New to the world of SD motors and was wondering if you need to do anything special to secure the engine while trailering.

Do people use their old outboard transom supports or is therre a special device to secure the motor while trailering?

Appreciate any advise

i welded two tie down points on both sides of my floor where the floor meets the side of the boat and in line with where the end of the handle stays at the highest position and i just tie rope from the handle to the two tie down points and that prevents the motor from going up and down and side to side

HoosierPintail,

Welcome to the site....

GDSD - you should already have her bolted thru the transom - if not then
you need to ASAP - cause the whole reason the bolts are used is to keep
that bad boy on while trailering....

Secondly - it is made to take all type of abuse in the "free floating" trim
position - so that is where it should be when trailering.... So in my GDSD
hull the floor rope to the handle keeps her in mid trim position and the rope
length is such that the handle is about 2" below the top rails of the boat,
so I use a second rope from the trailer frame over the side rail - wraped
once around the handle and then over the other side and down to the
trailer frame on the other side - pulled TIGHT - this acts like a shock
absorber for up and down movement and prevents any side to side
movement as well.....

With this type rigging the only stress on the transom is the weight of
the GDSD - and she has no chance to swing or bang or yank on the floor
tie down mount excessively....

Gone over RR tracks where the decoys dang near flew out and the motor
barely wiggled....

Thanks for your advice LA Mudder and Gigafowl. Really appreciate your quick reply....................HoosierPintail