Is a troll tamer worth the extra money or does the provided stabilizer bar work just as well? Anyone ever had a motor damaged from not having the troll tamer?

Best $100 you can spend (IMO)

What tears up the mount for the Ultrex and Fortrex is trailering and running down the lake. I have ran a troll tamer for about 6 years and have not had the issues I used to have with MInn Kota mounts and bushings going bad.

Troll Tamers are one of the best things you can add to a trolling motor, it secures it rock solid to the boat. The constant jarring from waves and potholes can really affect it. The stabilizer arm that comes with them is junk. I wish the guys that put my Ultrex on would have put one on and also installed the strap too. Then again I�m seeing many things to this day they did wrong on my installs.

I may just quit complaining and take my boat to the best Basscat dealer and have them fix all the issues I�m finding.

Sorry to side track the post but yes the Troll Tamer is a great buy to have for the Ultrex...

Wouldn't have one without it!

Never heard of it!

They didn�t install your hold down strap?

The troll tamer is nice but I run the stock bounce buster and dont have issues. If its rough or while trailering I use the strap. I set the bounce buster so it's pretty tight so it takes a pretty good hit to move the motor

Ultrex comes with its own kickstand and it works great. The motor locks in the stowed position if the stand is the correct length.

Mine even when locked still bounces some in rough water. I need to look into the troll tamer I guess, also had anyone experienced issues with the lift assist I�m pretty sure mine has never worked because from day one it will just flop down really hard if u don�t ease it down. I checked to make sure it was installed correctly and it seems to be fine. Maybe I should just swap it with the one on my old fortrex

The lift assist doesnt work as good as it used to. Probably just the extra weight of the ultrex

Nope, as a matter of fact, they just wrapped it around the trolling motor. The first time I used it, it fell in the lake. I called Minn Kota and they replaced it for free.

I took the strap off my boat. I dont use it and didnt like looking at it.

Ive had a lot of air under my prop going across big bodies of water with no issues of my ultrex bouncing around.

Just loosen up the 4 large bolts securing mount to boat and slip strap under mount. Put it exactly where you want and tighten bolts securely. That�s all that holds it in place(you probably know this already).

Is the troll tamer the one that Kevin Van Dam had on his boat when he did that walk through in his garage a few months back. Whatever he was using looked like it installed into the deck of his boat and "locked" in.

Yes.