Rick341

another vote for MinnKota. I've got 2 - 2 bank MK chargers in the bay boat and one 3 bank charger in the bass boat.. Never had a bit of trouble with any of them.

A used one might not stick to your boat unless you glue it on since the adhesive won't be any good. You can find a new one at Great Lake Skipper's. http://greatlakesskipper.com/decals-pinstriping/triton-decals

Buy it, tear out the old carpet and replace with Rhino LIner, go fishing and never worry about carpet again.

1,000 hours is a lot of hours for any engine (2 or 4 stroke) imo, but as already said, it could be fine if maintained properly over the years. Personally, I wouldn't buy it without first having a compression test done on it (but that's just me)

I tend to agree, if set too deep you could hit bottom and possibly damage the trolling motor foot or a transducer if you've got one mounted on the trolling motor and if it's too high, it might get in the way and looks kinda weird in my opinion, Not sure what the shaft is made of on your Maxxum but you might be able to shorten it yourself. I have a MInn Kota with a 60" shaft on my bay boat and luckily, it's the perfect length but I bought a Triton bass boat that had a Minn Kota with a 52" shaft that stuck about 3 feet above the bow. It looked like a light house and got in the way when casting side armed under docks, etc... To make a long story short, all I had to do was remove the head from the trolling motor, cut 12 inches off the shaft with a hacksaw and replace the head. Now it's the perfect 42" shaft. It's a simple process that took all of maybe 30 minutes to do . The hardest part was getting past the thought of cutting a foot off of a perfectly good $1,200 trolling motor.