dtrs5kprs Posted June 24, 2021 Posted June 24, 2021 6 hours ago, Macsimus said: It's been praised ad nauseum but by golly, after fighting for well over 30 years to keep my boat under control and in position, it's just an absolute treat to hit a button and have that done for me especially when fishing alone. I replaced my trusty Tour 109 with a Tour Pro 109 in February and it is just so dang relaxing to camp on a spot, make as many bait changes as I want, eat a sammich, etc, and not think twice about the boat drifting into the bank or a dock or rocks or 100 yds away from the spot where I've got 'em corralled. There is no doubt that I'm catching more fish and if I get an inkling for a bait change, there's no more reluctance to stop and make it because I'm going to blow into the bank. Time will tell on the reliability of the new Tour Pro but so far, it's fantastic. Note: the old Tour 109 is in the truck ready as a backup. 🙂 Will your old Tour just pop into the new Tour bracket without switching mounts? I've been holding off on putting the new Tour on because no one seems to be able to answer that, including TM repair folks.
Macsimus Posted June 24, 2021 Posted June 24, 2021 20 minutes ago, dtrs5kprs said: Will your old Tour just pop into the new Tour bracket without switching mounts? I've been holding off on putting the new Tour on because no one seems to be able to answer that, including TM repair folks. Unfortunately not. New mount is completely different using two large allen head bolts rather than the old collar clamp. Good news is that the new mount doesn't creak and groan like the old one, at least so far. "There was a time that I didn't fish, but I cannot remember it."
dtrs5kprs Posted June 24, 2021 Posted June 24, 2021 57 minutes ago, Macsimus said: Unfortunately not. New mount is completely different using two large allen head bolts rather than the old collar clamp. Good news is that the new mount doesn't creak and groan like the old one, at least so far. That's what I was afraid of. Appreciate it, though.
m&m Posted June 25, 2021 Posted June 25, 2021 12 hours ago, Quillback said: Nice to know the Fortrex will fit into the Ultrex mount, one of these days I will get an Ultrex (probably). You guys aren't being very helpful coming up with all these reasons that one should have an Ultrex.  🙂 Jeff, that ultrex will look really good on your new Phoenix.  Mike Quillback 1
Members BassPastor Posted June 25, 2021 Members Posted June 25, 2021 Headed down from Kansas City to fish all week but my first order of business is to spend a few hours replacing the steering cables in my Ultrex (boat stays in storage in Hollister for the summer). Last trip down one of the steering cables broke leaving the foot pedal useless. The nice thing about the Ultrex is there is some backup redundancy. Foot pedal was down but could still fish with the remote. If that broke, I could theoretically still fish by using Bluetooth functionality to steer by my phone. It wouldn’t be fun… but I could (and would) do it. dtrs5kprs 1
dtrs5kprs Posted June 25, 2021 Posted June 25, 2021 On 6/23/2021 at 9:54 AM, vernon said: To hear him tell it it's been about everything but he's a whiner by nature and never happy with anything.  To be honest I try to avoid the guy so I don't really know many of the details.  He's constantly at war with Phoenix and Mercury too.  He pretty much tears the crap out of everything he owns and then blames the manufacturers. The good news is he just sold his house and is moving to Alabama so fortunately he'll be taking all the complaining with him. He sounds like several guys from our area. cheesemaster 1
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