transom motor toater

[pete 1]

i have a 150 hp 1999 johnson i just noticed it has a flip down bracket on it. is this
bracket safe enough to use as a transom saver ?

[rayz379]

Yes it is. Only thing I use is the built in bracket even on my 225 HO. They work great

[Bassmeister]

It's all I use on my 03!! I broke a transom toter and haven't looked back!

[Garfish]

The manual on my 04 Evinrude 225HO recommends use of the "trailering bracket", I also use a motor toter to keep the engine straight while trailering, and the occasional real hard bump.

[luvdmymerc]

Think about it guys. Why do you think they call it a "transom saver"? If your booking
down the road and you hit a major bump and you have your motor propped up with
that little flip down bracket, your transom absorbs the whole impact of the weight of the
lower unit sticking way out there. This causes unnecessary flexing of your transom which can cause stress cracks in your gel coat. If severe enough, it can actually begin to
crack the transom away from the gunnels. If its on a motor toter or transom saver, that
shock is transferred to the trailer's suspension system.

[pete 1]

but dosent merc put out a similar bracket that dosent connect to trailer ?

[AB]

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by luvmymerc &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Think about it guys. Why do you think they call it a "transom saver"? If your booking
down the road and you hit a major bump and you have your motor propped up with
that little flip down bracket, your transom absorbs the whole impact of the weight of the
lower unit sticking way out there. This causes unnecessary flexing of your transom which can cause stress cracks in your gel coat. If severe enough, it can actually begin to
crack the transom away from the gunnels. If its on a motor toter or transom saver, that
shock is transferred to the trailer's suspension system. </TD></TR></TABLE>

I have to disagree.....Every bump in the road is also transfered to your motor. My old Yamaha had nothing but trim issues, worn swivel bracket bushings, etc, after I started using a transom saver. On my 225HO I use the trailering bracket and a set of steering clips. 15,000 miles later still no cracks anywhere. Your transom takes a hell of a lot more of a beating while you are running down the lake at 70+mph jumping waves, boat wakes, etc.....I'll stick with what my boat and motor manufacturers recomend....

[rayz379]

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by AB &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

I have to disagree.....Every bump in the road is also transfered to your motor. My old Yamaha had nothing but trim issues, worn swivel bracket bushings, etc, after I started using a transom saver. On my 225HO I use the trailering bracket and a set of steering clips. 15,000 miles later still no cracks anywhere. Your transom takes a hell of a lot more of a beating while you are running down the lake at 70+mph jumping waves, boat wakes, etc.....I'll stick with what my boat and motor manufacturers recomend.... </TD></TR></TABLE>

I agree with AB. Now if we could just get swivel eze for our rude's

[pete 1]

well i have used transom saver to trailer, bought a my-wedge, that looked better
but that is when i noticed the bracket flipped down and said more money spent for something i didnt need

[rayz379]

Yes bomb has a super trailering bracket. I want a swivel eze to keep the side to side movement out of my hydraulic ram.

[gearcaseman]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but would'nt those toters put a tremendous amount of torque on the transom of the boat, using all that pressure against an immovable object like the back of the trailer?

[rayz379]

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by gearcaseman &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Correct me if I'm wrong, but would'nt those toters put a tremendous amount of torque on the transom of the boat, using all that pressure against an immovable object like the back of the trailer? </TD></TR></TABLE>

Yes from what I have learned off here the transom savers do exactly the opposite as what they are intended to do. They actually harm the transom by transferring shock from the trailer to the transom. I figure if I can pour the coals to my transom with a 225 HO with that much downward force then the little bit of pressure created by the motor hanging on it will be nothing I personally will use the built in trailer bracket untill the swivel-eze (? spelling) comes out for evinrude and it is just a glorified factory bracket that removes back and forth movement as well as support the motor without the use of the built in trailer bracket. Or something like that

[JoshKeller]

my dad has had my current motor (1978), and my current boat (1983) since new, and has been using the factory bracket since new. my transom is rock solid. I've since replaced the factory trailer, but other than that, its just been upgrades. And I've towed my boat from WV to Tx 3 or 4 times now - 1600 miles each way.

[rojo1199]

I had a dealer tell me that the Federation tested all the boats traiered to and from events and found the ones with built in transom savers were better ( less flex).

[luvdmymerc]

You mean to tell me my "transom saver" is really my "transom screwer upper"??? But
how could this be. You mean all these years I've been wrrr....wwrrrro....wrong???