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Originally Posted by Troutkiller2006
For me the biggest benefit of the bracket would be the extra room in the boat. Planing faster is good too. But those are things that I can work around. Can't work around a motor digging in when you need to get into shallow water. Even the 150 on tbe bracket would prob too much of a trade off. May or may not end up throwing the 225 on there without the bracket, don't think the extra 140 pounds would be too bad. But if I like the 150 well enough I probably won't. If it's reliable and fuel consumption is decent (only 60 gallon tank on these boats) I'll just go fishing. The biggest reason for considering the swap to start with is I know my merc is a good motor, don't know jack bout a mariner. Broke down on a boat sucks! Ask me how I know
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Don't forget that Mariner and Mercury are really the same engine. In fact (and I could be wrong on this) I seem to recall that in it's first couple of years, the Mariner was called a "Mercury Mariner" engine.
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1987 V20 w/1987 150HP Yamaha on a Shoreland'r Trailer
1978 16.5 Airslot w/1996 120HP Force on a Four Winns trailer
1996 V21 w/1993 200HP Mercury on a Shoreline Trailer
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