I am in the same boat, pun intended, I will be mounting an elite 4 soon and am plenty nervous about the install. I like the tallon mount because it is so clean. I might do the same as you and rig it in a couple different spots before the final install. I like the idea of the channel on the left it will make loading and unloading less sketchy not having to worry about getting the ram mount hung up on shit. Keep us posted pics would be cool. When I mount mine I will post pics. The xducer mount has me a little confused also....
