Fish finders

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Mitch England
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Re: Fish finders

Post by Mitch » 26 Nov 2017, 09:09

i'm thinking of screwing the base to the seat & the unit just clips off, until I get it & have a look i'm not sure yet but the unit is too big to be held for long, if you have a box of some kind in the boat it could be set on top of that, the transducer i'll try & attach to the tubes somehow or if need be i'll make something up to attach it to the transom

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Re: Fish finders

Post by kaman » 26 Nov 2017, 12:17

Mitch wrote:i'm thinking of screwing the base to the seat & the unit just clips off, until I get it & have a look i'm not sure yet but the unit is too big to be held for long, if you have a box of some kind in the boat it could be set on top of that, the transducer i'll try & attach to the tubes somehow or if need be i'll make something up to attach it to the transom
Hi Mitch
Have a look at a thread I posted couple of years ago when mounting transducer and fish finder to my T3.8 :drive

http://f-ribsandsibs.com/viewtopic.php? ... onwave+3.8
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Mitch England
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Re: Fish finders

Post by Mitch » 26 Nov 2017, 12:42

A great idea kaman, thanks for that, will have to make something similar, have looked at the transducer mount & they still do them but have put the price up to £35, still it sorts out the problem.

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Re: Fish finders

Post by kaman » 26 Nov 2017, 13:18

Hi Mitch
The mount has worked faultlessly so I'd say it's probably worth spending 35 quid on.
I tie mine with a piece of string to the transom wheel leg to make it extra sturdy .
I've got a load of zip ties from the a £1 shop so might use them in the future and just snip them and replace when I want the wheels down
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