congrats on the terrova I like mine real well, just be sure the green light is off when you stow the unit. or it will shake loose and fall. as for deploying,I have a little problem but I usually spray a little wd 40 on the shaft and all is well there were a couple post on how to adjust the tension but the digrams did not look like my terrova, so couldnt use them. a search might help on adjusting the motor... good luck oh and no problem with the mounting I put mine on a bass tracker pro crappie 175 and it is not in the way later man