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Location: Athens, Ohio | I know the factory stats say 8' or 8.5' for the longest rod stored. Is there a way to fit a 9'? I thought I'd seen somewhere that someone had fit a 9' in a Ranger somehow, and I would like to know what modification was needed to do this.
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Location: Lake Minnetonka | I can get the 8.5 in the middle tubes of of my 2003 620. 9 footer doesn't fit. I have a strap on the wall on the passanger side that works well to tie them down. |
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Location: Eagan, MN | I have an 1860. I cut the ends off a couple of the middle tubes and can fit 8.5' with a few inches to spare, but probably not enough room for a 9'er. You might be able to do it in a 620/621. |
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| A 9' rod does not fit in my 620 ranger. It makes it difficult to travel with but it is worth it on the water.
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Posts: 255
| Tackle Industries 9' rod will fit if you unscrew the handle. Great rod and it works for me.
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Posts: 264
| No a 9 footer doesn't in my 2008 619. We just strap them in the runnin' rod rack on the passenger side though. |
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| I'd look into a telescoping 9'er. Hard to beat and collapse down to under 8'. |
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Posts: 299
| I can fit 8'6" and 9ft rods in my 620 rod locker with ease. The tubes at the end were cut out when I bought the boat and it works great. The rod tips don't bounce around and compeltely safe and secure in rough seas. From what I hear it's and easy job. |
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Location: Stones throw away...finally!! | Can anyone tell me how access the tubes to cut the ends off as the last post is referring too? Would love to get my rods in the locker. Thanks. |
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Posts: 299
| Take off the bow plate(in dash sonar mount) where your trolling motor wires or sonar is. There's 4 screws allowing you to take the face plate off and I'm told you can reach them from there |
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Location: Eagan, MN | Yup, take off that front plate, and reach in there w/ a dremel. You might have to clear out a little bit of floatation foam but it's easy. Wedge something underneath the tube being cut so it's propped up away from the hull while you're cutting it. |
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| The new style 620 is a whole lot easier than the still current 619. You can't see the ends of the tubes on the 619 and have to feel them blind. I actually had to call Steve Heiting on his claims about how to do it and he helped me get it done in spite of me not thinking it was going to work. On my new 620, I could see the thing clearly and did it myself in about three minutes. Here's the real 411 however.....You are NOT going to get the Big Nasty in there. There is room for the 8.5 foot rod and maybe three more inches, that's it! Really, it will not fit unless you can shove it through the hull. Marty |
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| Honestly, I can fit my 9ft Big Nasty in my 620 rod locker with ease and do not have to shove it in. I had someone run the boat, unscrew that front plate and watch the rod tip sit still and protected enough to not hurt the rod at all. It has enough room where I can easily pull it out too. It was cut already when I bought the boat and have plenty of room for 8'6" and 9ft rods. If I have an issue I'll be sure to let you all know. So far, so good on the 9 footer fitting with ease |
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| I cut my middle rod tubes and put a nice peice of shag carpet up tucked up there to protect the rod tips. I have had no issues in 2 years...but I don't recall if i can fit a 9' or not...8'6" are no problem.
Brett Waldera |
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