Bass6
Loc: Shell Knob, MO
Who out there runs the Ultrex trolling motor?
Besides spot lock what other features do you like or dislike about the Ultrex trolling motor?
Pros and Cons....
Well the spot lock is my favorite but also navigation is great set it and the speed and fish away.
I fish on a river and spot lock is great..
It also plows through grass pretty good.
I have a first generation Ultrex. Functionally I love everything ! My only complaint is the "universal" transducer doesn't work to well with my older Lowrance fish finder. I am switching to H-Bird. It will change the way you fish and make fishing a lot less fatiguing.
There is nothing that I do not like about the motor
Love the self Deploy
Hi, best investment I've made for the boat. Fish local tournaments and couldn't compete without it. The one issue I have with the company is recomending the battery needed. First tournament I lose power @ noon. Needed to upgrade the batteries. Should have known beforehand.
I've had the ultrex for about two years and love it. I experienced two issues with it that might be related. First, it is a bit noisy in low wind conditions and seemed to be over compensating only in low wind, pivoting the head back and forth sometimes constantly. Second, and perhaps is going to be a part of the answer to the first issue, is my Crestliner has a recessed foot pedal tray. When I installed it in the tray, that caused a fairly slight kink in the cable directly in front of the pedal. One cold day it went to the end of pivot travel and shut off multiple times. I mentioned it to my buddy who also has an ultrex and he immediately said, "you have a kink somewhere in your cable that runs from your foot pedal to the top of the shaft. That causes binding in the cable and you'll have problems." I made a cedar shim to put under the front of the pedal to take the bind out of the cable and problem solved. I've only been our once since I did that but it seems like it corrected both problems, as well as enhancing battery life. I would never consider fishing without one for any length of time now that I've owned one. I would stick up 7-11's if I had to if I couldn't afford it. Just kidding on that,..... sort of.
Bass6
Loc: Shell Knob, MO
Thanks
I have Optima (yellow top) and they have served me well. Hoping these will work as they are expensive.
Bass6
Loc: Shell Knob, MO
sherlock wrote:
Hi, best investment I've made for the boat. Fish local tournaments and couldn't compete without it. The one issue I have with the company is recomending the battery needed. First tournament I lose power @ noon. Needed to upgrade the batteries. Should have known beforehand.
Thanks
I have Optima (yellow top) and they have served me well. Hoping these will work as they are expensive.
Bass6
Loc: Shell Knob, MO
johnklang wrote:
I've had the ultrex for about two years and love it. I experienced two issues with it that might be related. First, it is a bit noisy in low wind conditions and seemed to be over compensating only in low wind, pivoting the head back and forth sometimes constantly. Second, and perhaps is going to be a part of the answer to the first issue, is my Crestliner has a recessed foot pedal tray. When I installed it in the tray, that caused a fairly slight kink in the cable directly in front of the pedal. One cold day it went to the end of pivot travel and shut off multiple times. I mentioned it to my buddy who also has an ultrex and he immediately said, "you have a kink somewhere in your cable that runs from your foot pedal to the top of the shaft. That causes binding in the cable and you'll have problems." I made a cedar shim to put under the front of the pedal to take the bind out of the cable and problem solved. I've only been our once since I did that but it seems like it corrected both problems, as well as enhancing battery life. I would never consider fishing without one for any length of time now that I've owned one. I would stick up 7-11's if I had to if I couldn't afford it. Just kidding on that,..... sort of.
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Thank you all for your responses, will go and purchase one for my 1993 Ranger.
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