Some mods on the dorado II:
two additional flush mount rod holders, a light and mounting bracket and wiring for it
mounted my ff, a system for fishing forward, strap and tie down system for my tackle box, and a live bait well
Jordo's Dorado II
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Re: Jordo's Dorado II
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Re: Jordo's Dorado II
Looking good mate, how do you find the tracport dash? stable with two rods in it?
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I haven't tried it out yet, ive modified the base of the tracport so it can fit in the mount in any direction, this may make it more unstable...... ill keep you postedR3dY@k wrote:Looking good mate, how do you find the tracport dash? stable with two rods in it?
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I've never been up close and personal with one, did you cut off some sort of stability fitting?Jordo wrote:I haven't tried it out yet, ive modified the base of the tracport so it can fit in the mount in any direction, this may make it more unstable...... ill keep you postedR3dY@k wrote:Looking good mate, how do you find the tracport dash? stable with two rods in it?
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There's a little plastic fitting on the underside that locks into onto the railblaza to stabilize it, I trimmed that a tiny bit cause otherwise it only goes on in one direction (you cant rotate it), I did this to suit my old yak as I had nowhere to store it when in transit, that way I could just rotate it and lock it in long ways along the hatch and paddle around it. Not really nessecary on the dorado, but it was already done.R3dY@k wrote:I've never been up close and personal with one, did you cut off some sort of stability fitting?
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Re: Jordo's Dorado II
I've got one on my yak and I've found it to be stable enough with two rods mounted. The central mount on the thing is a bit redundant because once you have two rod holders there isn't really room to attach anything else.R3dY@k wrote:Looking good mate, how do you find the tracport dash? stable with two rods in it?
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If I had the space I'd probably get the tracport with the four mounts instead, but this one does the job well enough.
I don't know if cutting off the plastic pieces would affect its stability, but I've found it perfectly workable for what I want to do as it is just facing straight ahead.
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Re: Jordo's Dorado II
Cheers guys,
Sounds like they are a pretty good bit of kit. Anyone know where to get a good deal on them?
Sounds like they are a pretty good bit of kit. Anyone know where to get a good deal on them?
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I got mine from capacity sports for about $80 I think...., I have seen them for a lot more than that so I thought that was an ok deal. Nello knows a website that has some really cheap railblaza stuff.R3dY@k wrote:Cheers guys,
Sounds like they are a pretty good bit of kit. Anyone know where to get a good deal on them?
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Re: Jordo's Dorado II
I get all my railblaza stuff off freak Sports, I've found they have most railblaza gear for a good price.Jordo wrote:I got mine from capacity sports for about $80 I think...., I have seen them for a lot more than that so I thought that was an ok deal. Nello knows a website that has some really cheap railblaza stuff.R3dY@k wrote:Cheers guys,
Sounds like they are a pretty good bit of kit. Anyone know where to get a good deal on them?