What happens if the trim fails in the water. You couldn't pull the
boat out of the water without hitting the prop, right? How would you
get it out of the water?

-Robert

On Wed, 2 Apr 2008 15:52:51 -0700 (PDT), "Robert M. Gary"
wrote:

What happens if the trim fails in the water. You couldn't pull the
boat out of the water without hitting the prop, right? How would you
get it out of the water?

Marina - forklift or travel lift.

On Wed, 2 Apr 2008 15:52:51 -0700 (PDT), "Robert M. Gary"
wrote:

What happens if the trim fails in the water. You couldn't pull the
boat out of the water without hitting the prop, right? How would you
get it out of the water?

That's a good question.

The best way is to disconnect the trim ram and lift the outdrive up.
I've done this on outboard units when I've had trim motor problems.

You might have enough clearance with the boat on the trailer to pull
it up without having to disconnect the trim hydraulic ram - that might
be something to check next time you are at the ramp - that way you
would know.

However, other than disconnecting the ram, I can't think of a way to
do it if the drive is going to bump along the ramp.

"Robert M. Gary" wrote
What happens if the trim fails in the water. You couldn't pull the
boat out of the water without hitting the prop, right? How would you
get it out of the water?

That happened to me once. I found out after I got home that the problem was
a sticky reverse lockout switch which cleared up the next time I operated
the shift lever, but all I knew at the ramp was that I had no hydraulics.
Fortunately my trailer was such that the skeg was an inch or two off the
ground when fully lowered, so I pulled it up onto the ramp with the drive
still down, then disconnected the aft end of the cylinders and tied the
drive up with rope for the drive home. In a case where the drive has no
clearance, I suppose you could disconnect the trim cylinders in the water,
obviously with greater difficulty.

On Apr 2, 11:57*pm, wrote:
On Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:15:26 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing

wrote:
The best way is to disconnect the trim ram and lift the outdrive up.
I've done this on outboard units when I've had trim motor problems.

You carry the tools to do that on the boat?

I do. in either boat the 18' or the 23', is a fairly well supply of
tools, electrical wire, tape wire connectors, etc. in the big boat, I
have a spare alternator, too!

Not saying it's all necessary, but 'tis best to have and not need,
than to need and not have.

On Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:57:53 -0500, wrote:

On Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:15:26 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

The best way is to disconnect the trim ram and lift the outdrive up.
I've done this on outboard units when I've had trim motor problems.

You carry the tools to do that on the boat?

All boaters should carry a basic set of tools and some electrical
tape.

Just in case 'ya know?

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:57:53 -0500, wrote:

On Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:15:26 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

The best way is to disconnect the trim ram and lift the outdrive up.
I've done this on outboard units when I've had trim motor problems.

You carry the tools to do that on the boat?

All boaters should carry a basic set of tools and some electrical
tape.

Just in case 'ya know?

You are assuming all boaters are familiar with tools.

On Thu, 3 Apr 2008 06:21:47 -0400, "Jim" wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:57:53 -0500, wrote:

On Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:15:26 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

The best way is to disconnect the trim ram and lift the outdrive up.
I've done this on outboard units when I've had trim motor problems.

You carry the tools to do that on the boat?

All boaters should carry a basic set of tools and some electrical
tape.

Just in case 'ya know?

You are assuming all boaters are familiar with tools.

You know, that is a good point.

Hadn't thought of that.

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:57:53 -0500, wrote:

On Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:15:26 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

The best way is to disconnect the trim ram and lift the outdrive up.
I've done this on outboard units when I've had trim motor problems.

You carry the tools to do that on the boat?

All boaters should carry a basic set of tools and some electrical
tape.

Just in case 'ya know?

No duct tape? Oh, I bet that's included in the "basic set of tools". 8-)

On Thu, 3 Apr 2008 07:18:04 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:57:53 -0500, wrote:

On Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:15:26 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

The best way is to disconnect the trim ram and lift the outdrive up.
I've done this on outboard units when I've had trim motor problems.

You carry the tools to do that on the boat?

All boaters should carry a basic set of tools and some electrical
tape.

Just in case 'ya know?

No duct tape? Oh, I bet that's included in the "basic set of tools". 8-)

Goes without saying - duct tape, 200 mph tape, gaffer's tape -
whatever, it's an essential part of any tool kit. :)