Trolling motor sitting for 12 years

[SeaMasterZ@aol.com]

any special precautions to take with a motor guide 28 that has been sitting for a dozen or so years?<br />its been inside the house for the entire time, warm and dry, lol<br /><br />just clip it to a battery and go?<br /><br />thanks

 

[JB]

Re: Trolling motor sitting for 12 years

Moving to Electronics and Trolling Motors

 

[ranger69dv]

Re: Trolling motor sitting for 12 years

The motor is probably fine. Hook it up and see what it does before going to the water eith it, but it should be fine.<br /><br />EDIT: Ranger, I remind you that personal insults are forbidden here. JB

 

[SeaMasterZ@aol.com]

Re: Trolling motor sitting for 12 years

huh? what could he have said about a trolling motor?<br /><br />

 

[Link]

Re: Trolling motor sitting for 12 years

CastawayRay<br />I thought I was the only one that did that.<br />In 1993 I bought mine at below cost from the<br />dealer because it had been collecting dust for<br />two years. Brought it home and kept it warm <br />and dry also until two weeks ago! Mounted it<br />on the bow and we took it (and oars) for a<br />test run... on lowest speed it pulled my 1700<br />lb boat with two people fast enough to troll<br />wedding rings.. 1 1/2 hours and 6 bass later <br />we figured it was working just fine!<br />Johnson 29 lb thrust<br /><br />Hope yours works as good<br />Link

 

[SeaMasterZ@aol.com]

Re: Trolling motor sitting for 12 years

woo hooo, good for you Link!<br /><br />Mine is a 28 Motor Guide, bought it years ago from my ex live ins family, THEY got it by some guy dying that they used to crab with, he hated rowing or waiting for the boat to come tow him to a new place *beaver dam rentails* so he brought along a little battery and the motor, rinsed it all off ... eh, fifty bucks, I was happy<br /><br />of course, I want to get a pair of fifty pound trollers and a gen set to hit the bigger electrics only reserviors, go to the far less fished end<br /><br />tho Ill tell ya, I used to do great not far from the dock, everyone goes out a bit and fish only know structure and food, if there is structure, theres food usually!