need to make a portable mount for an HDS-5

  • phigs
    Twin Cities, MN
    Posts: 1046
    March 29, 2012 at 1:32 am #1238855

    i’m going to canada this summer on a fly-in trip. the boat we have has a battery in it, so i can run a graph off of it.

    i have a portable transducer bracket already, just need something to mount the graph on.

    has anyone built anything or know of something to buy? prefer it to be small as possible. some sort of a softcase that could zip up to help protect it would be nice too.

    thanks!

    matt-p
    White Bear Lake, MN
    Posts: 643
    March 29, 2012 at 2:00 am #1053646

    They have soft packs at cabela’s and bass pro.. This is one of them I know there are others..
    Travel case

    phigs
    Twin Cities, MN
    Posts: 1046
    March 29, 2012 at 2:04 am #1053648

    Quote:

    They have soft packs at cabela’s and bass pro.. This is one of them I know there are others..
    Travel case

    that is just a storage bag.

    I need something that i can put in the boat, so i can use the unit.

    i’m thinking a genz blue box would work good, but no protection on that type of setup is all.

    Bullet21XD
    Posts: 174
    March 29, 2012 at 4:26 am #1053657

    I may have something for you. I’ll call you tonight.

    bendvoracek
    Eden Prairie, MN
    Posts: 131
    March 29, 2012 at 1:25 pm #1053765

    Phigs,

    I have an HDS-5 and bought the Lowrance Portable pack. It is called the PPP-18I Ice Pack. Item # 000-10209-001
    You can find them on the net. Works well

    Ben

    phigs
    Twin Cities, MN
    Posts: 1046
    March 29, 2012 at 1:55 pm #1053787

    Quote:

    Phigs,

    I have an HDS-5 and bought the Lowrance Portable pack. It is called the PPP-18I Ice Pack. Item # 000-10209-001
    You can find them on the net. Works well

    Ben

    what was the cost on that?

    bendvoracek
    Eden Prairie, MN
    Posts: 131
    March 29, 2012 at 3:24 pm #1053821

    Phigs,
    If you search the net you can pick one up for about $130.00.

    shaley
    Milford IA
    Posts: 2178
    March 29, 2012 at 9:01 pm #1053930

    Got a Vex carrier off E Bay for mine, was around $25 last fall…

    gary_wellman
    South Metro
    Posts: 6057
    March 30, 2012 at 1:33 pm #1054179

    Canada Fly In?

    What I used to do is bring my locator up with the mounting bracket and a screw driver. Most of those lunds up there have the wood bench so you can back out a screw and then run that screw through the mounting bracket and back into the bench.

    Another option is just a smaller, 12″ square piece of plywood that you can mount the locator too. The locator will sit just fine on the bench w/plywood base. I did this the first year, then noticed all the nice screws that hold the wood bench to the frame…….Ended up burning the plywood the first trip and mounting the locator to the bench via 1 screw on the mounting bracket.

    PS: Not to promote “vandalizing”, but I highly doubt anyone will notice two wood screw holes in the wood bench on that boat you will use. So, another option is to bring 2 wood screws and just screw the locator bracket to the bench. You might even find some pre-existing wood screw holes in th bench from previous visitors!

    Phigs,

    Where ya going?

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