Thread: Ix5 trolling motor report

Here are a few pix of how I had to mount it, so it wouldnt interfear with my Cumblerland crappie T bar or hang over the side of the boat.

Originally Posted by kosmo

What I'm asking about, is when the ix5 is in the stowed position.It sticks out over the front of the boat quite a bit and the front roller can hit iit.It wouldn't take much to bust that plactic.

The MK Terrova stick out in the stow position also
I had one on my tracker came into the dock in a hurry because of a storm and crashed it had to order all the plastic parts to fix it

Originally Posted by kosmo

I also need my onix transducer mounted on the trolling motor, I'm not going to use the built in 2d transducer.Im going to use a coiled air hose and and mount it to the base of the slide mount.Thats the best that I can come up with for now, but I think I can get by with it mounted this way . it I'll kind of look like the coiled wire that's already used on the Xi5 , for power

I made the clamps today to clamp the coil air hose to the motor and to the shaft under the head.
I will be going to the lake next weekend I will install and get some pictures to post
I might come up with a sliding mount later I own a CNC machine shop and can make about anything.
First I need to finish my all adjustable easy to stow spider rigging set up before I leave for Mississippi

Originally Posted by cajun fryer

I made the clamps today to clamp the coil air hose to the motor and to the shaft under the head.
I will be going to the lake next weekend I will install and get some pictures to post
I might come up with a sliding mount later I own a CNC machine shop and can make about anything.
First I need to finish my all adjustable easy to stow spider rigging set up before I leave for Mississippi

Please take pix cajun, You may have some orders for them! I havent bought a Fishfinder to go with my XI5 yet and sure would like DS and SS up front.

I've yet to see a tm that didn't stick out past the bow a bit. I don't understand how one could foul on a roller while loading/unloading. The roller should be below the bow. Could you be backing the trailer too far into the water? Does the front roller have a height adjustment? I have a Minn Kota that's been on three different boats and had to mount it to where it stuck out on each one. I can't see the problem is much different than most other TM in the history of Tms.

Give us a more consise description of the xi5 issues.

CR,WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT IS RAMPS THAT ARE STEEP,EVEN BACKING IN A LITTLE WAYS THE ANGLE IS WRENCH IS HIGHER THAN BOW OF BOAT,NO PROBLEM ON SLANTED RAMPS

Originally Posted by Tom 513

Please take pix cajun, You may have some orders for them! I havent bought a Fishfinder to go with my XI5 yet and sure would like DS and SS up front.

I am running the Lowrance HDS touch 9's front and back. Console unit connected to the LSS ducer off the back of the boat. Get my side image from that. I have a DI ducer mounted under the Xi5 for the front unit. So I can get my DI off the front.
I put the DI ducer wire in the coil air hose and have made the clamps to mount that to the Xi5. Will get photos next weekend.

Originally Posted by Crappie Reaper

I've yet to see a tm that didn't stick out past the bow a bit. I don't understand how one could foul on a roller while loading/unloading. The roller should be below the bow. Could you be backing the trailer too far into the water? Does the front roller have a height adjustment? I have a Minn Kota that's been on three different boats and had to mount it to where it stuck out on each one. I can't see the problem is much different than most other TM in the history of Tms.

Give us a more consise description of the xi5 issues.

I agree reaper. I put the MK Terrova on the tracker like in the pictures and it did hang over the front. I had shortened it so it was not so tall and that helped the head from hanging over the side so much.
And then the cover never did fit the boat as good as it did before. But you have to give some were.
And yes if you back the trailer in too far you will have issues and a chance to get into the TM.
This type off motor has to hang over because of the way they deploy. if they would fold up like a regular motor then they would not hang over. The sliding plate would help the hang over part.