I saw Mikes set up and I had been beating around the idea for some time. I had all the pieces like the old 29# thrust Motor Guide I'd had for about 20 years or so. and I'd picked up a long arm from Walmart a while back and figured it might come in handy some day, and the Commander was already set up with a transom so why not?
It's pretty basic in that the steering is just a 5' piece of pvc hooked to the TM arm by a carbiner and I use a pvc T inserted into the flush mounted rod holder to support the steering arm just behind the seat on the right side, and then I took the control head off the TM, cut the shaft by about eight inches and lengthened the wires by about six feet and the control head now rest on the floor under my seat.
I have all the forward and reverse speeds and the manual hand steering which the trolling motor comes off as one unit, and the steering arm comes off by unclipping the carabiner at the short arm at the motor.
Battery will be behind the seat under the captains perch and will be a 35 ah wheel chair battery that weighs about 24#.
Mike said the registration process is painless so that's the next step.
Hope to be out on the water soon and give Harry a run for his money!
Right now I feel just a little bit dirty, but I think I'll get over it!
