Cheap Price Portable 55Lbs Electric Trolling Motor for Kayak, Inflatable Boat, KaBoat or Canoe

12V 55 Pounds of Thrust Electric Trolling Motor For Boats, Kayaks and KaBoats.

Trolling motors with electric power offer silent movement, clear environment and low prices. To make boating more affordable and save environment, we are now offering 55lbs 12V Trolling Motors that are popular in Europe and Australia.

What makes this particular trolling motor extremely unique is a 26″ custom-cut short shaft to better fit transoms of inflatable boats, rafts. KaBoats, kayaks or canoes. You would not find 55lbs Electric Trolling Motor with a short shaft anywhere else. This is the only place where you can get it! See instructions below how to build kayak motor mount under $50 bucks!

Another very unique feature of this trolling motor is a tilting throttle handle with 10 adjustable positions. Adjustable handle allows it to be lifted almost 45 degree up, or all the way down, parallel to the motor shaft. This makes trolling motor more portable, compact and allow much easier transportation and storage than other brands trolling motors with fixed perpendicularly trolling handle. Adjustable angle throttle handle also makes motor operation more comfortable, because you can raise it up or tilt down.

Our 55lbs model uses 12V, with 50 Amp Max Draw. Battery Level reader built into controller housing displays accurate available battery power, and shows when battery need a recharging.

This electric trolling motor is salt water ready, and can be used in an ocean, but we highly recommend washing it out with fresh water after each salt water use to extend motor’s lifespan.

To operate this Trolling motor you will need 12V Deep Cycle battery that sold in any hardware or auto store. You can get Deep Cycle battery in Wall-Mart or Costco for about $55. High-end Deep Cycle battery will run about $140. To charge battery you will also need Battery Charger, that will run about $30 to $60 depending on a brand.

QUICK TIP: The best set up in our opinion is to have 2 smaller deep cycle batteries instead of 1 full-size heavy one. It is much easier to separately move 2 smaller batteries than haul 1 heavy standard size battery. Small foldable hand cart is highly recommended to move full size deep cycle batteries. But, if you have 2 small batteries, as sold at Outdoor World for example, then you can use first battery to ride to your fishing destination, and once it is fully depleted, use second battery to get back. This way, you don’t have to wonder if remaining juice in only one full-size deep cycle battery would be enough for you to get back.

Video of 11′ SD330 Inflatable Dinghy with 12V 55 lbs Motor.

Video of 55lbs Trolling Motor with 12′ KaBoat SK396

Video of 55 lbs Trolling Motor mounted on Kayak

How to build simple motor mount for kayak:

It is very easy to build kayak motor mount for electric trolling motor using materials sold in local hardware stores. Since most sit-on-top kayaks has drain holes, all you need to do is to get sturdy piece of plywood, about 40″ long x 12″ wide, that will act as a base. Then screw two 1″ diameter galvanized pipe nipples on sets of flanges that sold in a plumbing section of Home Depot.

Pipe nipples mounted vertical on a bottom of plywood base will be inserted into matching drain holes of your kayak, to hold it from sliding. Short piece of 2×4 wood screwed to left or right side of plywood will act as a motor mount plate. Igloo cooler with battery inside will be placed on opposite side of motor mount plate, to counterweight trolling motor weight and torque.

You can secure cooler to plywood base with couple of cabin door hooks or bungee cord. You will need to move cooler on plywood base to find optimum position to provide best balance, and then run cables from electric trolling motor to deep cycle battery inside that cooler. You can also mount fish rod holders and storage basked directly to the top of plywood base, between motor and cooler.

For portable storage, you will simply remove motor and cooler with battery from motor mount, remove motor mount from kayak, and unscrew pipe nipples until next fishing trip. Please note that these motor mount instructions may vary from kayak to kayak and may not work with all kayaks in existence. You may need to improvise to mount trolling motor to your particular type of kayak.

Customer’s review of trolling motor.

Instructions for building DIY kayak motor mounts and adapting of electric motor for hard-hull kayaks provided by one of our customers

Mounting a 55lbs OS55 trolling motor to a NATIVE 10 kayak:

• cut a pcs from a 1×6 6?? long
• cut the notch for the motor shaft
• use 2 ? x20x1 ? long bolts to attach
• cut 4 pcs 5 3/4?? long from a 1×3
• attach to the 6×6 with 1 5/8 long deck screws
• Remove the screw at the top of the shaft and rotate the motor 180 degrees then replace bolt
• The prop has to be installed when you launch it is worth the trouble. It??s a great ride and I can??t wait for my first tarpon or king fish. Take an extra shaft nut and shear pin just in case.

Mounting a 55lbs OS55 trolling motor to a 13?? Ocean kayak:

• cut a pcs from a 1×6 32?? long
• cut two pcs from a 1×3 32?? long and fasten to the 1×6 using lag bolts
• drill 2 holes ? ?? for bolts
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