Trolling motor question. 24v or 36V

[cddogfan1]

Narrowing down to trolling motor options for the new boat. Going with a MinKota Ultrex. My boat is a 1860 Alweld Center Console with a 115 Yamaha. Would you go 36volt or 24volt. I want to save weight as much as possible has me leaning towards 24 volt but I don't want to buy the 24 volt and regret not buying the 36. No real money difference in price.

 

[Scott Rogers]

I cant see you having any issues with a 24 volt 80# thrust. only reason for more would be if you frequent areas of strong tides and fast rivers IMO

New quest models are dual voltage though you can try 24v 90#and move upto 36v 112# just by adding the extra battery if you need too

 

[Dustin Pate]

I agree with Scott. It never hurts to have 36 Volt, but 24 would work. I'd look very heavily at lithium batteries for whichever route you go. The weight savings alone is worth it.

 

[Burton]

I have a Tracker 195 with a 70 lb Maxxum. It's plenty fast enough for me and will throw you off balance if left on too high. I power it with 2 12V 54Ah Lithiums.

I would definitely go 24V in your situation unless like the guy above said and you are fighting a really strong current.

 

[hipster dufus]

24 v maxxum 70# on a 1756cc w 2 12v 50 ah lithiums. My advice, 24v 80#. Max # w max thrust . 2 12v lithiums w 50 ah or more. Noco 3 bank charger. I can run 3 days before charging. I should hav went w a 80# maxxum. They no longer make an 80# maxxum. I missed that boat.u could go with the fortrex in an 80#. Longer shaft. 45 in opposed to 42 in. Disregard my opinion if u goin to a spotlock motor

 

[riprap]

I have the 36v ultrex and it is very easy on batteries. Got 4 years out of my everstarts

 

[Jdmb123]

Like the bigger screens, get bigger power. My newest boat has 36v of lithium on the trolling motor and it’s awesome. Zero weight from the batteries and plenty of power.

 

[Papa Bear]

I just have 24 volt Minn Kota never let me down for my needs.

 

[cddogfan1]

Thought I would update what I did. So I went with the Garmin Force. Currently have it run in 24 volt mode. Which is 80lb of thrust. I have it powered by 2 12v 60AH Powerhouse Lithium batteries. For my boat this seams plenty. Had it in the Oconee river the other day going upstream with a good current it had power to spare.

 

[KKrueger]

CD, Do you feel like that 60AH is enough? I'm shopping now and have been looking at 100AH and above. I'm running 80lb minn kota 24v on 2072 aluminum.

 

[cddogfan1]

So far the 60AH seams plenty.. I have yet to run them down lake fishing more that 70 percent in a day. I have fished 2 day in a row with and still had around 30 percent left. Now that was bass fishing. But yea seems like plenty of power so far.

 

[Dustin Pate]

CD, Do you feel like that 60AH is enough? I'm shopping now and have been looking at 100AH and above. I'm running 80lb minn kota 24v on 2072 aluminum.

It is plenty unless you are doing something crazy. We are running 36 volt 50 ah setups in river current and never getting down below 70% in a day.

 

[KKrueger]

The cost savings of 50AH to 60AH will speed up my purchase for sure. The lithium prices have really improved recently.

 

[JROESEL]

CD, Do you feel like that 60AH is enough? I'm shopping now and have been looking at 100AH and above. I'm running 80lb minn kota 24v on 2072 aluminum.

I’ve got a 2472 boat with 200 on the back and 38 gallon fuel cell, I’m pared up with garmin force 36v, I run 3 50ah ionic batteries, I have only run them dead one time, and if you saw what I put them through in the river, you would understand, it was spot locked in a lot of current in the shoals for 9 hours, I absolutely love these batteries, I shed over 300 lbs from lead acid group 31 batteries (5), it’s a no brainer to me, even with the warranty of 11 years, lead acid batteries are down to 90 day warranty’s, it’s a good route to go

 

[pbradley]

I've been a walmart everstart guy for 30 years.

Let me see if I understand this correctly:

I can take (3) 12V batteries 75 lbs. each out of my boat and replace them with (1) 65-ish pound 36V lithium battery and run the trolling motor all day, not to mention just running a single positive and ground cable?

 

[Unavowed]

I've been a walmart everstart guy for 30 years.

Let me see if I understand this correctly:

I can take (3) 12V batteries 75 lbs. each out of my boat and replace them with (1) 65-ish pound 36V lithium battery and run the trolling motor all day, not to mention just running a single positive and ground cable?

Yup!

Lithium batteries are another world.

I have a 55# mk terrova and wish had got the 24 volt for my 18 ft Lund. Mostly we get a couple trips per charge on 12 volt 100 ah. Just wish could hold at full current w/o using 8-9-10 power.

 

[Dustin Pate]

I've been a walmart everstart guy for 30 years.

Let me see if I understand this correctly:

I can take (3) 12V batteries 75 lbs. each out of my boat and replace them with (1) 65-ish pound 36V lithium battery and run the trolling motor all day, not to mention just running a single positive and ground cable?

Yep! And the charging time is next to nothing as well.

 

[JROESEL]

They also have the ionic batteries on sale, the one I have is 299 right now, I have three, or get the one 36v 50ah for 899, it’s worth it in the weight and warranty alone, 11 year warranty

 

[DAWG1419]

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Im thinking of getting this one for my back trolling motor

 

[DAWG1419]