Midlant wrote:
My old Merc has a built in metal arm I swing up into place to take the
stress off the ram.
Pretty simple. Guess I figured all outboards did.
John


"HK" wrote in message
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http://www.m-ywedge.com/

Device slips over engine tilt rams, keeps engine lower unit at good
angle for trailering, takes stress off rams. $30.




My 225 Yamaha also has one of those, but the manual says "don't use it
for trailering." I agree, as it is a lightweight little prop, and it is
easy to see how a big-time bump in the road might break it.

In the good old days, I used a chunk of 2x4 wedged in there to keep the
motor up and to take the strain off the rams.