Transom Savers…..

Motor supports/ Transom Savers….Yea or Nay????

I think most people will tell you yes, you need to divert that pressure, weight, and bouncing down the road off the transom and down to the trailer. I have a spring loaded transom saver that I use, and makes me feel better about going down the road.

No doubt, No matter what the size of the motor they are outstanding. Peace of mind added too! Go get one.

I use the M-Y Wedge. I figure if these work good enough for Skeeter to ship all boats from the plant with these on, they are good enough for me.

However if I was headed to Canada or some other far away place and I knew the roads were extra rough. I’d add a transom saver. But 90% of my trips are around 60 minutes and the roads are in good shape. The other 10% are within 4 hours and on good roads.

http://www.m-ywedge.com/instructions.htm

http://www.m-ywedge.com/

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I use the M-Y Wedge. I figure if these work good enough for Skeeter to ship all boats from the plant with these on, they are good enough for me.

However if I was headed to Canada or some other far away place and I knew the roads were extra rough. I’d add a transom saver. But 90% of my trips are around 60 minutes and the roads are in good shape. The other 10% are within 4 hours and on good roads.

http://www.m-ywedge.com/instructions.htm
http://www.m-ywedge.com/

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I had a m-ywedge for my old merc 75. Since it was a single ram tilt/trim, I had to use the universal m-y wedge that snapped over the ram. In cold weather, you needed a crow bar to get it off because the rubber got too stiff to flex. In warm weather it was fine. If you need to use the universal wedge for you motor and you fish in cold weather, probably not a good option.

Absolutely yea.

Yea

If you have a main motor tiller, I don’t think the wedge will keep the motor from swaying back and forth. The transom saver that I have does a good job of keeping my merc 60 hp stable, so my vote is for a transom sasver.

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I use the M-Y Wedge. I figure if these work good enough for Skeeter to ship all boats from the plant with these on, they are good enough for me.

However if I was headed to Canada or some other far away place and I knew the roads were extra rough. I’d add a transom saver. But 90% of my trips are around 60 minutes and the roads are in good shape. The other 10% are within 4 hours and on good roads.

http://www.m-ywedge.com/instructions.htm
http://www.m-ywedge.com/

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how exactly is that product reducing the transom flex caused by that heavy motor hanging on it?

it is a gimmick and does nothing but save on the tilt/trim unit. it provides zero support of the transom.

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I use the M-Y Wedge. I figure if these work good enough for Skeeter to ship all boats from the plant with these on, they are good enough for me.

However if I was headed to Canada or some other far away place and I knew the roads were extra rough. I’d add a transom saver. But 90% of my trips are around 60 minutes and the roads are in good shape. The other 10% are within 4 hours and on good roads.

http://www.m-ywedge.com/instructions.htm

http://www.m-ywedge.com/

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how exactly is that product reducing the transom flex caused by that heavy motor hanging on it?

it is a gimmick and does nothing but save on the tilt/trim unit. it provides zero support of the transom.

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I don’t think anybody claims that it does take the weight of the motor off the transom like the transom saver.

Like I said, if Skeeter is confident enough in their transoms to send the boats up from Texas with the M-Y Wedge, I’m comfortable with it.

The rams however are another story. They need to be protected.

Been using one of these Lock-N-Stow model #10107 for years with excellent results.

http://www.attwoodmarine.com/store/product/lock-n-stow

if the boat is on the trailer, the transom saver is on.

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if the boat is on the trailer, the transom saver is on.

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Same here….

I won’t get started on the my wedge. I wasn’t completely sold on them, even after getting a great reference on it. I talked to the guy who runs the company, and gave him a chance to sell me on it. He acted like he didn’t want to even be on the phone with me. Long story short, I don’t own one. Just can’t wrap my head around how it takes the weight off the transom and supports your motor better than a traditional saver.

Ooops….I got started. Couldn’t resist.

Transom saver …Never leave home without it.

As far as the shipping packaging… it only has to get to the store with the wedge, for Skeeter to be happy… I also don’t think they are shipped, like you would tow them I use a transom saver, anything more than trailering across the road to the harbor

http://www.bbcboards.net/zerothread?id=424080

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As far as the shipping packaging… it only has to get to the store with the wedge, for Skeeter to be happy…

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Lifetime warranty on the hull. I would think if they were really worried about having to replace the transom or even the hull. They would require the use of a transom saver as part of the warranty requirements.

Just one man’s opinion.

Check out around page 5-16 in your Skeeter Owners Manual… they have a picture of how to attach the Transom Saver, to protect your Boat, Outboard and even the trailer

Dang

If it helps, just think of it as a seatbelt for your outboard.

What protects the transom when your haulin azz and jumpin waves?

I have read they do more harm than good. Just following them down a bumpy road you can see the boat and trailer bounce separately causing more stress on the transom.

Boat must be properly strapped to the trailer for them to work.

I was just thinking back to my previous boat. The 1992 Lund Tyee II. I had the boat for 17 years with no transom saver product. We would use the TILT STOP on the outboard. That boat was trailered many many miles over all kinds of roads and some nasty potholes. I sold in 2010 and the transom (and hydraulics) were as strong as ever.

I see it as transom saver = cheap insurance. It came with my boat, so I figure the couple seconds it takes to take on and off are worth it since I often have gravel roads, and my 1/2 mile gravel driveway between me and the river.

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Boat must be properly strapped to the trailer for them to work.

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Its kind of a mute point. But you think a couple little straps can hold an 1800lb boat from bouncing on a trailer?

Do yourself a favor and watch them on a rough road and then ask a structural engineer if the geometry is even effective.

That being said. I think they work fine but others are better.

I use a ‘My-Wedge’ on my Ranger. Easy on and off and seems to work great. I’m only using it because the previous owner used it for years. Boat was checked out prior to purchase and has no transom issues.

We always just use a block of wood on dad’s boat…

Anything is probably better than nothing.

Yup…Sounds like I need to get one….