Reply With QuotePretty sure your're going to need something a bit stronger than that.
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Single rod holder got me stumped
Guys I need some help. I can’t afford 600 bucks worth of rod holders and I work for a fastener company so I figured I would throw a few nuts and bolts together and make my own. Some guy on the sale page had some homemade ones that inspired me so I drafted up my concoction and here we are. The base is just a 1” single arm ram mount. And the rest is just threaded rod a coupling nut and some conduit covering it. My problem is the weight is to much for the mount to hold steady. I have tried putting in a set screw in the ball at the top of the mount but that doesn’t hold so then I drilled and tapped it and put a thumb screw in. That didn’t hold so now I’m stumped. Anybody made anything like this that can help me?
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Pretty sure your're going to need something a bit stronger than that.
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Put the ram part at the top. You’ve got too much leverage with it at the bottom. You could use a flat floor flange at the bottom for a rigid mount then with the ram at the top it should work.
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Need a bigger ball mount to work on that principle for the leverage that is being applied to the base mount is my guess. Looks awfully good, done a fine job, but the base mount / ball is to small for individuals IMO.
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I’m gone have to check and see if ram mount sells a bigger one. I think your right snubby
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Take the long piece of Pipe out then mount the Ram on the side of the boat with a short piece of pipe... on second thought - any good fish that bites will let the Ram mount move -- go back to the drawing board, it has to be sturdy on a strike
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That rod holder looks great! To save some time, headaches maybe look at the Millennium Spyderlok rod holders. I have used the same set for 3 years now and never had any issues. You should be able to find them for $125. That will hold 4 Rod’s securely and get you on the water sooner. Just a thought.
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Go to this post and look at how these are made. Since you work with fasteners you should be able to replicate these pretty easy.
https://www.crappie.com/crappie/pers...-holders-sale/
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Why do they have to move at the bottom, I got single stands and a spyderlok on top, fully adjustable and I can fish any technique I want to?
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