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I wonder how dumb it would look to have one on a cuddy 22fter for steering like a auto pilot why kicker moves you along at 2.3-2.6 mph? Anyone give this a thought??? 2 group 29 or 31's deep cycle only type hooked together to make 24volts??

Thanks Les. That gives me a better insight to what I have to do!!!

Yea, I'm on the same page with ya 30+ years without it, why start now. The other one I was talking about is the tr1 gold that runs just the kicker, that unit is highly praised, but from what I got from Snake it's not hooked to the gps. And is operated by a key fob on a lanyard. But he did say it will hold your boat in 6fters. That not even a thought in my mind. But he did say if you do a troll with someone steering you can duplicate that troll with the gps unit. You can also steer the unit from this key fob. TJ also mentioned that you need to calibrate the rudder with the headings, that's no dig deal he said, 20 minutes your done. I've got other things I want to do this winter, like I want to pull up my floor and inspect. The stringers and transom. Make sure all these goodies are worthy of the boat. My floor I thought had a soft spot, so I pulled the carpet back and the fiberglass came loose from the plywood. That's where those back to back seats were, but they were removed before I bought the boat. So I'm going to read up on the tr1Gold, that has the throttle control, the tr1 does not have the throttle control. O the system with the octopus drive was designed to take you to a way point like faraway then stop at that area, and return to the original waypoint (HOME), I could use it to troll also and he said the computer reads your boats actions and corrects it with in a heart beat!! and I could hook it to a on board gps but would need my main to idle all day for the unit to work, I don't want that either. I'm going to focus on making my boat the way I want it first, before I shell $2500.00 on a luxury item, a tarp strap hooked to the wheel worked for 20 years so?? That's my thought on that at this point!!, Mike aka pap.

Todd that was directed to me as I have an I/O maybe with a complete cable steer that might be ok for you. My boat steers hard as hell without the main running bud to the steer assist in the back of the boat, that's why a octopus driver would burn out quickly..

Well Snake told me my main had to be running for the octopus unit not to burn up, so this is not the way I want to operate!! Also most newer boats under 30ft still have the cable steer

I also got a bag of 5/16 or so to run in front sticks for spring fishing, there's enough to last me a lifetime. Great guy.

I measured the very top of the gunnels and they measured 2" as I was winterizing my boat with a drop cord and a compressor with a air nozzle to blow the water out, removed water pump hose and power steering cooler lose, blew that out. So yea I'm stuck with the risers idea, seems like Cisco and Berts are on the same page. I'm going to make a phone call to both outfits see what they might come up with!!

He also has a 16lbd mold

Harvey your still the man,,,

You hit the nail on the head. Rolmops

Yea, I just got my boat winterized!! i had slush in the water bottles under my cover, so I put a hot light under the oil pan and you could see the block dry off as the motor oil heated up. Then I took the plugs out and water pump hose, and the power steering cooler. I blew all the lines out with a big air compressor, so,all that is taken care of. I held out till now with this cold forecast, last week we were talking mid 60's.

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How does the tr1 gold work Liittle Crappie, I was just thinking maybe that would be better, if you want to update to another boat, to a newer unit the several grand is staying with the boat, if it's not compatible with your new ride??