Transom Saver - Yes or No

[Yachter Yat]

A young guy should be able to do it.

   Hell......even an "old" guy, Croaker. 

Yat


   

[christianbrat]

as a young guy whos been lifting weights 3 to 5 times a week for 3 years and has done this exact thing, I'll tell you its pretty hard.   that engine in the vid weighs half as much as a modern 4 stroke. i love that every possible reason to avoid admitting that they're helpful is being used, even that extra manual labor is preferable to assistance lol

[fishmeister]

Since I was out taking pics for a couple other threads, I figured I'd snap one more just for Yat:

[Yachter Yat]

    Meister: "WHAT"?? You trailer like that? I'm actually "flabbergasted". (If you've ever been so, you know how painful that can be).  

Yat   

[christianbrat]

I feel that people who have trailers they use are likely more entitled to have a say in this matter. of course that could be condensed down to a fallacy of bare assertation, but it would be hard to argue there is not a connection between experience and results.  yat, argue all you want, 100's of thousands of people are running these with none of the disastrous effects you claim. engineers across the board recommend them for multiple reasons. its okay to have a differing opinion, but know that's its nothing more than an opinion, while the engineers are producing validated studies and results with actual, real, results.

[Yachter Yat]

   I've probably owned more trailers, in my lifetime, than most. Please (if you will) allow me to 'smack' this dead horse on more time:  People will do what they want, but I would never, ever tie my outboard to my trailer frame in this way.

Yat

[fishmeister]

We can have our own opinions, beliefs, etc.  We can disagree on those too.

But, I think one thing we can probably all agree on (at this point) is that the horse is now dead.  Might be a good time to stop beating it.

[croaker stroker]

Well, If all those "brilliant" engineer geniuses would have designed the their outboards with a substantial travel lock like Evinrude did on the ETEC, then we wouldn't be having this conversation. 

[Mustard tiger]

I run the motor support pad, its the same thing Yamaha sells but twice the price.  Works great on my 115hp Honda.

https://www.amazon.ca/Outboard-Motor-Support-Transom-Compatible/dp/B0BB2G4Z4S/ref=sr_1_7?crid=XMFH98FMEMN6&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.mb6SLHTpMPwhGqTeiojmBaoVRTa4IuIg8Rn4TRFBb7sI6Mcvqlyc8RKi2VgX7f7gLlCN2e8963HH24Rskcx3YOncvK2tSG8ZEKKuLyIrmRkMRpV_pIFH0SlN3ruY0EH-Vh2irC-jftcEFi01R6qG7iieIRTyX1gOw92bYFeFcmiRI8yrRfIX23RzrPMGTKP4cCUqB7bl5qu7iwbhlRJBp55QJBeYgOPUuXgA_EvSASvmHgORio3ns-mDbj6YS9I5x17v0_AsbrvM0pgBrah5SpnAEKzJlg4FOKxUu80VcsI.Bp2q-Xi4NWC1ZaAEcnZVVQ5Ht_lEUK1-ERRAokwVk58&dib_tag=se&keywords=outboard+engine+support&qid=1714002113&sprefix=outboard+engine+suppor%2Caps%2C128&sr=8-7