Auxillary Motors
 

Any of you guys with brackets running an small second motor, I want to mount my 9.9 Suzuki on Old School and not sure of the best way to do it. Dont want to mount second set of controls but would like to use main engine to steer but it sits a long way back on a bracket ???

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I use a 9.8 Merc works good using main motors steering, no control arm between motors. Only in higher winds is it hard to make some turns. Yours being on a bracket may steer even better. Bill Mc ;D

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So Mac you are using the main as a rudder type thing right, not using a steering arm between the two. Anyone with a bracket out there that has connected them ?

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And Mac or any one else what bracket did you use for the mount of the auxilliary motor. I see three or four diierent ones but don't know the why one would be better than another

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willy, just got rid of my 22 sea ray. had a 225 on a bracket. had a 15 on one of those little up and down brackets. would just set the kicker straight back and use the big motor to steer like a rudder set up. worked fine.

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Sounds perfect to me, less work, I didn't think it would manuever well like that but I guess it does, good ;D

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If you are going to do that is it just as well getting one of the fixed motor bracket where you just tip it up and down or is the lowering kind the best ?

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If It was I, I think I would get the lifting one to get it up out the way??

Iwant one butnI have a full swim platform on my boat. so there is no were to pou one. >:(

All I have is a 3 inch lip all around the bracket?? As you can seen here.

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MJ, just looking at your platfrom I'm assuming the platform is hollow and sealed for flotation like my single armstrong without swim platform. is it hollow all the way out to the sides as well. If it is hollow or solid plate you should be able to bolt a flat to the swim platform metal plate that is welded to a angled T off the edge and have a perfect mount for a small motor. I don't know how strong it is on the sides but if it will support swimmers it should support a 60-80lb motor no problem

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The center is hollow for flotation and the 3" lip all the way around is just 1/2 aluminum, I was thinking about mounting something there?
Maybe some day?? Ity is very strong!! I am 300# and so is my son, and we have both been on that thing at the same time!! :o