Transom Saver

[seabob4]

Another bonus of a porta bracket is you can  lift the motor up on the lift high enough thats its not close to the ground and then trim it way down,  Main thing is you strap the boat to the trailer both at the stern and bow.
Capt Matt

Dead nuts here, Matt.  I run transom straps from the stern eyes down to the trailer frame (I hate across the gunnels straps!), then, at the bow, the winch strap snugged up TIGHT, with a ratcheting strap forward to the trailer frame, and one aft.  That beeyatch ain't moving unless I want her to...

[Capt Matt]

There is nothing I dislike more than towing a boat long distances, it always stressed me out and gave me a stiff neck.  I don't even own a trailer for this one yet. Luckily I can borrow one anytime and only have to tow it a 1/4 mile to my local mercury dealer for service.
I still feel very spoiled keeping this boat on a lift after launching my other boat almost daily for over 10 yrs. The remote for the boat lift might be the greatest thing ever invented!!!
Capt Matt

[hopefishing]

There is nothing I dislike more than towing a boat long distances, it always stressed me out and gave me a stiff neck.  I don't even own a trailer for this one yet. Luckily I can borrow one anytime and only have to tow it a 1/4 mile to my local mercury dealer for service.
I still feel very spoiled keeping this boat on a lift after launching my other boat almost daily for over 10 yrs. The remote for the boat lift might be the greatest thing ever invented!!!
Capt Matt

I was admiring that boat lift all weekend. I trailer alot, but I'm used to it now so its really not big deal. Do I need to support the portabracket when I am trailering? Or is there a rubber wedge or something of the sort that can go on the portabracket cylinders so that its not having all that force on them when road travel? I am happy with running the bracket all the way up and trimming the motor down, thats perfect. I was just thinking about the force on the portabracket.

[Capt Matt]

The ram on the porta bracket is crazy strong and I could not image towing could hurt it at all. I would drop them a e-mail and find out what they say about it though.
Got any new pictures of the boat yet?
Capt Matt

[hopefishing]

Sent Portabracket a note asking them their opnion on best postion to trailer. They let me know that the ram is rated well above what the force should be. There had never been a failure that they were aware of. But did say that if I wanted to put a rubber block on the cylinder to take the force off the ram itself, it certainly wouldnt hurt anything. May do that later, but I am going to wait a bit and see how it behaves for a bit first.

[skyliner4444]

The transom saver would not work on my boat with a Venture float on trailer. I used the block of wood for a bit and I was going to rig something different when I heard of the m-y wedge. I picked one up and a set of the centering clips and they work great!

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