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Location: Elk River, Minnesota | Hiya,
If you have clearance at ground level to keep the motor vertical, I would say keep it that way. On my old boat, I had to put the motor in a shallow water trim placement and then tied the motor down so it would not bounce. The motor was not all that heavy (56 pounds) so I never felt it was heavy enough to bend the shallow water bracket. Now, with my 8hp 4 stroke, I am able to keep it down....lots of clearance so I just put the motor lock down and it rides well. I would tend to agree, though that on some rigs that have a shallow water launching trailer, a bracket of some sort to keep the motor tilted up a bit would be good. a transom bracket would do the job, but as stated, would be more for raising the lower unit than for protecting the transom... Easy enough to do with the board as well.
Steve |
