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reelapeelin

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Been commiserating over how to support the Merc while towing...I'll never trust the T&T after a friends failed and dragged his 225 V-Max 75 miles down the road...

Anyway, took shaft from Minn Kota trolling motor and cut two lengths...the hollow center fits right down over the two extended rams...drop the motor down on the new extensions...and for good measure, a sturdy bungee strap around the back of the midsection the make sure no bouncing(that's what caused failure of 1st attempt)...
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Two of these
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One on
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Then the second one
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Both in place
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Now drop the motor down and wrap the strap around back, hooked on both sides
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I think this is gonna do it
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Rode to Lake Hartwell and back yesterday(yeah, Spare...I went FISHIN' again!!...LOL!!)...1 1/2 hrs each way w/plenty of those SC smooth(NOT) road-to-bridge transitions to test it and all in place when back home...

She might make the trip back to NJ for the next Get-Together...I kinda liked that....gotta get back to the Miracle Bar!!...:sun::beer::clap:
 
Great idea reel!!
Don't foresee any problems with that. :clap:

Now if you'd of had a Johnson, they already got a bracket made for that on the motors.

I's just gotta pick.
 
My brother inlaws merc 125 had a bracket that flipped up to take the load off when trailering but I love that idea simple easy and not expensive like most things associated with a boat
Bring Out Another Thousand seems to be all too true
 
excellent idea, i love creative uses of pvc i modified this transom saver to fit into the drain hole to take the weight off the rams and transfer some it to the lower transom, but your idea is a lot simpler.
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Phat, I've got one of the support brackets like yours and made a run at using just as you did having it fit into the drain hole...problem is when I got this boat the drain sleeve wasn't right and I hollowed it out and installed one of the screw-in garboard style plugs...concerned about messing up the threads inside...I know it can be made to work, but I came up w/the support tubes above before I figured out how to do it...BTW, you mentioned PVC uses...those tubes are cut from a Minn Kota trolling motor shaft and are reinforced fiberglass...it might, but I don't think PVC would last long...

What I REELY DO LIKE in your pics are the sprinkler-heads under your boat!!...I assume you FLOOD the bottom and trailer w/one turn of a spigot...GREAT IDEA!!...:clap:
 
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tsubaki said:
Great idea reel!!
Don't foresee any problems with that. :clap:

Now if you'd of had a Johnson, they already got a bracket made for that on the motors.

I's just gotta pick.
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The Merc has a flip bracket for the full trim position on the port side of clamp, just not the 1/2 trimmed position. LOL. It tends to bounce when fully trimmed IMO. X2 Great Idea.
 
Nice one Ozzie! Always thinking. Yamaha makes something similar for thier ginormous f350 to keep them on the transom. The Miracle bar sounds good to me. I think Michele is making plans to go tonite. I can't drink too much though. I got some driving to do tomorrow.:sand:
 
captpete13 said:
Nice one Ozzie! Always thinking. Yamaha makes something similar for thier ginormous f350 to keep them on the transom. The Miracle bar sounds good to me. I think Michele is making plans to go tonite. I can't drink too much though. I got some driving to do tomorrow.:sand:
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Come on down!!..good news is Google says 662 miles @ 12 hrs....somethin' tells me you'll beat that...

Rob & Destroyer...probably not beyond my capabilities to leave those supports in place...but considering releasing trailer/transom straps, screwin' in plug, I don't THINK it'll happen...but ya never know what might wiggle by and distract ol' Oz...:love:
 
reel, i thought it was sch 40 3/4" or 1".
i have those heads hooked up to a solenoid valve & old irrigation timer and when i come in i hit it with a 10 minute rinse, i also have an injector to run a rinse of salt away.
 
phatdaddy said:
reel, i thought it was sch 40 3/4" or 1".
i have those heads hooked up to a solenoid valve & old irrigation timer and when i come in i hit it with a 10 minute rinse, i also have an injector to run a rinse of salt away.
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When I'm at the beach, my concern is the time the trailer spends in the ramp's parking lot, baking in the hot sun and that salt eatin' away while I'm out in the boat...a set-up like yours, attached to the trailer w/a reservoir for water in the truck...a pump that plugs into the trailer light plug would solve that...then have a hose connect for when ya get back home w/the injector for the salt away...just thinkin out loud...anyway, I like your setup!!..beats hell outta bendin & squatin around the trailer w/a hose!!...:clap:
 
great minds think alike, i am actually working on a system that uses an old bladder tank as a reservoir. it will hold about 3-4 gallons under pressure. when you leave the house, fill the tank from a garden hose until it goes static, about 45 psi, close a ball valve on the manifold, pump the top of the tank with about 70 or 80 psi of air. when you get through with launch and park trailer, just open ball valve and let system bleed down. no power to worry about and really nothing worth stealing. i am going to try and get it mounted this spring, i'll post some pics.
 
you can use the mister hoses from Lowes, they are supposed to be installed on a fan, just tie wrap them to the trailer frame, hook it to the water bladder and let it spray
 
spareparts said:
you can use the mister hoses from Lowes, they are supposed to be installed on a fan, just tie wrap them to the trailer frame, hook it to the water bladder and let it spray
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Phat, the bladder under pressure is a GREAT idea!!...so simple...and Spare's is another!!...this could go somewhere!!

But the only thing is, I heard this morning from a leading authority on corrosion...one of the most corrosive personalities I know...(well that didn't come out right :head:)...

Mr Krinkle, HIMSELF!!...he assures me it takes LOTS more time for the corrosive effects of salt on galvanized surface, even on unprotected steel, than you are likely to spend out out on the boat for a day....SO, back to the house foe a good dose of fresh water and salt away w/your home system oughtta do it, Phat...

Damn the brains that flow around here are ASTOUNDING!!...:clap::sun:
 
well, my dad has a 98 cajun bass boat with a painted steel trailer that has never been dunked in salt water and it still has original springs. i have a 97 al trailer that is on it's second set of galv torsion axles. i know guys that carry a pump up garden sprayer and go around and rinse after launching and they say they can tell the difference. don't know if we haver a higher salinity, but this stuff is unreal. i have to put a new set of leaf springs on the scallop boat every 2 years. but it is 35 miles from here to st joe, so it dosen't get a bath for about an hour after dunking.
 
reel, you are my muse. i have been collecting these spare parts from irrigation jobs for about 6 months, nice sunny afternoon and no football, so i got busy on my project. this tank will spray about 3-3.5 gallons through these xeri spray greenhouse heads in about 45 seconds. the tank will mount on the tongue and the black pipe will run down the i-beams and heads will spray outside and inside of all four tires & hubs. iusually take the boat off the trailer in feb and do maintenance. so i will mount it and update pics then.

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mock up with fill hose hooked and charging, once static shut off black ball valve.


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spraying through 8 heads, in & out for all four tires & hubs
 
My Father in law once told me(he was in the Navy), "there's nothing in this world that can't be screwed up by salt water or a Marine, avoid both when possible"
 
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