Scotty Transducer Mount

[Amish Ed]

Originally Posted by goldenglory18

Good call. I totally forgot about that company.

Thresher had a twisted hull. No one is really sure how/why it happened, but of course Andy took care of me and got me into the Ride instead. I liked the Thresher, but I LOVE the Ride (and I better considering it's my fourth Ride I've owned now.... LOL)

That's weird that the hull was twisted. Glad you got into something you love though. I'm loving mine too.

[goldenglory18]

Originally Posted by Amish Ed

That's weird that the hull was twisted. Glad you got into something you love though. I'm loving mine too.

Yeah, super odd and one situation even Wilderness had actually never even seen before. Again, I'm so happy to be back with Wilderness and their service. Malibu was great, but Wilderness is home.

The Ride is such a great platform, I'm glad to see it recreated into the Radar for future use. I'm very comfortable and confident in the Ride. I'm just somewhat concerned about talking it BTB...

[Amish Ed]

Yeah. I think it would launch fine, but I wouldn't want to try and land one in any kind of surf.

[MITCHELL]

I ended up using a ram mount and flat aluminum bar on my cobra hope there's no interference with metal....on a hook 5

[Dave Legacy]

I almost didn't get an over-the-side transducer mount, because of a lot of negative feedback from the various forums. Ultimately I'm glad I took a chance on it, because I haven't found the negatives to be that serious. It does pick up some debris that I will periodically need to clear, but I left my transducer arm a little long and the debris has a tendency to move up toward the surface and clear away from the transducer.

I bent the rod in such a way to allow it to sit very tightly to the hull, and I don't really notice much drag. Since I'm paddling (not gracefully either!), not pedaling, I don't really notice the water noise that some complain about. I also swing it up on deck when I'm getting from point-A to point-B. This works well for traveling on the water, but I undoubtly miss out on noticing stuff I might not want to miss! Obviously one wouldn't want to choose this method of transducer mounting over a hull that has a designated recessed mounting point, but it's a good alternative for those of us who don't have that luxury.

I think the Scotty might have an advantage over the RAM arm if it doesn't have slop/flex in it. My ram mount wants to rotate a bit when underway. It's fine because it rotates into the hull, but the spline system on the Scotty I'd imagine really holds it in place well?

Originally Posted by MITCHELL

I ended up using a ram mount and flat aluminum bar on my cobra hope there's no interference with metal....on a hook 5

A genuine RAM transducer arm is nothing more than an aluminum stock rod with a corrugated plastic cable conduit over it, so I doubt you should have any issue.

[MITCHELL]

Can't wait to try it out