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"The Tray"
Next I tried making a motor tray. It is just a piece of plywood with a lip around the edge. I heavily coated the inside with polyester resin to seal it. There is a pair of pad eyes on each side of the motor just below the head, a line is run across the motor and tied with a truckers hitch to keep the motor in the tray.
Finally a bungee around the water jacket keeps the foot from swinging up and striking my car if I slam on the brakes for some reason. [links]
So what are some of the ways to carry an outboard? They usually are dripping oil, are covered in slime, and for the water cooled models, they leak water for a while after use. If you have a pickup truck, just toss them in the back and who cares what mess they make because that is what the bed of a pickup truck is for. For the rest of us that drive automobiles with carpet storage areas, we need to find some kind of solution to keep the mess from getting all over our interiors. Also there is the issue of whether you can lay your motor down or not. A motor expert friend of mine told me that it was OK to transport and keep 2 stroke motors in a horizontal position for long amounts of time. Thru personal experience, I have found that some motors don't seem to mind, some of my motors have laid down for several years before being used again, but one motor that I had did not like to be laid down. It was a game fisher 3.0 hp sold by Sears, not sure who originally manufactured it. If I laid that motor on it's side, it wouldn't start for atleast a half hour after being place upright again.
Here you can see that the U-bolts are counter-sunk into the plywood so the outboard clamp slides onto the mount easily and is held against the plywood, not the bolts. [links]
Never tilt the lower unit of any outboard higher than the powerhead. Trapped water can run downhill into the powerhead which is tilted lower than the lower unit. Did I say that so it makes sense? here
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Re: Tips to towing a small alum boat and 15hp outboard [links]
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Don't know how old or agile you are but Merc 15hp might be on a 9.9 hp base outboard, which being a 2 stroke might be of a totable weight. I think they just change or adjust the carbs to get to 15 hp, at least this is my understanding. My 9.9 2005 Merc is a 4 stroke and it's a heavy sucker.
Re: Tips to towing a small alum boat and 15hp outboard [links]
I would venture to say that with smaller boats it all comes down to 2 things.
1: How well built is the boats transom. The proper size engine on a small boat should not present a problem unless the transom has been weakend.
2: Clearance. Some boats sit higher on the trailer than others. Mine sits quite high. I leave mine down. here
All things considered the transom saver is cheap insurance. Get one.