Transom Savers

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[llamalord]

Well for all you real life boaters out there, My family just bought a 2007 Larson SEi-180 _{(And I have been apointed the captain)}

So I found this device called a "transom saver". This hooks to the underside of your trailer and rests on the boats drive(this is an Inboard/Outboard engine). They say this is so when your driving all the stress of hitting a bump is taken off the hydralics of the drive and back wall of the boat called the "transom", They say we need this because after a while the engine and drive will fall out of the back of the boat on the highway. (Not a pretty picture) But me and many people are not convinced.

       What do you think?

[TerryRussell]

Hi Llamalord.

I'm not sure of the benefit of this device, since the stress involved when the boat is in teh water will be much greater than on a trailer, I think. Hmmm...

What's the make of the engine and outdrive leg in thta picture? Mercury?

[llamalord]

I don't know about that picture but my boat has a Volvo Penta 3.0 Liter 135hp...

I completely agree with you about the stress but some of the large debates on the internet say other wise,
  Then again, Thats why I posted this topic here.

[TerryRussell]

I've got an inboard Volvo Penta 360HP with duo-prop in my 24 foot vessel. Makes that lady fly!

[marcstrat]

Greetings,
Yes,i think the forces of the water are more great,than the roadbumps.I think it's just another way of getting money from a so called device.
As you can hear i'm not realy convinced to.
And if it should work,the job can be done by a strong "elastic" to,make that to the trailer and it does the same job,and less expensive.
Marc

[TerryRussell]

Yes, looking at the photo, all of the strain seems to be sideways on the propellor shaft. So it might stop the leg from moving, but it quite likely will damage the propellor shaft bearings.

In the past, when I've moved small boats with outboards attached, I have usually swung the leg up and locked it into place. Most outboards have a suitable locking device (a rod that slides through special holes, designed just for that purpose).

I think I would keep the money in my pocket...

[llamalord]

The side of this global argument that wants to save money says that sticking a 2x4 chunk of wood in the hydrolics will fix the problem.  But the other side says that the wood in the hydrolics will stop the stress on the systems but not the drive and transom wall its self.