Recessed trolling motor tray

[milfoil]

Hey guys, I am coming from having Tritons and Big Nitros and such, and considering an XPress X19. The one thing I have noticed is that there are not very many with the recessed trolling motor trays installed. This is a must for me. Are there problems with cutting the front deck, or are there certain models that it is a bad idea to do this to. The boat I am looking at is a 2002 X-19. Any input would be great. By the way, the boat has a VMax 200 efi on it. I imagine that combo should fly with one of my good props on it. Thanks for the info.

[cmtbasser]

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this should help, its the underside of your deck.

[Altro Cat]

I put one in my 17ft Xpress. No problems at all with the front deck. I cut through two of the support beams that run under the deck on mine and when I got the tray bolted down the deck actually felt more solid than before.

BTW the tray I installed was the ComfortTroll.

[X17xpress]

I also put one on my Xpress even after cutting a brace the front deck is solid
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[MrTotty]

Look at my pics in the customization section. I put one in mine. I'll not own a boat without one. I used the EzTroll Tray in both my current boat and previous. The front deck is solid as a rock where it's installed.

[lonnie]

Dont know about a x19 but i have a 04 x17.put comfort troll in mine and the deck Content a lot more solid than it did before.there is a pic. In the boats for sale page.i would highly. recommend the what ever boat you go with