[jlsch1]

My 18 year old motorguide went out last week and I was going to buy a minn kota.

I went to three trollmotor shops and they told me about minn kota composite shafts and the cheaper motorguides problems. Went ahead and paid a few bucks more for a motorguide with stainless shaft which all three shops advised that was the best bang for the buck. Now finding upper end line in the size I needed was not easy. Motorguide is not as popular as they use to be back in 1990's.

$100 not bad. I bent a few stainless shafts on motorguides and last time I bend one bad was in 1991. It cost me $75 for labor and materials, so the cost to repair them has not gone up that much.