hello everyone i'm here again to make a video on how to install a trolling motor
on an inflatable kayak by making a mounting bracket customized for my kayak
i am inflating the kayak with a cordless air pump so that
i can make some measurement for my brackets
as most inflatable kayak it has three air chambers
it's gonna be the floor and the two sides which i'm trying to inflate with air right now
inflate your kayak to the required air pressure
now the kayak is inflated and you can now make your own measurement
of how big or how long is the bracket you're gonna put on top of this kayak
this is what i need for my mounting bracket four wing nuts eight washers and four bolts or screws
and i already pre-cut this wood a 1 by 4
piece of wood one short and one long on top and two cross rail wood measuring one by two
and the one on top is another one by four piece of wood and i mount on that one
a two by four piece of wood or in i'm gonna mount the trolling motor
so i already pre-cut them and made some holes in it so that i can put them
together so this is how it's gonna look like when it's all put together
so it depends on how big is your kayak uh it's gonna be different sizes also
i'm gonna mount it uh at the end of the kayak and it's gonna be on this side
and now i'm showing you how i put them together put the washer in on the bolt
put it in and the wing nuts washer first and the wing nuts
and that's how it's going to look like green and assembled together
i will show you how to mount it
it's just gonna be like that i
put a velcro on the boat and on the
mounting bracket so that it won't move just to make it in place
you can also tie the bracket to the boat using the d-rings i'm using a marine battery
case to protect the battery from water and the battery itself is a deep cycle type of battery
i also installed the connectors for the trolling motor
and for the battery cover i made a hole in it
so that i can show in the mounting bracket and the reason why i did this is to
have a secure or secure the mounting bracket to the boat using the weight of the battery itself
to show you how to secure the mounting bracket using the battery
i'll be using a ratchet
strap
all i'm doing is just aligning the velcro underneath the bracket and
using the ratchet or ratchet strap to secure it to the boat
this is a trolling motor that i'm gonna use it's a 30 pound trust trolling motor
and i will show you to you how to mount it or install it on a mounting bracket that i need so
so this is the finished setup of my inflatable kayak with a customized
trolling motor i hope you like it and please subscribe if you want to
see more videos like this and thank you very much for watching
hello there you go in the middle of pigeon lake there you go
sweet there's a wave
this is our kayak with a motor
on the
this is our comrades
with their big boat
its very wavy
were already far