does anybody have the ram mount for your trolling motor? not sure if I need the regular length arm or the long arm.
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does anybody have the ram mount for your trolling motor? not sure if I need the regular length arm or the long arm.
I dont remember who,but someone on here made one from pvc pipe. It was just a saddle the shaft sets in with a base plate. I made one from aluminum and it works great.
thanks wilbur! And I guess nobody else knows anything about this piece of equipment.
we done talked about all this Triton. Velcro straps are cheap. Just glad my add a seats are right there to hold mine down.
I know DD, just lookin at the other options
Yikess has a Ram mount on his Terrova
ok yikess, where are you
He's probabaly in the boofay line. That boys been going ALOT here lately. LOL
bwahahahaha, you saying he is starting to look like Minner
Keeps it up and Speck won't be able to carry him around no more
we need picturesQuote:
Originally Posted by Speck
I didn't put one on mine, don't need it. It is the 45" shaft though.
The guy who made the PVC deal was from this board. He used a Tee with the I.D. close to the dia. of the shaft, cut the run of the tee in half like a saddle. Then used a PVC base that was like 5in. in DIA. with threads in the center. He then put a piece between base and tee the lenght he needed.You need to make it about 1.5 In. longer to put upward pressure on the shaft to keep it from bouncing. You could make the whole thing for under 10 bucks. So get after it T MAN
T-man, I use a Rod Saver strap for mine, works great.
Here I am. You can see mine this weekend.Quote:
Originally Posted by tritonman
How about a pic Yikees? Did you use the long ram mount or the shorter one ?
Oldblue was one posted pics of PVC one he built.
Tman, I'm ordering the long one. I'm pretty sure the short one won't reach on mine. With the long one you can angle it like at 75 or 80 degrees if it is too long. I spent about an hour calculating all those individual Ram parts trying to figure out how long they were. I THINK I came up with 6" on the short and 9" on the long.
Tman, here is what I did to hold my TM in place, cant claim the idea as I saw it somewhere on a board. I dipped the top of the pipe that is under the TM shaft in "Plastic Coat" or its called something like that. I also took my dremel tool and rounded out the top of the pipe so that the TM shaft would fit down in it. I had the "Rod Saver" laying around and not using it so I put it to use :) the deal it is through is just a handle I got at Lowes and it works good for me :) I dont remember the size pvc I used but I wanna think 1 1/2in and painted the pvc after I sanded it down some
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thanks fellers!!!
I sent a email to Ram Mount customer service and they told me that total distance from mounting point to mounting point on the short was a little over 8 inches and was around 11 inches on the long one. I would like to see a picture of one installed.Quote:
Originally Posted by ArToolMan
thanks G, you da man! I tried calling them and it was a huge run around.
I eyeballed then measured and The short ram mount is a little too short for my set up and the long ram mount is a little too long but I can lay it back at a slight angle and it should work good I think. I will have to add this to my want list and prioritize it later, lol.
Thanks G. So much for my cipherin. I'll have to measure mine. 8 may do it.
ATM.....thats just what one of their customer service guys told me so.....I hope he's right. RamMount really should do better and put the measurements of their stuff in their catalogs and web site.....some actual pictures of the application installed would be a big help also.
Will this help?
RAM Mounting Systems, Inc. > Support Center > Drawings
There's pictures and drawings......
Thanks C N. Looks like 7.37" on the short one and 10.69" on the long one. I'll have to go measure precisely now. And like G I'll have to put it on the Wish List and prioritize. Prolly right behing the 4 bank charger.