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Location: Oconto Falls, WI | esoxfly - 2/12/2013 5:58 AM
You don't even need to do that...if you lock it in place and the green light goes out, it's locked as it ever will be. Of the two accidental deployments I personally know of, neither was fully locked and they deployed.
Agreed! You don't need one. I have the 60" long shaft and do not use one. Yep it bounces like heck, but that bouncing does not affect the head of the unit. In fact I am willing to bet there is less shock to the head of the motor while letting it bounce then there is if you have it straped/locked down. All the shock is obsorbed in that shaft flexing and the motor head is as happy as a baby in a swing.  Lock that shaft/head down and now the head is seeing the same shock the rest of your boat is seeing. That is unless the ram mount has a free flowing shock obsorber in it. |
