Trolling motor in river Jon boat

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2 hours ago, Jdecoudres said:

I have a a xtreme river boat with a 60/40 jet. Was thinking of upgrading my trolling motor to a 24v but curious if that was going to be too much weight to run shallow.  Is anyone else running 24v trolling motors and if so are you keeping the batteries in the front hatch or move them to the back deck.  Thanks 

 

Post up a picture please.  

[Jdecoudres]

27 minutes ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

Post up a picture please.  

Picture of the boat?

 

[Jdecoudres]

1 hour ago, Jerry Rapp said:

win the lottery and buy Lithium batteries.

What game changers does lithium batteries do?

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11 minutes ago, Jdecoudres said:

Picture of the boat?

 

Yes.  If you wanna throw in a  picture of your girlfriend I would “like” your post. 😁

[Jdecoudres]

2 minutes ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

Yes.  If you wanna throw in a  picture of your girlfriend I would “like” your post. 😁

I honestly not sure I have one other than the day I bought it and it doesn't have the motor mounted yet. 

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4 minutes ago, Jdecoudres said:

I honestly not sure I have one other than the day I bought it and it doesn't have the motor mounted yet. 

Nice!!

Just waiting for an ultrex. 

[Jdecoudres]

LOL maybe. Im just trying to figure out if adding 24v is going to kill how shallow I can run. 

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2 minutes ago, Jdecoudres said:

LOL maybe. Im just trying to figure out if adding 24v is going to kill how shallow I can run. 

Mine has run in two inches of silt.  It ran in Bare gravel for about 6 feet once.  

[Jdecoudres]

lol, i imagine i could pull that off as well

[Al Agnew]

Place the batteries in the right spot and two batteries is no problem at all in how shallow you run.  Like others, I have a 1652 Blazer with a 24 volt trolling motor, batteries are under the front deck at the back edge of the deck, maybe a fourth of the way back from the front of the boat overall.  Balances the boat well and I have no trouble running shallow.