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Old March 6th, 2004, 05:09 AM
Charles Summers
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Default Universal Sonar Trolling Motors

Anyone have anything positive, negative, or neutral to say about trolling
motors with the built in universal transducers?

I'm going to be replacing my Motorguide 43# motor with a Minn Kota Maxxum
65# 24v motor, and was thinking about getting the model with the universal
sonar, and I know theres someone here with one similar.

Opinions?

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Old March 6th, 2004, 05:52 AM
J Buck
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Default Universal Sonar Trolling Motors

Anyone have anything positive, negative, or neutral to say about
trolling motors with the built in universal transducers?

Totally neutral here

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Old March 6th, 2004, 12:31 PM
Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers
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"Charles Summers" wrote in message
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Anyone have anything positive, negative, or neutral to say about trolling
motors with the built in universal transducers?

I'm going to be replacing my Motorguide 43# motor with a Minn Kota Maxxum
65# 24v motor, and was thinking about getting the model with the universal
sonar, and I know theres someone here with one similar.


For years I ran a Pinpoint trolling motor and locators. While it's not
universal sonar, it is similar in the fact that the transducer is built into
the lower unit of the motor. It was very nice to NOT have to dink around
stringing cables, fooling with hoseclamps and knocking the transducer off
kilter in shallow water.
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Old March 6th, 2004, 09:09 PM
WRH
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Default Universal Sonar Trolling Motors

I went to the Pinpoint and really liked it until I started having problems
and found out it had limitations that they don't tell you about. Mercury,
who owns Motorguide who makes Pinpoint gave me the runaround. Cabelas came
to my rescue. I now have a 65lb Minnkota with the Universal sonar hooked to
a Lowrance X97. The only problem I am having is I often hear a clicking
sound coming from the head of the trolling motor. It is definitely the
Lowrance pinging that I'm hearing. Minkota was no help and gave me a BS
answer. I took the top off, rerouted the cable and ty wrapped it in place,
but haven't been back out since I did that. Hopefully tomorrow. Other than
that, no problems.
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Bill
Chesapeake, Va


"Charles Summers" wrote in message
...
Anyone have anything positive, negative, or neutral to say about trolling
motors with the built in universal transducers?

I'm going to be replacing my Motorguide 43# motor with a Minn Kota Maxxum
65# 24v motor, and was thinking about getting the model with the universal
sonar, and I know theres someone here with one similar.

Opinions?

--
Charles B. Summers
Secret Weapon Lures
http://www.secretweaponlures.com





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Old March 6th, 2004, 09:32 PM
Charles Summers
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Default Universal Sonar Trolling Motors

That sounds normal to me... I can sometimes hear the Garmin pinging on the
back of my boat, and didn't think anything of it. If I think it's scaring
fish... I'll just turn it off.

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"WRH" wrote in message
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I went to the Pinpoint and really liked it until I started having problems
and found out it had limitations that they don't tell you about. Mercury,
who owns Motorguide who makes Pinpoint gave me the runaround. Cabelas came
to my rescue. I now have a 65lb Minnkota with the Universal sonar hooked

to
a Lowrance X97. The only problem I am having is I often hear a clicking
sound coming from the head of the trolling motor. It is definitely the
Lowrance pinging that I'm hearing. Minkota was no help and gave me a BS
answer. I took the top off, rerouted the cable and ty wrapped it in place,
but haven't been back out since I did that. Hopefully tomorrow. Other than
that, no problems.
--
Bill
Chesapeake, Va


"Charles Summers" wrote in message
...
Anyone have anything positive, negative, or neutral to say about

trolling
motors with the built in universal transducers?

I'm going to be replacing my Motorguide 43# motor with a Minn Kota

Maxxum
65# 24v motor, and was thinking about getting the model with the

universal
sonar, and I know theres someone here with one similar.

Opinions?

--
Charles B. Summers
Secret Weapon Lures
http://www.secretweaponlures.com







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Old March 8th, 2004, 02:47 PM
Jack Dalzell Jr.
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Default Universal Sonar Trolling Motors

Charles,
Hopefully this will get through my firewall.........
I have been runnning the MinnKota Maxxum 74 with built in sonar for over
a year and I can tell you, that with my Hummingbird Legend 300 it works
great. When I had the Motorguide with the external sonar, I broke about
3 tranducers in 4 years (not to mention numerous motor problems). Good
luck with the MK!!
Jack
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Charles Summers wrote:

Bill
Chesapeake, Va


"Charles Summers" wrote in message
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Anyone have anything positive, negative, or neutral to say about


trolling

motors with the built in universal transducers?


Opinions?

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Charles B. Summers
Secret Weapon Lures
http://www.secretweaponlures.com


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Old March 8th, 2004, 03:02 PM
WRH
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Default Universal Sonar Trolling Motors

I was able to eliminate just about all the clicking noise by rerouting the
cable to the xducer in the head of the Minnkota. There is a connector in
there and I suspect it is leaking RFI of some sort. I'm going to try to
shield it with a grounded piece of tinfoil.

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Bill
Chesapeake, Va





 




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