Location: 31 | muskyhunter47 - 3/3/2014 5:16 AM
When I bought my boat I was all excited to get it I bought a transom saver before i even had the boat home. When i picked the up i was told do not use a transom saver use the wedge that comes with Yamaha so i still have not used the transom saver i bought.
I'm actually on the fence and fairly impartial on whether to use one or not and think that if I had a older aluminum boat, I would still be using one because of the back-and-forth flexing of the aluminum that's created with the motor tilted up on the transom.
One thing I feel strongly about is when you're using a transom saver, you should keep your boat cinched down tight on the trailer, or it just kind of defeats the purpose, and could even be doing more harm than good by transferring shock directly from the trailer to the motors hydraulics and transom.
There's no doubt that newer transoms are made much better these days than in the past, so I accepted the boat manufacturers recommendation like you that the transom is plenty strong, and now I'm just looking to protect the trim and tilt hydraulics with the wedge.
I would really like to hear some more manufacturer opinion though… maybe Muskie First would be willing to do some boat/motor manufacturer interviews on the subject?
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