24v vs 36v

[NittyGrittyBoy]

I mainly river fish, so fighting current is a usual thing. I use a 16ft bass tracker, I had a 70 24v that did the job. But to be honest I wanted a little more out of it. So I sold it and now looking to upgrade.

 

Question is, I'm looking at 80lb 24v or 101lb 36v. Is the 101lb worth the extra money and extra battery? I do believe the 80lb would suit my needs just fine, but would that 101lb give me such an improvement I couldn't say no? Theres only $300 price difference between the 2, not including cost of extra battery 

[A-Jay]

If I was running out of juice before I wanted to stop fishing, I would think hard about fixing that.

36v and a pumped up trolling motor is how most address it. 

That 3rd battery is a space eater so that's routinely a consideration as well.

Good Luck

A-Jay

[Vilas15]

1 hour ago, NittyGrittyBoy said:

I mainly river fish, so fighting current is a usual thing. I use a 16ft bass tracker, I had a 70 24v that did the job. But to be honest I wanted a little more out of it. So I sold it and now looking to upgrade.

 

Question is, I'm looking at 80lb 24v or 101lb 36v. Is the 101lb worth the extra money and extra battery? I do believe the 80lb would suit my needs just fine, but would that 101lb give me such an improvement I couldn't say no? Theres only $300 price difference between the 2, not including cost of extra battery 

You had a 70 lb 24v and weren't happy with it, so you're asking if just an additional 10 lb thrust would be enough? I think you can answer that one.

 

Personally I have an 80 lb 24v for fishing lakes and have never killed the batteries, even on windy days.

[Jig Man]

I think you should go for the 101# 36 volt and be set.  If you need space agm batteries don’t have to be mounted in the traditional way. Good luck.

[WRB]

16' Tracker doesn't need 4 batteries (3+ 1 for electronics). I don't know what HP ob you are running (40 hp is about 220 lbs) but 3 group 31 12V batteries are heavy + 1 group 24 and your pushing 200 lbs. add a 4 bank onboard charger there is any room in the small battery compartment. 16' tracker max carrying capicity is 850 lbs including everything like passengers, gasoline, engine, tackle, trolling motor, batteries tec.

80 lbs thrust is more then power using 2 gr 31 AGM's, plus you already have what you need for charging etc.

Tom

[NoShoes]

I have a tracker 175. Fitting 3 batteries and a charger was extremely and almost impossibly tight. Couldn’t imagine 4. 

[Dirtyeggroll]

80-lb will do what you want it to.

 

112-lb will never leaving questioning. If you can afford lithium batteries, then go for it. Otherwise you are going to have to overcome the challenge of fitting the batteries.

[FryDog62]

I fish rivers enough that I would get the space saving lithium batteries and go with the 36v if it fits. Would rather have the maxed out TM and underpowered gas engine if I had to make the choice...

[haggard]

On 10/31/2020 at 3:24 PM, A-Jay said:

That 3rd battery is a space eater so that's routinely a consideration as well

And a heavy one at that, just another consideration.

 

[BoatSquirrel]

I have a tracker 185 with a 65lb 24 volt and its plenty of motor, even in a little current.  An 80 would probably plane it off, can not imagine a 101. As NoShoes says, where is the 3rd battery going?  Definitely not room in my rig for 4 batteries.  Good luck bro!

[NittyGrittyBoy]

Ok, so I have a tiller handle 30hp that's pull start, no need for a battery there. I am the battery.

 

And I use a small lawn mower battery for depth finder. I rarely use one. I dont have deep reservoirs or mark schooling fish. I fish rivers and ponds. 

 

I never ran out of battery, just needed more power. Sometimes current gets really strong in my rivers. I have plenty of room for 3 batteries, plus another if I ever decide for an electric start.

 

My tin boat is an 84' bass tracker, with center console removed. It's almost completely a deck to fit my fishing style. Tons of flipping and punching. I think I answered my own question. 101 for the win. 

[Jig Man]

3 hours ago, NittyGrittyBoy said:

Ok, so I have a tiller handle 30hp that's pull start, no need for a battery there. I am the battery.

 

And I use a small lawn mower battery for depth finder. I rarely use one. I dont have deep reservoirs or mark schooling fish. I fish rivers and ponds. 

 

I never ran out of battery, just needed more power. Sometimes current gets really strong in my rivers. I have plenty of room for 3 batteries, plus another if I ever decide for an electric start.

 

My tin boat is an 84' bass tracker, with center console removed. It's almost completely a deck to fit my fishing style. Tons of flipping and punching. I think I answered my own question. 101 for the win. 

Good for you.  You can’t have too much trolling motor power.

[BassNJake]

On 11/2/2020 at 9:41 AM, NittyGrittyBoy said:

Ok, so I have a tiller handle 30hp that's pull start, no need for a battery there. I am the battery.

 

And I use a small lawn mower battery for depth finder. I rarely use one. I dont have deep reservoirs or mark schooling fish. I fish rivers and ponds. 

 

I never ran out of battery, just needed more power. Sometimes current gets really strong in my rivers. I have plenty of room for 3 batteries, plus another if I ever decide for an electric start.

 

My tin boat is an 84' bass tracker, with center console removed. It's almost completely a deck to fit my fishing style. Tons of flipping and punching. I think I answered my own question. 101 for the win. 

I have a 16 foot crestliner with a 25hp and run a 101 maxxum on it

Having the power when you need it outweighed the extra weight issue for me

It's a 25 hp so never was gonna go fast to begin with

 

I used to fish trolling motor only tournaments and the 101 ran faster than the 80 even with the extra battery

I never drained the batteries since I began running the 101 but on multiple occasions killed the 24V batteries ending my day prematurely.

 

Never once have I wanted a smaller TM 

[GaryH]

On 11/2/2020 at 9:41 AM, NittyGrittyBoy said:

Ok, so I have a tiller handle 30hp that's pull start, no need for a battery there. I am the battery.

 

And I use a small lawn mower battery for depth finder. I rarely use one. I dont have deep reservoirs or mark schooling fish. I fish rivers and ponds. 

 

I never ran out of battery, just needed more power. Sometimes current gets really strong in my rivers. I have plenty of room for 3 batteries, plus another if I ever decide for an electric start.

 

My tin boat is an 84' bass tracker, with center console removed. It's almost completely a deck to fit my fishing style. Tons of flipping and punching. I think I answered my own question. 101 for the win. 

That's funny. After reading your post I started to think "Well I think he has already answered his own question" Your making a good choice. I don't think you'd be happy other wise. You'd always be thinking you should have went bigger.

[Krux5506]

definitely 36v as long as you can afford it space wise and money wise. I would have done that, but settled with a 24v 80# due to space constraints in my Lund. Never had an issue losing juice but I think we all want a little more trolling motor power from time to time.