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Transom Extension
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MMT Pro Member
Joined: Sun Mar 28, 2010 8:17 pm Posts: 53 
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 Transom ExtensionAm putting pods on my boat but in oreder to get the motor to clear the pods when turning I will have to make my pods smaller for the clearence i need.Has anyone used a transom extension used to get the motor to sit further back on the transom?The rep at beavertail recomonded it.
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| Mon Jun 21, 2010 10:41 am |
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MMT 1000 Club  Joined: Fri May 14, 2010 7:35 am Posts: 1110 Location: Longview TX
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Re: Transom Extension a jack plate?
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| Mon Jun 21, 2010 10:44 am |
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Joined: Sun Mar 28, 2010 8:17 pm Posts: 53
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Re: Transom Extension Well not too sure what a jack plate is? I just need the motor to sit further back off the transom?
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| Mon Jun 21, 2010 1:33 pm |
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MMT 1000 Club Joined: Fri May 14, 2010 7:35 am Posts: 1110 Location: Longview TX
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Re: Transom Extension jack plate would do it then. manual or hydraulic is up to you
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| Mon Jun 21, 2010 2:09 pm |
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MMT Moderator  Joined: Thu Mar 05, 2009 9:11 am Posts: 9143 Location: Houston | Surfside
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Re: Transom Extension Never heard of someone putting a jack plate on a MM normally you see them on outboards but I guess the principle of moving the motor back 4" or so could work for your application. No reason to get a hydraulic one unless you do have an outboard with a tunnel hull etc.
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| Mon Jun 21, 2010 2:19 pm |
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Joined: Wed Jan 14, 2009 7:38 pm Posts: 581 Location: HOUSTON
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Re: Transom Extension I mounted a manual jack plate on a 1648 to run a stock 35MB tall transom and it worked great. It set back like a drop deck and i could tweek the transom hight. Also worked well when I would change over to a tiller outboard.
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| Mon Jun 21, 2010 2:29 pm |
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MMT Sponsor  Joined: Thu Oct 01, 2009 4:49 pm Posts: 8536 Location: Bridge City, TX
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Re: Transom Extension Can't remember which motor ya ended up with, but if it doesn't have pwr trim, ya could get a CMC trim unit. That would offset the motor and give ya pwr trim.
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| Mon Jun 21, 2010 8:50 pm |
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MMT Elite Member  Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:19 pm Posts: 6441 Location: Trinity Bay - Texas
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Re: Transom Extension Hate to be a "kill joy" but I would swap hulls if I wasn't happy and skip the pod thing...
But --- the closest real MM thing to a jack plate might be the Excel F4 duck boat with huntdeck... Deadbird8 just bought one and here is a link to that thread... viewtopic.php?f=17&t=8514&p=91474&hilit=excel#p91474 _________________ Eat - Sleep - Hunt ! ! ! "It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end." |
| Mon Jun 21, 2010 9:19 pm |
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MMT Pro Member
Joined: Sun Mar 28, 2010 8:17 pm Posts: 53
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Re: Transom Extension Sounds like any easy way to go but it would only be taking a inch and a half off of the inside where it goes straight to angle on the pods so might just be as easy to take that little bit off?
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| Tue Jun 22, 2010 6:21 am |
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MMT Pro Member  Joined: Wed Jan 14, 2009 9:05 am Posts: 398 Location: Prairie du Chien, WI
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Re: Transom Extension I am not sure a jack plate could take the abuse????? They are not made to have motors kicking up ect. I would hate to read 2 weeks from now that your jack plate broke and your motor is on the bottom.
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| Tue Jun 22, 2010 6:27 am |
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MMT Pro Member
Joined: Sun Mar 28, 2010 8:17 pm Posts: 53
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Re: Transom Extension Yeah that could be a problem....solved the porblem took inch and half off the pods,won't loose much out of it.
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| Tue Jun 22, 2010 9:46 am |
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MMT Pro Member
Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2009 11:01 pm Posts: 51 Location: Houma LA
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Re: Transom Extension i now have over a 1000 hours on my boat and the jack plates are holding up just fine.... just a lil info
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| Fri Jun 25, 2010 3:50 pm |
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MMT Pro Member  Joined: Thu Jun 25, 2009 10:45 am Posts: 147 Location: Longview,Texas
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Re: Transom Extension I think Willtodo has always used a jackplate on his MM. May want to PM him.
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| Thu Jul 01, 2010 7:23 pm |
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