Anyone put Berkley Quick Set rod holders on a Ram mount?

I'm curious to see how people have done it, I really like the Quick Set rod holders as it's a lot easier to get the rod out when there's something heavy on the other end and the rod holder is past your toes.

Think cheater might have

I've been thinking about how to mount them (quick sets) to the H rail and thinking something similar, The holes on the square mount ram ball would line up pretty close to the quick set mounts although i don't like the quick set mounts and prefer using scotty instead, after using ball mounts on my sounder i can see why people like them im impressed.

4liters wrote:Anyone put Berkley Quick Set rod holders on a Ram mount?

I'm curious to see how people have done it, I really like the Quick Set rod holders as it's a lot easier to get the rod out when there's something heavy on the other end and the rod holder is past your toes.

laneends wrote:Think cheater might have

Yes mate I fitted the quick set bases to 1 inch ram balls. That’s what I use on my front mounts for the stealth.

I cut off the bottom piece from the square section of the quick set mount and though bolted it to the ram ball - I also did away with the wing nut adjuster and used a plain stainless nut and bolt as the adjustments now for rod angle both up and down - side to side are all done with the ram mount - it came it fairly neat and works a treat

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4liters wrote:Anyone put Berkley Quick Set rod holders on a Ram mount?

I'm curious to see how people have done it, I really like the Quick Set rod holders as it's a lot easier to get the rod out when there's something heavy on the other end and the rod holder is past your toes.

laneends wrote:Think cheater might have

Yes mate I fitted the quick set bases to 1 inch ram balls. That’s what I use on my front mounts for the stealth.

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I cut off the bottom piece from the square section of the quick set mount and though bolted it to the ram ball - I also did away with the wing nut adjuster and used a plain stainless nut and bolt as the adjustments now for rod angle both up and down - side to side are all done with the ram mount - it came it fairly neat and works a treat

Only just saw these lol

Is that one of these balls with the square base?




And then a hole drilled down the centre of the square section of the rod holder for a bolt that goes through to the centre of the ball mount?

What are the two bolts through the the ball mount for?

4liters wrote:
What are the two bolts through the the ball mount for?

To stop the base from turning and loosening off
I had a set on the Fisha 460, they are a very handy but very exxy addition

Seasherpa wrote:

4liters wrote:
What are the two bolts through the the ball mount for?

To stop the base from turning and loosening off
I had a set on the Fisha 460, they are a very handy but very exxy addition

Makes sense.

I like the idea of having something like this that is quite adjustable rather than the fixed rod holders I've used previously, it hopefully won't cost a whole lot more than getting the stainless frames put together.

you guys have it all worked out

yes I cut the bottom fitting of the berkley bases and the is already a bolt that goes through the burkley base to probably strengthen the unit
then you need to tap out the ram ball and the hole from memory is tapping size for 6 mm or 1/4 UNC then its just bolt them together with a stainless button head - as Eoin said the small spare bolts I added just to keep the base lined up on the ram ball - twisting may have loosened it off

the work out tidy and work very well

Does the ram ball need to be tapped out or can I just drive a bolt into it? Not as neat but I don’t have anything for cutting threads.

4liters wrote:Does the ram ball need to be tapped out or can I just drive a bolt into it? Not as neat but I don’t have anything for cutting threads.

well I tapped mine - but then I'm more of an engineer than a butcher