Does anyone know the thrust and voltage specs for this older Minn Kota
trolling motor ?

Is it 12 volts DC And 85 lbs. output thrust ?

What vintage is this, year made ?

CAINE wrote:
Does anyone know the thrust and voltage specs for this older Minn Kota
trolling motor ?

Is it 12 volts DC And 85 lbs. output thrust ?

What vintage is this, year made ?


Don't know about your particular model but model numbers do not equal
thrust for Minn Kota. 85 lbs would be one heck of a trolling motor anyway.
Try phoning their technical help line: 800-227-6433

Rick Cortese wrote:
CAINE wrote:
Does anyone know the thrust and voltage specs for this older Minn Kota
trolling motor ?

Is it 12 volts DC And 85 lbs. output thrust ?

What vintage is this, year made ?


Don't know about your particular model but model numbers do not equal
thrust for Minn Kota. 85 lbs would be one heck of a trolling motor anyway.
Try phoning their technical help line: 800-227-6433

The old Minn Kota motors up to 2002, the model number DID equal the
thrust spec- because I checked an old Cabelas catalog

the model numbers don't reflect that anymore though

thanks for number

"Rick Cortese" wrote...
Does anyone know the thrust and voltage specs for this older Minn Kota
trolling motor ?

Is it 12 volts DC And 85 lbs. output thrust ?

Unlikely. I don't know that they ever made an 85# motor in 12V. I think the
biggest one I've seen before going to 24V was around 60# thrust... AFAIK, the
biggest 12V model they make now is 55#.

John Weiss wrote:
"Rick Cortese" wrote...
Does anyone know the thrust and voltage specs for this older Minn Kota
trolling motor ?

Is it 12 volts DC And 85 lbs. output thrust ?

Unlikely. I don't know that they ever made an 85# motor in 12V. I think the
biggest one I've seen before going to 24V was around 60# thrust... AFAIK, the
biggest 12V model they make now is 55#.

M-K customer service told me this is a 1984 vintage trolling motor. He
said it's 12 volt and "about" 36 lbs. thrust. He seemed unsure because
the unit is 22 years old.

I tried it out yesterday in a 14' boat with 3 people- it drove that
thing almost like a gas engine. WOW- plenty of power. All the trolling
motors I've used before seemed like real dogs compared to this. I'm
thinking this is about 40-42 lb. thrust at least, by how it drives.

It has 5 speeds and forward/reverse.

"CAINE" wrote...

I tried it out yesterday in a 14' boat with 3 people- it drove that
thing almost like a gas engine. WOW- plenty of power. All the trolling
motors I've used before seemed like real dogs compared to this. I'm
thinking this is about 40-42 lb. thrust at least, by how it drives.

It has 5 speeds and forward/reverse.

If you're looking for a bit more performance, look at Kipawa Props
(www.kipawapropellers.com). I put one on my 42EX and gained about 3/4 kt more
top speed on my 21' SeaPearl.

CAINE wrote:

John Weiss wrote:

"Rick Cortese" wrote...

Does anyone know the thrust and voltage specs for this older Minn Kota
trolling motor ?

Is it 12 volts DC And 85 lbs. output thrust ?

Unlikely. I don't know that they ever made an 85# motor in 12V. I think the
biggest one I've seen before going to 24V was around 60# thrust... AFAIK, the
biggest 12V model they make now is 55#.


M-K customer service told me this is a 1984 vintage trolling motor. He
said it's 12 volt and "about" 36 lbs. thrust. He seemed unsure because
the unit is 22 years old.

I tried it out yesterday in a 14' boat with 3 people- it drove that
thing almost like a gas engine. WOW- plenty of power. All the trolling
motors I've used before seemed like real dogs compared to this. I'm
thinking this is about 40-42 lb. thrust at least, by how it drives.

It has 5 speeds and forward/reverse.


FWIW: If anything I think the older MinnKota model numbers reflected
amps. Figure 85 amps would roughly translate to 40ish lbs of thrust.
Watts is just amps X Voltage so ~1000 Watts. 746 Watts = 1 hp so you
may have a ~1.4 hp motor.

There's a lot of other things to consider that I am ignoring like
efficiency and a 1 hp electric motor is probably equivalent to a 3 hp
gas engine. I mean your battery is supplying 1.4 hp of electricity to
the motor and it may be 40% efficient but equivalent to 3 times that of
a gas motor at that hp.

40 lbs of thrust is nothing to sneeze at anyway. I think the min
recommendation for trolling motor is something like 5 lbs thrust for
every 1,000 lbs of boat and passengers. 40 lbs in some circles would be
good'nuff for a 30' sailboat with lead keel.

"Rick Cortese" wrote...

FWIW: If anything I think the older MinnKota model numbers reflected amps.
Figure 85 amps would roughly translate to 40ish lbs of thrust.

I don't think so. Current motors are on the order of 1# thrust per amp at 12V.

Also, 85 amps is a HUGE continuous load! I wouldn't want to wire a boat for
that!


40 lbs of thrust is nothing to sneeze at anyway. I think the min
recommendation for trolling motor is something like 5 lbs thrust for every
1,000 lbs of boat and passengers. 40 lbs in some circles would be good'nuff
for a 30' sailboat with lead keel.

I don't think so here, too! My MinnKota 42EX (12V, 42# thrust, 36 amps) pushes
my 21', 1200# sailboat at about 3.5 kt in flat water -- with an aftermarket
prop. In any kind of headwind or sea, a 40# thrust motor wouldn't keep headway
on a 30' boat!