Re: Trailering boat with motor or not?

[billw]

Things can sure go wrong in a hurry, when you’re in a boat!

I think there are two different things happening to transoms (or actually, an infinite number of things) whether you’re trailering or running. I think there’s a lot more torque when running the motor; but when trailering, there is a lot more hammer effect. The water dampens the shock to some extent, not counting wave hopping. But the pounding on a trailer is far from insignificant. You only have to look out your rear window and watch the motor hopping and jerking around, back there. I think everybody is right about this subject!

Long live American manufacturing!