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Post by Juan on Mar 23, 2014 18:58:27 GMT -6
Everybody's building ships and boats.... Manfred Mann... Good choice,,, and one of my favorites!!!
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2014 15:20:41 GMT -6
Just wanted to say thanks for this thread! Went from owning an I/O to an O/B Yammie, so no idea how high to tilt the motor on the trailer.
Grabbed a My-Wedge. Perfect!! Just the right height to trailer. Thanks all |
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Post by Simple Man on May 8, 2014 2:01:11 GMT -6
Stick with the chunk of wood the dealer gave ya... it's worked for me and a 12" piece of 4 x 4 is cheaper than a "wedge". ps. Simpleton... kma  Fancy pants....all you youngsters and your newfangled wedges and fuel injection...some of us on here just use a 12" piece of 4X4.  |
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Post by T-Topless on May 13, 2014 0:12:01 GMT -6
Stick with the chunk of wood the dealer gave ya... it's worked for me and a 12" piece of 4 x 4 is cheaper than a "wedge". ps. Simpleton... kma Fancy pants....all you youngsters and your newfangled wedges and fuel injection...some of us on here just use a 12" piece of 4X4. " Bama Woodie Wedge" ...  We still tow full raised with no support (1,000's of miles per year) ... used to use a support years ago, but figure transoms are stronger now. If this thing breaks, I'd rather know on the road than 15 miles offshore ... but .. thinking about the wood wedge ... the torque on the transom is the same with our without the wood, and can't escape the weight, so no advantage there ... May consider using a bracket down to the trailer for long trips again ... |
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Post by Juan on May 14, 2014 5:06:43 GMT -6
thinking about the wood wedge ... the torque on the transom is the same with our without the wood, and can't escape the weight, so no advantage there ... May consider using a bracket down to the trailer for long trips again ... There is definitely an advantage to using either a wedge (and a chuck of wood serves the same purpose)... doing so, removes the motor's weight off of the lock levers that have been known to break or crack under strain) and it also shifts the majority of the weight from directly over the transom to slightly behind the transom closer to where it is when the engine is in use... Not to mention taking all the stain off of the hydraulics during transporting. |
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Post by RunninLate on May 31, 2014 7:30:21 GMT -6
T-Topless you are correct about the weight but the pressure is removed from the rams holding the motor up. Now, I use the trailer tab that is on the motor to relieve the pressure on the rams but there is no give in these tabs as a 4x4 might absorb some of the bounce going down the road.
With that said, my boat gets trailed from the boat yard to the hoist, maybe 1/4 mile at 5 mph. I store it on the hydraulic rams. My once a year trip to the shop or home for a good cleaning, the motor goes on the trailer tabs.
I think if I did the trailing like some of you guys and girls, I would go with the brace that hooks to the trailer.
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Post by T-Topless on May 31, 2014 11:07:04 GMT -6
Years ago I used to trail a bass boat, and had a nice motor bracket that held the motor up, from the trailer. Worked nice, and I may go back to that someday. It always bothers me to think of 200-300lbs on the transom hitting bumps on the highway at 75mph...
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Post by acdaddy0 on May 31, 2014 12:14:17 GMT -6
Bout time, is there an issue with motor being centered while trailering? I've always trailered my 115 johnson with latch locked at motor steered in the center. By the time I get home motor is steered one way or the other. It annoys me but just an OCD thing. I like the idea of the block of wood to keep it lower and centered! It doesn't fall out ever?
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Post by acdaddy0 on May 31, 2014 12:19:01 GMT -6
That block of wood ever fall out on highway? Can see it falling out on interstate and hitting a troopers car would be my luck!
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Post by Juan on May 31, 2014 17:43:47 GMT -6
Been using the block of wood for years and there's no way it could fall out with the weight of the engine on it.
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Post by deerslayer64d- 2004 SV1700cc on Oct 12, 2014 10:46:05 GMT -6
I use this brace on me Yama 90 , sets on the power trim bracket & two lower motor cowling bolts . Put in place & trim down till tight , holds motor up and locks motor in center Position .
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Post by Simple Man on Oct 13, 2014 13:47:52 GMT -6
Who am I?
"Dad blasted kids with your new fangled non wooden trailering devices!!"
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Post by Juan on Oct 14, 2014 6:03:15 GMT -6
Noah?
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Post by Simple Man on Oct 28, 2014 8:47:10 GMT -6
Or a Peurto Rican wanna be from the Keys....
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Post by Juan on Oct 28, 2014 17:29:36 GMT -6
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Post by deerslayer64d- 2004 SV1700cc on Oct 29, 2014 7:47:55 GMT -6
They work really good and look much better than 4"x4" block of wood  |
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Post by Juan on Oct 29, 2014 15:03:39 GMT -6
Beauty is in the eye of the cheap skate. notworthy
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Post by yolo on Nov 18, 2014 12:48:38 GMT -6
Moving this, accidentally posted it in the wrong section!
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