Motor is in!

[tsubaki]

Looks GOOOD!
When you finish and get all the setups correct, performance numbers are expected!

[reelapeelin]

Originally Posted by tsubaki

Looks GOOOD!
When you finish and get all the setups correct, performance numbers are expected!

Yeah...NUMBAS!!...We wanna see some NUMBAS!!...AND LEMME SUGGEST A PROP...15 1/2" X 17 PITCH Mercury Mirage Plus...it'll get ALL the performance your new motor has to deliver...

[macojoe]

Same bracket I had and the Merc looks great!! Good luck!

[joe7670]

A few weeks away from numbers but they will come.

I can install but the dealer needs to do a PDI.

[nipper]

Wow, it is really looking great. I am not sure of this, and I hope others weigh in, but I do not think the way you did the bunks is good for your hull. I think you need to have the hull sitting on the wider portion of the 2x6 bunks. I have only seen pretty small boats sitting on bunks oriented vertically like yours are. Just looks like too much weight sitting on a 1 1'2" wide bunk. My trailer is set up much like yours, but with swivels on the top of the metal posts which hold the bunk, so the bunk can sit on an angle to match the hull.

[joe7670]

Those are actually 4 X 8 bunks meant to be mounted vertically. Solid and quite heavy.

They have an angle on the top to accomodate for the hull angle.

I know the bunks you are talking about which are sideways 2X6 or so.

Very common to see trailers with these bunks down here for some reason. I guess it might have to do with our marinas and ramp heights.

This site shows the two different models:
http://www.continentaltrailers.com/

[RidgeRunner]

Originally Posted by nipper

Wow, it is really looking great. I am not sure of this, and I hope others weigh in, but I do not think the way you did the bunks is good for your hull. I think you need to have the hull sitting on the wider portion of the 2x6 bunks. I have only seen pretty small boats sitting on bunks oriented vertically like yours are. Just looks like too much weight sitting on a 1 1'2" wide bunk. My trailer is set up much like yours, but with swivels on the top of the metal posts which hold the bunk, so the bunk can sit on an angle to match the hull.

I think he installed 3x10 bunks with a beveled edge. My trailer is set up the same as Joe's. I prefer the method you describe with the 2x6 laying flatwise but I am not going to re-engineer, I think it is OK.

[joe7670]

Ridge Runner, you are right it's 3X10 and not 4X8.