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Minn Kota Maxxum with Sonar - Garmin 240
I have to say. Iwas not initially impressed with this motor, but it grows
on you. It has given me no real problems since the initial setup. It is still louder than I was lead to believe, but I hardly notice that, except at full power. I finally got my new Garmin 240 hooked up to it friday, and I used it saturday. As I mentioned in another post, sonar is not necessarily all that useful in shallow weed choked waters, but it performed very well. The dsiplay read dead on what I expected in several areas. Of course I already like the Garmin display as I have a 160 blue on my other boat. The Minn Kota part is that the adaptor cable was easy to connect and the transducer worked perfectly with my Garmin unit. It worked much better than the Huminbird that it replaced. Sadly the Humminbird was always hard to read and and when it got hot out the display would grey out. With no contract adjustment that I could find I think it was an awfully poor design to carry the "Platinum" label. Then I was already prejudiced against Humminbird after experiencing their, "send your old unit in for a discount on a new one," deal that had a net cost of more than retail no exchange price from most resellers. I have to admit, it made a rather resounding thunk after it arced into the dumpster. Hook shot! Two points! After my less than stellar performance fishing yesterday I decided to work on the things I can fix. I decided I needed to move the Maxxum forward a little bit to give me some more room on the front deck. While moving it I realized I would need to direct the cables in a different direction. That of course threw off my foot pedal. Now if you remember I bitched about Minn Kota's design and foot control alignment when I first set it up. I was wrong. The design is fine and it was very easy to change now that I understand how it works. I opened the cover of the top of the motor and loosened the control cables. I spun the motor until the pedal was at maximum travel in one direction. Then I slid the cam / cable barrel off the gear on top of the motor shaft. A quick spin of the motor to point it forward (drive in reverse) and I slipped the cable drum back onto the gear. After tightening the control cables back up I checked my travel and alignement. Dead reverse at max travel in either direction and dead ahead at center of travel. It took less than fifteen minutes to re-align the motor with the control after reversing the side that the cables came off of. That included putting the cover screws back in. Very nice, and now I don't have to put the motor all the way down to lift it back on deck and clear my fishing chair. -- Bob La Londe Yuma, Az http://www.YumaBassMan.com Promote Your Fishing, Boating, or Guide Site for Free Simply add it to our index page. No reciprocal link required. (Requested, but not required) |
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Minn Kota Maxxum with Sonar - Garmin 240
Wew! I should proof read myself before I hit send.
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