't see why these companies charging so much can't let ya order the shaft to size ya need for the boat FYI change out the fire alert battery

[@texasoutdoors7424]

great video!

[@sukangsin]

What kind of battery and where did you get it?

[@georges3242]

I can just imagine your face when you first tried to attach the motor to the bracket on your skiff and discovered the holes didn’t line up due to the Seadek compression.

[@tomteevo]

Can the shaft be shortened on a cable driven trolling motor?

[@texascoastalliving]

I’m sure it can

[@villagevillage2400]

Beautifully done, and thank you so much for taking the time to make this video! I built a Bateau FS18 and it is crying out for a 55lb Terrova on the bow... have you taken yours out fishing yet - will that battery give you a day's fishing? Many thanks from UK

[@texascoastalliving]

Yes, I’ve been numerous times with the single battery and it lasts all day. My fishing videos are on my “MDLR Fishing” channel.

[@villagevillage2400]

​@@texascoastalliving Cheers Mark, subbed!

[@iscarran]

Nice!

[@B-DINO]

Eh is it possible to do the same with the ipilot link?

[@bobbysloneakathefishwhispe1300]

Love the boat what kind of skiff is that

[@texascoastalliving]

Hayaari HSkiff 13

[@barryseifert6053]

Yes the head is on backwards.LMAO

[@ambassin3280]

What brand boat is that?

[@MTZFishing]

How are you liking the hero9?

[@texascoastalliving]

So far so good but I hate the internal flip out mount. It’s a pain getting to the battery.

[@MTZFishing]

@@texascoastalliving yeah I know what you mean I got my hero9 a few weeks ago and it's a pain getting to the battery

[@patricksilver978]

Kool

[@mikecooke4602]

Why didn't you just cut off the heat shrink and slip the clips off instead of cutting the wires ?

[@sycodad4483]

Rather than cutting the 2 wires Cant you just cut the shrink wrap that's there and unplug them? Then you only have 1 splice.

[@machining7440]

What skiff is that?

[@texascoastalliving]

H skiff

[@GeorgeGraves]

FFS - Change your smoke detector batteries That's what's chirping every thirty seconds.

[@davidlhotaling6738]

LOL. I was just going to post the same thing, but figured I'd check to see if anyone else commented on it,

[@mda_fishing]

👍🏾

[@bakervinci163]

Your going to wish you got the ulterra

[@darkspruce]

Put some new batteries in that smoke detector.

[@jimbo141]

Change the friggin battery

[@adamkartzke6854]

Please put a battery in the smoke detector!!!