Trolling motors

[fly]

I am buying an transom mount electric trolling motor. I pretty much have the one picked out that I want. It is the Minn-kota vector with the 3x steering and you can turn the head 180 degrees with the push of a pin for back trolling or fwd trolling.

My question is this.

The max lb thrust for a 12 volt is 55lbs.
They have a 65lb and 74lb thrust that only operates on 24 volts. I currently only have one battery.

Would you reccommend going to the higher pounds and hooking up another battery? I have a 17 foot Lund and I fish the big lakes. Vermillion, Gull and Mille Lacs.

How do you wire the batteries?

Thanks,

Dan

[rmh2o]

I would go with the 24 volt.For 24 volts you wire your batteries + to - + to - .For 12 volt it is + to + - to - with 2 batteries.

[kevfish]

I have a lund pro v 1775. I first tried a transom mounted motor on the back- I was very disapointed. It was I beleive 72 pounds of thrust. If I remember right it was a Riptide model-the largest one available. It was very hard to move the boat around. I switched to a front mounted model and that worked alot better. Only 55 pounds of thrust but moved the boat alot easier. I can even troll shad raps with it if it is not windy.

[fly]

Thanks for the replies.

I have a tiller and I back troll most of the time. All my electronics are mounted at the back.

[JIM PAYNE]

What year is your boat and is wired they way it came from the factory? if it is wired like the factory wired it amd it is older then a year 2000 then the wires should already be in the boat

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JIM PAYNE

[WaveWacker]

I have a 1775 Pro V. I highly recommend that you go with the 74lb thrust 24volt motor. I have a Vantage (propeller part goes up and down and still have the same steering) on the back and am very please with it's performance. In my opinion the Vantage is a better put together machine then the Vector but I imagine there is somewhat of a price difference between the two.

My rig is a 2000 and is pre rigged with 4 wires. 1-black, 1-red, 1-orange and 1-black with blue stripes. All I have to do is hook black/red to one battery and orange/other black to the other battery. The 24 volt jump is made in the plug that my motor plugs into.

[JIM PAYNE]

That is what i was trying to let him know, Good job wav wacker

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JIM PAYNE

[Deitz Dittrich]

Remember when buying a trolling moter, buy the biggest you can afford. Because, even though a moter is 74 lbs thrust you dont always have to use it on 74 lbs of thrust.. But there may be a day that you really want it.. you can never turn a 55 lb thrust up to 74 lbs... if you know what i mean.. having 24V will also give you more time on the water with battery on windy days.

[196thDLR]

I agree with Ex., purchase the largest amount of thrust you can afford in the 24v catagory. You will never regret it. My boat is an older 1775 Pro-v, and I have both, a bow mount and a transom mount and depending on the situation, will determine which one I use. If I need to use the big motor to troll, its' time to get off the water.