motor guide quick release

[jimcareoff]

82 lb Motorguide 60" shaft . Yep this was a pita ,looked at alignment , stress points , bounce with waves , sun deteriation you name it . first ones lasted 3 years then failure of 2 thought that was a fluke replaced them .... then failure again . I started looking at troll tamer thinking that would solve the problem , that thing is locked down . motor doesn't bounce now but it didn't before . nope ...well now its gonna be machined aluminum just thought if anyone else had this problem there may be a fix in the making . for the life of me I can't see spending a grand each on trolling motors on 2 boats when I can move one from boat to boat .