I've seen this type of transom saver that slips over the power tilt piston(s). Anyone using it? Your assessment?
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I would like to know more about this one as well. I have the tilt lock lever on my motor and have been using it. I thought about a transom saver but read all the debate on if they are neede or not. I am interested if this little unit would be the answer. It looks like you can tilt the motor up enough to give you the ground clearance yet still leaving it far enough down to take some of the pressure off the transom. Could you make something like this? A piece of painted pipe perhaps?
Those piston models suck. I bought the Mywedge brand for like $50 shipped for this little piece of rubber. Cost you twice that if you have two pistons. Can't be good for your piston with all that bouncing around. But his web site vidoes and letters are impressive and it sucked me into it.
Nothing worse than looking in your rearview mirror and seeing your outboard bouncing up and down.
I like the Panther brands cause you can find them at big discounts with a little searching.
This is the model I like now because it has a long reach which twists into the trailers cross member especailly if it sits far under the transom. You just twist the end into a bracket that mounts on the trailer. No need to get down under the boat to bungie both ends with this model. You still want to bungie the end that the leg sits in or it will bounce unless you crank the leg down and then you bust the rubber or bend the v bracket (been there done that).
This is my older model that the end sits on a roller:
The bungies are not shown in the pic below but you need to use them on each end.
That bracket that's on the side of the outboard is to prevent the outboard from coming down on you like when you extend a 4 stroke to change the oil. My Merc manual says don't use it for trailering. You will only bend it and the O/B is still going to bounce up and down. yep, I already bent mine the first season cause the dopey kid who sold me the boat said that bracket was for trailering. It's such a thin bracket that I was able to use a monkey wrench to bend it back!
