Thread: terova trolling motor

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What ya wanna know? Yikes loves his. Sac loves his PDV2 and Mr. Jim loves his PD.

I've been running a PD with AP and Co-Pilot for the last few months or so and am putting a Terrova on the new boat.

Wannabe...

Just put a new pd on tues.

I have been running my Terrova about 4 months and like it pretty well. I have the Terrova 101 with I-Pilot and us2. It is the 36 volt.
My dad has one also.
We have both broke the shafts on the motors and had them replaced under warranty. This surprised me a bit. I broke mine with not a really hard hit to a stump. Dad broke his and does not know when he done it.
The motor will pull my Predator at 4 mph top speed and will fish 2 days without charge. Never tried it longer than that.
The I-pilot is great but does not work exactly like you would gather from the advertising. The spot lock will hold you close probably 10 feet circle when you account for changing wind directions. Great for slow trolling but not near close enough to hand fish. I love this feature when I am setting out and baiting trolling poles.
Track re-play works but when it gets a little off course it will speed way up to .9 or 1 mph to get itself back on track. So it overrides the cruise control speed you set. This is of course way to fast for slow trolling. But for long lining or pulling cranks it is the cat's meow. (You like that CN?)
All in all I would spend the money again. Just be prepared for a learning curve and a little tarnishing of the bright dreams you glimmer from the advertising.

good, this is what i was wanting to hear, i just bought one with the ap.
do ya'll have the built in sonar or strap your transducer to motor?

We have both. I am using SI on the front so the strap on transducer is the way to go. I have used the US2 with no problems for bottom finding but no SI. My dad does not use SI on front so he uses the US2 and it works great with the humminbirds at least.

I do like that, CrappieHunter.

US2 is a much cleaner install.

The Terrova with the co-pilot is the next best thing to having a smarty pants guide doing the driving while pulling cranks or long lining. Meow