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I have made a number of long trips (200 miles or so, each way) to meets, with 15 to 18 hp motors on the transom of a 1993 Mirrocraft. The transom is much better-built than my Alumacraft’s transom ever was. At first, I would wreathe in agony, looking back at just how badly those motors would thrash around on the transom. The boat did develop a leak; although it is anybody’s guess whether it happened in the water or on the trailer. Anyway, I started tying the motor down: both side to side and from trying to move in the tilting arc. It certainly seemed to trailer better, that way. I think this cuts down on Johnnyrude’s F=MA equation….it cuts down on the hammer effect.
A long time ago, there was an article in the Outboarder about putting shocks on a boat trailer. This seemed like a really good idea to me; however, I could not figure out how to calculate for, then find, the right shock for the load range….So I never did it.
Long live American manufacturing!