| the trolling motor that you have is newer technology, the trolling motor that Fisher has may not be the newest thing, nothing against what you have Fisher, just trying to clarify for Lambeau. It also comes down to two totally different trolling motors with two different ways of deployment/stow. That is probably the biggest reason why it's not like your trolling motor Lambeau, if you were to compare your trolling motor to a Maxxum, then they will almost be identical in everything but the footpedal. Hope this helps, let me know if you need a better explaination.
umm...nope.
mine does have a universal sonar, but i'm not using it - i use an external which requires me to run a wire up the side of my Motorguide's shaft. it's probably irrational, but i prefer to use the Lowrance transducer for the Lowrance unit.
mounting brackets are universal regardless of whether or not the TM itself has a sonar. "newer technology" in the transducer is not related to mount design. in the Motorguide Gator Mounts they provides a small (wire-sized) slot for your transducer wire to run through the bracket, meaning that your wire can be zip-tied tightly to the shaft along it's entire length leaving no slack.
my guess is that the MinnKota PD's sliding style mount precludes them from being able to do this as it'd rub along the wire every time it was deployed/raised? i prefer Motorguides (King Kong vs Godzilla) and the small attention to these details is one of the reasons.
it's not a technology issue, it's a mounting bracket design issue.
and although the Maxxum uses a similar scissors-style mount to the Motorguide Gator Mounts, i don't know whether or not they include a small slot for the transducer wire to go inside the bracket. do you? it doesn't look like it from the pics on their website, but it's hard to tell.
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