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When trailering my boat my engine cannot be tilted all the way down. HELP!!
The tilt lever your referring to is only used at sea and temporary support.
Not during trailering. Buy a transom saver and rest your engine on that when towing. SWIVL-EZE MARINE makes a unique transom saver that doesn't tie the boat's outboard to the trailer. Prevents "Trailer Shock" when the boat and trailer get out of sync. They are made to fit Mercury engines only. Jack "Basspro*" wrote in message om... When I trailer my boat, I cannot tilt the engine all the way down due to the trailer being too low to the ground. If I were to tilt it down like everybody says to do, the skeg and the propeller would grind into the pavement/road. Would it be better to tilt it slightly up but still somewhat down for just enough clearance or would it be better to tilt it all the way up and use the small lock lever thats built into the engine. By the way, my engine is a Mercury 90 hp Sal****er series (2 stroke). I want to put as little stress on the transom as possible. My idea is that if Mercury has included this safety lever it must be okay to trailer it tilted all the way up and locked on the lever. Am I right making this assumption? |
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When trailering my boat my engine cannot be tilted all the way down. HELP!!
The fact is that few people trailer it all the way down. Most have it tilted all the way up and locked with that little lever. The smartest few (and the most anal few) use a transom saver, which *is* the best way to hold it up. How 'bout a link to swivl-eze ??? -W "Jack Rye" wrote in message news:4yp2b.62136$kP.29369@fed1read03... The tilt lever your referring to is only used at sea and temporary support. Not during trailering. Buy a transom saver and rest your engine on that when towing. SWIVL-EZE MARINE makes a unique transom saver that doesn't tie the boat's outboard to the trailer. Prevents "Trailer Shock" when the boat and trailer get out of sync. They are made to fit Mercury engines only. Jack "Basspro*" wrote in message om... When I trailer my boat, I cannot tilt the engine all the way down due to the trailer being too low to the ground. If I were to tilt it down like everybody says to do, the skeg and the propeller would grind into the pavement/road. Would it be better to tilt it slightly up but still somewhat down for just enough clearance or would it be better to tilt it all the way up and use the small lock lever thats built into the engine. By the way, my engine is a Mercury 90 hp Sal****er series (2 stroke). I want to put as little stress on the transom as possible. My idea is that if Mercury has included this safety lever it must be okay to trailer it tilted all the way up and locked on the lever. Am I right making this assumption? |
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When trailering my boat my engine cannot be tilted all the way down. HELP!!
http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs...oductId=125817
West Marine has it for $69.99 I typed in transom saver in the west marine search. Jack "Clams Canino" wrote in message news:VEp2b.193633$Oz4.51675@rwcrnsc54... The fact is that few people trailer it all the way down. Most have it tilted all the way up and locked with that little lever. The smartest few (and the most anal few) use a transom saver, which *is* the best way to hold it up. How 'bout a link to swivl-eze ??? -W "Jack Rye" wrote in message news:4yp2b.62136$kP.29369@fed1read03... The tilt lever your referring to is only used at sea and temporary support. Not during trailering. Buy a transom saver and rest your engine on that when towing. SWIVL-EZE MARINE makes a unique transom saver that doesn't tie the boat's outboard to the trailer. Prevents "Trailer Shock" when the boat and trailer get out of sync. They are made to fit Mercury engines only. Jack "Basspro*" wrote in message om... When I trailer my boat, I cannot tilt the engine all the way down due to the trailer being too low to the ground. If I were to tilt it down like everybody says to do, the skeg and the propeller would grind into the pavement/road. Would it be better to tilt it slightly up but still somewhat down for just enough clearance or would it be better to tilt it all the way up and use the small lock lever thats built into the engine. By the way, my engine is a Mercury 90 hp Sal****er series (2 stroke). I want to put as little stress on the transom as possible. My idea is that if Mercury has included this safety lever it must be okay to trailer it tilted all the way up and locked on the lever. Am I right making this assumption? |
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When trailering my boat my engine cannot be tilted all the way down. HELP!!
Clams Canino writes
The fact is that few people trailer it all the way down. Most have it tilted all the way up and locked with that little lever. The smartest few (and the most anal few) use a transom saver, which *is* the best way to hold it up. As someone who is investigating towing a boat, are there legal considerations about having the motor protruding beyond the rear of the trailer? -- Trevor Dennis Remove s-p-a-m to email |
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