04-02-2021, 11:44 PM
I have been wanting to put a trolling motor skag extension on my boat since seeing one on Rocky Mountain Tackles boat several years ago, but I didn’t want to spend the $100 to buy one. So when my coworker started telling me about his 3D printer and seeing components he made for a guys home made jaw jacker it got my brain going on designing a bracket and he printed it for me and I found a scrap piece of aluminum and the pictures below are what I came up with. I got to test it a couple weeks ago at Jordanelle and found that I can steer the boat without running the trolling motor which will greatly exstend the life of my batteries on multi day trips. I even stress tested it on accident when I got up on plain after forgetting to pull up the trolling motor, it held up fine. I have less than $10 in hose clamps and stainless steal nuts and bolts into it.