Thread: minn kota terrova

Well....i'am feeling better called another asc today and he said he would do it....I thought now wait a minute, so called minn kota as soon as i hung from the asc,different person different story,Said yes you can cut them............i don't know.

what if you cut it then find out you need a longer shaft, say in rough water, run it a bit with the long shaft, see how you like it, you may want to keep it. possible

Originally Posted by beagle man

what if you cut it then find out you need a longer shaft, say in rough water, run it a bit with the long shaft, see how you like it, you may want to keep it. possible

This is good sense. I kinda like mine extra long. Easier to grab with the head sticking up when you gettin' the thing back in the boat.

I planned to cut mine off, but no longer see the need. If it's shallow, I pull it up temporarily. If I need to go under a bridge, I push it down. At other times, I kinda like the "ET phone home" look.

feelay over on the MS board had his cut down by a authorized MinnKota repair center.....shoot him a PM and he can tell ya about it. I know several folks that have cut their own....just have to be careful not to cut or nick the wires.

If you cut it, you can get a replacement longer shaft from an ASC. I think somebody on the MS board bought a short one and had it replaced with a long one. Seems like I remember being told it was $100 to do.

Wannabe...

Well thinking about utting the shaft on a 60 inch terrova before installing it on the 861 predator ....what length would you guys cut it at?haven't got the boat yet thanks to john ward.

I like the 54" shaft on my Tracker 175PC. I would not want it any shorter and have never had a need for it to be any longer.