I tried the Hand Control Trolling Motor and decided a Foot Control is what I have to go back to. Too much effort was needed when I already know how to use a foot control. Well when I went out last Sunday to smack some Tacos after swapping to a foot control TM onto the boat the foot control was sliding all over the "carpet-less" deck.

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Now the front deck carpet is just laying there. The Cockpit deck is still glued. Both fit so well I want to save them for patterns.

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I don't fight the carpet removal a scraper on a Sawsall zips it right up without stretching or tearing.

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I had to tie up the Hot Foot as I worked up under the console area.

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Once the carpet is up on these older bass boats the glue just needs to be kinda cleaned off. I have to move the boat around into the other shop where all the "dirty" work happens.

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Got my first two pattern pieces off. The duct tape was used to hold the carpet stretched to fit.

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the front deck was already cleaned off and now the Cockpit Floor has been run over with the scraper first then some 40 grit sandpaper on a DA sander. A damp wipe down and I'm ready to install new carpet. Oh, there must have been 5 pounds of sand in the Cockpit Floor carpet.