I've got ape arms and they wont put my hands where I need them to hold the nuts for the bracket.
I dont want to cut an access hole.
I cant find any stainless toggle bolts online anywhere except concrete anchors.
What other options do I have?
I've got ape arms and they wont put my hands where I need them to hold the nuts for the bracket.
I dont want to cut an access hole.
I cant find any stainless toggle bolts online anywhere except concrete anchors.
What other options do I have?
"Rivers and the inhabitants of the watery elements are for wise men to contemplate and for fools to pass by without consideration" -Izaak Walton
Find someone with small arms/hands
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Motor guide makes a rubber blind mount that work pretty good on fiber glass boats. Me, I tore up my arms and ham sized hand doing the same thing you are.. Good luck
West Marine SST Togglers
Text incoming
Rivnuts, I've got some but have my doubts of them holding a 60" 24 volt trolling motor.
"Rivers and the inhabitants of the watery elements are for wise men to contemplate and for fools to pass by without consideration" -Izaak Walton
Those rubber things are a recipe for disaster. I used them on my 1503 HT and had three completely fail and one partially enough to be able to save my TM from going in the drink at the jetties.
"Rivers and the inhabitants of the watery elements are for wise men to contemplate and for fools to pass by without consideration" -Izaak Walton
I attached a piece of tape sticky side up to the end of a paint stirring stick and held the nut close to the hole and did it by feel with some help. It’s certainly a tedious way to do it but it worked.
Last edited by centurian; 06-05-2023 at 03:07 PM.
Toggles are your friend(s).
Yeah, but do you consider a dog to be a filthy animal? I wouldn't go so far as to call a dog filthy but they're definitely dirty. But, a dog's got personality. Personality goes a long way.
You might take out a dozen before they drag you from your home and skull fuck you to death. Marsh Chicken 6/21/2013
"Rivers and the inhabitants of the watery elements are for wise men to contemplate and for fools to pass by without consideration" -Izaak Walton
How far out of reach?
Is there any hardware (cleat, speaker, nav light,etc) close by you can remove for access?
Really want it through bolted if any way possible.
Last edited by SouthernWake; 06-05-2023 at 03:30 PM.
Accessing through the anchor locker hatch in a 19' Sea Pro Bay Boat. My arms are about 10" too short.
I do have a hole for a removeable bow light but it's 2 1/2" in diameter. I thought about it but foresee a full day of cussing, and bleeding, culminating in dousing the entire thing with boat gas and striking a match if I tried to get something through that to through bolt.
Last edited by BigBrother; 06-05-2023 at 03:38 PM.
"Rivers and the inhabitants of the watery elements are for wise men to contemplate and for fools to pass by without consideration" -Izaak Walton
Give Stretch Armstrong a holler!
DILLIGAF
Might want to try this with a long extension handle.
GREAT PEOPLE TALK ABOUT IDEAS.
AVERAGE PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THINGS.
SORRY PEOPLE TALK ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE.
SRS GRHRCH UH BOBO MNH
2009 MID ATLANTIC RETRIEVER CHAMPION
2009 HUNTSVILLE SRS CHAMPION
HRCH UH WOODY
Yeah, but do you consider a dog to be a filthy animal? I wouldn't go so far as to call a dog filthy but they're definitely dirty. But, a dog's got personality. Personality goes a long way.
You might take out a dozen before they drag you from your home and skull fuck you to death. Marsh Chicken 6/21/2013
I had to replace a ladder/platform on a sea pro with no access to the interior. I used the mig welder and just tacked the mig wire to the very end of the SS bolts (longer than necessary), shot out a few extra feet of wire, and then fished it from an access hole about three feet from there. I used stainless fender washers inside and put SS nylock nuts outside and used pliers to hold the excess bolt, then cut off the bolts after I tightened the nuts. Worked like a champ. Without looking at the minn kota bracket, I’m not sure if it would work but if you can get a nut to work on the top of the bracket it should.
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