Minn Kota Traxxis 80 Transom Mount Trolling Motor (80lbs Thrust, 42' Shaft). Motor & wiring with 8 gage wire and spade fittings, owners manual provided.
Traxxis 55- I use this motor on a 16' Clackacraft SSG drift boat and a 17 Starcraft superfisherman. The power cord is too short for almost any application.
Even another few feet of cable would helpful without having to immediately have to add extension cables. What would that cost? I 'd be willing to pay that for the convenience. Once you read the instructions it says you should have a 60 amp 12 v fuse in the power cord. Minn Kota could include that for another few buck and have it integrated in the power system but no, you have to go buy that yourself. Make sure you get the correct wires for the distance you extend the cables. By the way if you reverse the motor head, make sure you have the shaft locked down or the motor will drop on the ground and dangle from the wires.( not in the instructions!!!) motor is powerful and quiet.!!
One hand lift is nice. A few more tilt limit pin holes would have been useful ( there are only two), I'll have to drill more myself as the drift boat transom has quite an angle to it.silent trolling.
Was a defect right out of the box. Really loud metal to metal noises coming from motor pod. Bad slop in the propeller shaft.
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Sounded like it was trying to beat itself up. Company would not send a replacement.
Minn Kota Traxxis 55 Owners Manual
I was required to obtain a repair order, then arrange to have the unit shipped back to Minn Kota for them to 'evaluate' what is wrong and then THEY will decide what to do. Looks like a three week minimum turn around. I requested they swap out the unit as I really don't want this unit just patched up and sent back to me but they refused to do that. I just hope they fix it right and that it will actually works for a weekend or two. The unit looks really high quality on the outside, but I am very disappointed in the lack of quality control, the failure to test the unit before it was shipped and their hesitance to make it right in a quick way. High quality product with many advanced features not found in lower price trolling motors. The variable speed and the Digital Maximizer does indeed seem to use less energy and prolong battery life.
Using this motor on a 14 foot canoe with size 27 Walmart brand deep cycle marine battery. Battery life after 4 hours of continuous 50 -75% power usage was still 50% which is very good. 55 # of thrust is more than adequate and will likely achieve 5 knots (6-7 mph).
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One recommendation for anyone operating in waters with lots of snags or the potential to go aground - carry a spare prop. These props do get chewed up and very damaged hitting snags or gravel bottoms.