2021 Ranger 520C with a Mercury 250 4 stroke. What size hydraulic jack plate can install?
2021 Ranger 520C with a Mercury 250 4 stroke. What size hydraulic jack plate can install?
I would go with a 10 inch.
8 inch is the max allowed to maintain warranty. John can confirm.
2022 z519 cup 225 merc 4s ser # 3B210484. 2--hds12 live units. 2 poles, atlas plate, ghost, hamby's, active target, merc digital gauges
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2019 Ranger Z520C DC / 250 Pro XS 4 Stroke
2022 z519 cup 225 merc 4s ser # 3B210484. 2--hds12 live units. 2 poles, atlas plate, ghost, hamby's, active target, merc digital gauges
2002 basscat pantera 3 (dad bought new) sold 8-2-22
2000 stratos 20 ss (bought new) 200 hp Rude ficht great boat/motor sold 11-21
pulled by a 2500HD Denali
proud dad of an ARMY Captain
MAGA
ASE/GM Master tech before tools
Quality of construction has zero to do with the recommended setback on that boat. The manufacturer determines the best balance point and fulcrum of force for the optimum plate. I’m sure it also isn’t a matter of another 2 inches being a breaking point, but you have to stop somewhere. If the manufacturer recommendation was 10, someone would say why not 12? And if 12, why not 14? Then owners would be complaining because they couldn’t get the boat out of the hole….
I found this in the warranty statement from 2020, relating to warranty exclusions: “A fiberglass boat with an engine setback that is in excess of eight (8) inches, with the following exceptions: four (4) inches on a 168; ten (10) inches on a Z520L, Z521L, Z521c, Z519L or Z519; six (6) inches on Z521L, Z520L, Z521c, Z520c, Z518L, Z519L and Z519 rigged with an Evinrude G2; fourteen (14) inches on 2350 and 2510….”
So, the recommendation for a 2021 Z520C, unless it was changed from 2020, is 8 inches. Notably, the Z520L is rated for 10 inch plate while the Z520C is rated for 8 inches. They were, of course, slightly different hulls.
Last edited by Jbass123; 05-18-2024 at 06:52 PM.
2014 Ranger Z520C, Yamaha 250 SHO
2014 Ranger Z520C, Yamaha 250 SHO
My 2014 has a 10 inch atlas plate z521c
2014 Ranger Z520C, Yamaha 250 SHO