It depends on motor weight and type. My tiller 25HP is about has heavy
as I want to lift, without help. I can take it off my boat in 10
minutes with an engine hoist. If I did not have the hoist I would not
do it too often by myself. The 9.8HP tiller I put on my boat for low
horsepower lake is light. I can move it on and off with out a problem.
I also have a sturdy saw horse to store the 25HP on. The 9.8 just lays
on the floor of the garage.

If the motor has remote steering, throttle and gear shift you will have
to disconnect and reconnect those all the time. That will add a lot of
time to the process.


Paul



wrote:
I would like to know how easy to mount or dismount an outboard gas
engine -- let's say a 40HP motor. I assume I need a carrier to hold the
outboard motor while I mount or dismount the motor. My questions a

- Is this a one man job?

- Do I need a lift? How small a motor can
we man-handle it without a lift?

- How many hours should I expect to spend to mount
or dismount an outboard?

- Is this something that we can do frequently on
the same boat without creating a lot of wear
and tear? Let say doing this once a month.

The reason why I am asking this is that I would like to use one boat
for both in electric-motor-only lakes and lakes that allow gas engine.
I plan to dismount the gas engine when I go to electric-only lake, and
then re-mount the gas engine when I go to lakes that allow gas engine.

I prefer to use the same boats in both areas instead of two different
boats. The reason is that I don't want to buy two boats, two trolling
motors, two set of batteries, two fishfinders, two trailers ...etc. If
I only have one boat, I can outfit the boat with good stuff. If I have
two boats, I will have to put so-so stuffs in the boats. Moreover, two
boats takes more storage spaces.

Of course, if frequent mounting and dismounting is not a practical
idea. I will have to settle with getting two boats.

Any idea? Thanks.

Jay Chan