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Post by boostin350 on Sept 2, 2019 15:54:37 GMT -5
Hey Everyone!
Wanted to see what everyone has done for putting a rod holder or holders on the leaning post. My leaning post is the one with the livewell. I’m trying to figure out a rod holder solution for trolling one out of leaning post. Any ideas?
Thanks everyone
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Post by solomon320 on Sept 2, 2019 18:22:01 GMT -5
I had some pictures of what I did on my boat on the old forum. If that page is still available I try and get a link for you.
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Post by boostin350 on Sept 2, 2019 21:19:14 GMT -5
We’re you able to troll from the leaning post? Was it secure enough?
Also how did you bolt it through the metal?
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Post by tiger on Sept 2, 2019 21:19:41 GMT -5
I bought the one from SF for my 270. It wasn't cheap! Really happy with how that turned out. It totally dressed up the boat and it's very functional. The boat really needed the extra rod holders and its a great place to hold on to, and I can hang my dock lines on it too! I highly recommend setting it in place, outlining the flanges on the live well/ sink unit, then remove the seats, put it back, mark the holes centered, then drill pilot holes straight in, then drill the larger holes for the screws, then use a countersink bit to shave off a bit of additional Gell coat so your screws can sit in there without cracked the Gell coat. I did all of this except remove the seats. I have 2 or 3 screws that were tough to access and had to go in crooked. Still you would never know it, it turned out great and its solid as a rock. If I could do it again though, I would remove the seats. Why outline the flanges first? Because everything on these boats is misaligned in some way and in my case the seats are a tiny bit crooked, the hard top is a little bit crooked, etc. If you mount this hardware perfectly, you may not get your seat back so you have to give it a little space. The port side seat is tighter to the rod holder than the starboard. Oh and the rod holder is not perfect either. Give all this stuff is hand bent and welded, I expect there to be some tolerances. Again, you have to look real hard to notice any of this. I had the boat 6 months before I looked up at the hard top relative to the T top rod holders and realized the top was slightly crooked on the frame. I'm an engineer at heart so if I was doing the assembly this would never happen, but I am not normal.
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Post by tiger on Sept 2, 2019 21:20:21 GMT -5
The picture is not MY boat. Its the one I sent Gerald when I told him I wanted to buy this.
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Post by solomon320 on Sept 4, 2019 17:13:23 GMT -5
We’re you able to troll from the leaning post? Was it secure enough? Also how did you bolt it through the metal? I don't know if you have separate seats like in the above post or a backrest like mine. I don't troll from the post and to be honest I don't have that much faith in something that isn't secured to the hull like a traditional rod holder. I even put a plate under the four that span the transom(shows my lack of trust). As far as holes I used the ones that were there and just drilled the balance of them. Inside the seat back under the foam is just a plastic board if you will, and that is what the screws set into. I just eliminated the wood screws that they used and used stainless steel machine thread screws that fasten into barrel nuts which are buried underneath the foam. I f you like I can shoot some more pictures. I only went this way because of cost, the fabricated ones are much nicer but obviously much more expensive. sol...
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Post by reelkul on Sept 5, 2019 8:10:05 GMT -5
I found this rod holder at a yard sale. I think that it was $50. A perfect fit. Its just bolted into the back of the cushion, which seems to have a piece of black starboard material in it. I have trolled from one of the rod holders, and have not had issues.
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Post by boostin350 on Sept 8, 2019 11:07:48 GMT -5
Thanks everyone for all of the ideas!
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