Spoiledrotten
Well-Known Member
I tried a search for this, and may not have worded the search correctly, but do any of you have any protection on the front of your lower unit to guard against rocks, logs, etc.?
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I saw a couple of guys do this same thing while I was launching my boat. They loaded the boat on the trailer, then pulled the boat out of the water without tilting the motor up. The driver drug it about 30 yards while I was yelling at him. His partner just stood there and shrugged his shoulders. Oh well! I would cry if I looked back there and noticed that I had drug mine across the rough crushed rock and asphalt pavement.On our 1st boat (we were rookies) we left the drive down and we put the boat back on the trailer and I went up the ramp and dragged it half way across the parking lot. I was wondering why all those people were yelling at me! .......Well the skeg did its job and protected the prop but it was messed up and crooked. I don't know how but the marina fixed it. So I didn't have to put on one of those aftermarket products......
Why do you say that, Remediation? "An ounce of prevention....." Do you feel it would add unnecessary drag, or what? Curious minds want to know.My skeg was damaged and I got a stainless unit that slid over the damaged area and added the missing section. I don't think I would put it on an undamaged skeg.
Something like that is what I hit a few weeks ago, when I bent my prop shaft and tore up the alum prop. It's those things you can't see!Our problem on Cumberland, is the waterlogged wood that is suspended under the surface. You would have to work really hard to get shallow water.