Foot Pedal Steering for a Lifetime Kayak with a Trolling Motor
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- Опубликовано: 13 сен 2024
- TLDR: Foot Pedal Steering install & tips for a Lifetime Teton Pro 116 with a Trolling Motor
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Social media inspired me this morning. Rather, people's posts on social media inspired me. I really dislike when people go online and bash somebodies efforts. For me, maybe you, and most people, we’re going to screw it up a lot before we get it right. We all progress at different rates. Today, it’s not so much about kayak accessories as it is about some kayak modifications. I have a couple Lifetime Kayaks. In this video, the Teton Pro Angler 116. It comes with stationary footrests. They have a great adjustment system to fit people from about 5’6” up to taller folks at about 6’4” So on that level, it's a pretty versatile kayak. I got to thinking about this all when I began installing the trolling motor on my kayak; How could I get foot pedal steering on my budget Lifetime Teton Pro kayak?? After spending hours on the interwebs and youtube, I found a few videos on other kayaks with a similar foot pedal system and got to tinkering. So after I found a $20 Minnkota trolling motor, ordered a replacement prop, got a 100Ah lithium battery, and a cheap PWM, it was time to get to work. Ok, maybe not in that order, but all around the same time.
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(Can't find "Barber Scientist" - he's who gave me the most info on this. If I can find his video again, I'll link it in the comments)
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Excellent!
Thank you for sharing!
Very welcome! Hope it helped or inspired you to try something on your rig 🤘
Super helpful video thanks finally I found some one with the same kayak as me definitely subscribe 💪🏽💪🏽
Dude that’s awesome! 🤘🤘
Awesome video man have the same yak trying to rig up now haha
Dude! That is so awesome! The more y’all comment on my videos of that kayak the more I miss it! lol it’s the. It’s the best bang for the buck imo.
Wow my new favorite channel, I have the tamarack pro, and can learn so much from your videos keep up the great work!!
Man that’s awesome! Thank you so much! I still have my tamarack pro. Bang for the buck, can’t beat it!
This was a pretty good video, I would like to know more about the motor lift mount, also I have the same yak and I went inside haul for steering using 49 strange stainless steel coated cable for my steering cable. Drilled the holes in the 4 areas for steering, cleaner looking. I used connector for drip irrigation, drill a 1\4 in hole run the wire thru the plug and seal.
Interesting. Love to hear what people are doing to theirs. So many options. I talked to so many people who were just nervous to do anything to their yak and I hope I can show folks, it’s ok if it’s not perfect, not trying is the only way to truly fail 🤙
@@MyChaoticFishing I’d love to see how you made and mounted that transom too! There’s no access inside the kayak back there which is what’s tripping me.
@@koolkarlwithak I’ll definitely do another video on that. Jack nuts did the trick, and have held great for months. I literally lift the back of the yak into my truck from that plate, which is held on by the jack nuts
Uploading video today at 4pm 👍
Got you covered buddy, publishing today at 4pm 👍
Not a bad video, though you should show the public how you set up the steering. Some of us want to see you explain how you set it up, not something you want to do. And It is easy to mount the steering line inside the yak.
Totally agree 👍 made a video for it, hope it helps.