transom saver

[bradford]

If Reel, or Blue Runner, or Phat Daddy, or MJ want to flex on a 500 pound tranny(whether they leave the plug in or the plug out) who am I or Mr. Transom Saver to stop them. To each they're own.

[RidgeRunner]

Ten foot pole rule... For sure.

I have no motor support. Trim pump just started leaking. I like Chomper's idea best.

[RABBITFISH]

I too had had problems from time to time with support issues for the motor while trailering. Rebuilding the trim cylinder's began to get waaaay to costly so I came up with this idea....It's function is the same as some of the other devices sold on the market, but I just used some scrap 2 x 6's I had around the garage and I put together this little piece...The weight of the motor rides on the wood block, which has a slight give for any hard shocks, and it also takes all the weight off of the trim cylinders.... I have some pics for you to look at........the strings on each side are just to hold it in place when I hook it up.

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What do you think about this idea????

[Stillrunning]

I would just flip down the lever on the Johnson 150 lower the motor onto them and go. If your transom cannot handle some bouncing around how will it handle the preasure of you hitting the throttle with 3 or 4 people in the boat. Thats way more stress on the transom then any towing.

[Chomper]

I grabbed a quick pic with my phone yesterday. These are the stroke limiters I use on the farm for hydraulic cylinders. I took an old croc sandal and made very crude washers just to give it a little cushion. So far I have towed it 6hrs without any problems and they snap on in seconds.