Location: 31 | sworrall - 2/25/2013 1:28 PM
Why?
They don't deploy into the water from a spring assist release, and they don't hang out over the top of the gunnel 40" or so with no support.
Steve; yes, I was a little unclear with my comparison (and I'm not saying that it's spot on either), but in my mind there are two separate dynamics here.
1. The shaft and actual motor flopping around and possibly deploying/bolts loosening, or stripping. (I would hope that most reading this would agree that the motor and shaft flopping around isn't a good thing).
2. The electrical components in the head of the trolling motor “possibly” taking extra abuse because it's locked down with the RAM mount.
With that said; my comparison was more specifically directed at the head of the bow mounted trolling motor. In my mind, if you're going to be concerned about it being locked down, you should also be concerned with the bow mounted electronics being locked down. (A lot of them are even mounted on the same style RAM mount).
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