tomoad
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Anybody put one of these in an xb2002? For the foot pedal on trolling motor. Will it weaken? The top standing platform?
Comfort troll
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chad202
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Me and two of my buddies have been back and forth on this for about a year now. Neither of us have pulled the trigger yet. lol
Tim Powell
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I havent on a 02/03 but I have on the 21. Totally different animal but zero issues.
tomoad
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Think I’m gonna do it. I wanta look again at the bracing & make sure I don’t cut thru it. If there isn’t a brace there I think it will be fine.
chad202
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I did it to my 03 and didn't have any issues. I'm skeptical with my 02. It's a comp and if I ever decide to sell it feel I could get top dollar with no foot.
SLOmofo
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I would crawl under and look carefully locate the cross brace under the front of the deck. Take pictures. Take a drill motor with you and a few small drill bits 1/16" maybe. Have the measurement of the HOLE . Depending where the brace is and where you feel the hole should be, look and see if it will fit. I'd then drill up next to the brace, release the bit leaving it in the deck so I could then crawl out and see where it comes thru. Now you can see where the brace is and lay the template on the deck where the hole will have to go. The only problen I can think of is if the carpet snags on the drill. Just be careful and stop the drill as soon as it breaks thru.
I did this on my Champion and knew that I had to cut thru the braces. I still went ahead and cut the braces. I put the comfort troll in so the screws would go thru the brace. Thus making the comfort troll bridge the brace.
When I lived in Atascadero, Jim the owner/maker of Comfort Troll was a friend. He lives in Atascadero and has his welding shop and tackle shop in Paso Robles.
I wish this was available 30+ years ago. Well worth it if you fish, especially like I used to fish. Tournaments all year fished every weekend.
I did this on my Champion and knew that I had to cut thru the braces. I still went ahead and cut the braces. I put the comfort troll in so the screws would go thru the brace. Thus making the comfort troll bridge the brace.
When I lived in Atascadero, Jim the owner/maker of Comfort Troll was a friend. He lives in Atascadero and has his welding shop and tackle shop in Paso Robles.
I wish this was available 30+ years ago. Well worth it if you fish, especially like I used to fish. Tournaments all year fished every weekend.