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    motor toter or built in bracket???

    I have 1991 Johnson fastrike and was wondering which do you recomend using a motor toter I always have but a lot of my freinds use the bracket built into motor 1 less thing to carry or have to store.What do you guru's recomend?
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    Re: motor toter or built in bracket??? (twitch)

    Ford vs. Chevy.

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    Re: motor toter or built in bracket??? (ChampioNman)


    <TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ChampioNman &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Ford vs. Chevy. </TD></TR></TABLE>
    Fred is right, it comes down to personal preferrence. I had a toter to break and went to the factory bracket and like it. JMHO

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    Re: motor toter or built in bracket??? (Bassmeister)

    Use the motor bracket. It was made for trailering and puts much less stress on the motor, transom, and trailer.

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    Re: motor toter or built in bracket??? (jiggin)

    to offer another perspective/give the other side of the argument
    (BTW I agree its Ford vs Chevy)
    The motor toter does distribute the energy to the trailer roller not directly into the transom as as the motor bracket does.


    *IF* you have a weak spot in the transom, the motor toter will help you more, but then you have bigger problems anyway.

    JMHO

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    i use the factory bracket.
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    Re: (JeffA)

    I like the factory bracket,but the motor always tilts to one side.Is there something that cures that?
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    I use rubber stoppers on the steering tubes to keep the motor centered. I believe you can buy already made ones from the Hot Foot people.

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    Re: (jiggin)

    I have been reading that a lot of people are using the factory brackets. Some of the motor manufacturers say that these brackets are only for service and not for trailering. Check out http://www.lock-n-haul.com for info on a new generation transom saver that addresses all of the issues with transom savers and trailering.

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    Re: (jsmithwe)

    I always use a motor toter. I feel like the factory bracket doesn't relieve any stress on the transom. All the motor weight is still there it just keeps the motor up in the air. whereas a transom saver will carry some of the weight of the motor on the trailer instead of the transom.


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    Re: (Iowa93champ)

    I looked at it this way, i broke two toters,still don't know why. I noticed that when the engine is tilted up and on the factory bracket that the majority of the weight is straight up and down over the transom, with the mid and lower balancing. To me that equates to less force and flex than running WOT across tha lake. JMHO

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    Re: (Bassmeister)

    <TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Bassmeister &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I looked at it this way, i broke two toter's,still don't know why. </TD></TR></TABLE>

    Because your boat bounces on the trailer I don't care how you tie it down it will bounce, now when it bounces, the distance between the rear trailer roller and the motor increases at a rapid pace and decreases at the same pace this is one of the reasons transom savers get damaged.

    Next time your beside a bass boat on the road watch the motor, it will bounce with the boat.

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