Will this damage my TM

**brettw** · 02-13-2020, 05:45 PM

Originally Posted by Central Minn

I've done it with my xi5 before, I just run the trolling motor at about half speed keeps the trolling motor shaft from bending back under the boat so much, doesn't use much trolling battery power up cause it's not pulling.

Good idea

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**brettw** · 02-13-2020, 05:59 PM

Originally Posted by brettw

Good idea

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How fast were you going with the big motor?

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**Central Minn** · 02-13-2020, 08:14 PM

3-4 mph idle speed with the big motor.

**Cane Pole** · 02-19-2020, 10:14 AM

WHEN trolling with big motor, I use the trolling motor to steer the boat up to 2.5 -3 mph. Works good. Lernt this from my pal Jeff White in early 2000's.

**BobB** · 02-19-2020, 02:57 PM

When I first got my boat I had a kicker motor on there and used the trolling motor to steer .... til I found out that with my 24V
terrova on my tin boat I can go 5 mph with the big motor trimmed up out of the water.

So .... i just got a couple 12V golf cart batteries and ditched the kicker motor. When those batteries go bad I'm going to upgrade to LiFePo and be done with it. I'm learning to build my own now and can do it for cheap.

**brettw** · 02-20-2020, 06:50 AM

Originally Posted by Cane Pole

WHEN trolling with big motor, I use the trolling motor to steer the boat up to 2.5 -3 mph. Works good. Lernt this from my pal Jeff White in early 2000's.

So you have the big motor running too?
Sit upfront?

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**Cane Pole** · 02-22-2020, 07:59 PM

Originally Posted by brettw

So you have the big motor running too?
Sit upfront?

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yes. i put the big motor center strait. I control direction with the trolling motor. Doesn't take much power for the tm to steer the boat l/r. Sometimes if I want to slow the big engine speed down, I reverse the the direction of the trolling motor.

You still steer the boat with the big motor running, but to turn, you aim the trolling motor in the opposite direction.

If your big motor speed is 1.5 mph, reversing the trolling motor speed will subtract from that speed. It doesnt take much to slow the boat. This saves tm batteries drain.

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