B-R mine had shear pins which when I forgot to release it I broke a few. *I found this type looking through Cabelas. *I liked the idea of the shear pin because I suffer from CRS. *I liked the hole idea. *I drilled three holes in mine. *Not for reverse but the plate blocked off too much thrust. *In reverse it wasn't much good but I hardly ever used reverse when it was down. *If I got a snag I would do a slow circle. Never knew about the hussle plate. *Had I known I probably would have gone that way. *
SK I do like the kicker idea, it was the first thing I added to my V20. *On the Gruman I did toy with the idea of adding an electric motor off the bow. *Around here they are used mostly for bass. *I never bass fish. *For the safety side I added a radio and we always had two paddles aboard. *I might add we never ventured too far. *Good walleye fishing a mile out. *Here's a photo of the plate with holes. *Bill Mc
