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| Author: | GATORBOAT [ Tue Oct 13, 2009 9:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Trailering a prodrive |
Hey guys with prodrives how do you trailer you motor? Transom saver, straps, my partner ratchets his into reverse and trims it against the transom with a cut garden hose to protect the cav plate from scratching the transom. Picking up my new 36 next wednesday and was wondering what is the best way. |
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| Author: | Mitschke [ Tue Oct 13, 2009 10:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Trailering a prodrive |
Trim up, put the motor in reverse, trim down, then run a ratchet strap from one corner of your trailer to the next. I have some foam cut to go between the transom and the cavitation plate. Works well for me! |
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| Author: | jett1414 [ Tue Oct 13, 2009 10:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Trailering a prodrive |
Gatorboat, do not trim your motor up against your transom - you will eventually develop stress cracks due to the vibration. You need to make some blocks: one to trim up against and one to keep your motor from rotating left to right. You can make these out of 2x4's. I can't upload photo's at the moment but send me your email and I'll send you pics of mine. They work great and also reduces the time it takes to get on the road. |
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| Author: | 50fps [ Wed Oct 14, 2009 3:59 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Trailering a prodrive |
I trim up and put a strap from handle to handle on the boat. If you go to the trailer and the boat shifts to the rear you put stress on the transom clamp. |
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| Author: | BradS [ Wed Oct 14, 2009 7:51 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Trailering a prodrive |
I trim it all the way up till it bumps top then I bump it down just a hair to relieve the pressure on the lines. I use a bungee cord to hold the handle to one side so it dosent swing from side to side. |
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| Author: | muddiejeep [ Wed Oct 14, 2009 7:59 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Trailering a prodrive |
| Author: | POKER1 [ Wed Oct 14, 2009 11:07 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Trailering a prodrive |
I run a ratchet strap from the motor down to the floor of the boat. Pulled up snug it takes the pressure off the trim unit, motor moves with boat instead of pulling between boat and trailer. Hook one end of the strap behind the the top of the flat plate that the assist handle is welded to and the other end under a rib at the transom cutout. |
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| Author: | GATORBOAT [ Wed Oct 14, 2009 6:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Trailering a prodrive |
Thanks guys I sold my 1744 GTrax and 36 FPR and ordered a new 1848 with a 36 just trying to make sure this one last me a while. |
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| Author: | Tenpoint [ Wed Oct 14, 2009 7:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Trailering a prodrive |
Just a quick question. Not tryin to be a smart azz or anything but yall are worried about pressure on the trim from bumps on the highway with the suspension on the trailer and everything. Dont ya think when youre runnin down the bayou wide open, trimmed up, hittin logs and stuff, that would be more pressure on the trim unit than some bumps on the road? Think about it, when your boat is loaded down running your trim already has the pressure from the thrust of the prop pushing against all the weight of your boat and whatevers in it. Just a thought. |
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| Author: | OwenDickeson [ Wed Oct 14, 2009 7:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Trailering a prodrive |
you would think prodrive would have developed a trailering system or transom saver by now....all i know is that when going down the road with my old PD whenever i would hit a big bump or go over some railroad tracks i could feel the motor slamming up and down in the truck. at one point when down at the PD shop they had to repair my transom because it was all cracked to shit. |
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| Author: | POKER1 [ Wed Oct 14, 2009 8:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Trailering a prodrive |
| Author: | BradS [ Thu Oct 15, 2009 6:33 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Trailering a prodrive |
When the trim is all the way up and wont go up anymore there is a lot more pressure on the hyd. lines than when bump it down some. Less pressure on the lines means less chance of failure. |
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