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Remember that 100 pounds located that far back will reduce the tongue weight causing sway at higher speeds.

Mike
s/v Windlass ('91)
Nissequogue River, NY



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IF you leave the outboard on the motor mount, be sure to tie the motor off to the stern rail to keep road bumps from doing any damage. 4 strokes can be a  lot to handle weighing in around 100 pounds.
 
Rummy
 
 
In a message dated 3/11/2015 10:39:14 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org writes:

Definitely take it off the transom.  Highway jolts are really  hard on outboard brackets.  I have seen many of them broken because of  trailering with the motor on them.  Keep it in the vehicle or have a nice  Outboard bracket made to mount it on the trailer tongue.  Dont forget to  have them weld in a sturdy u bolt so you can lock it.
The only trailering i  go with the motor on a bracket is from the bottom of the ramp to the launch  parking area.  Some people add transom savers (strut from motor shaft to  bottom of trailer.). These work and help but still less than ideal  imho.

> On Mar 11, 2015, at 10:10 AM, The Rhodes 22 Email List
<rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
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> I will be  trailering my Rhodes 22 from Edenton to Washington DC this
spring
> on a  new double axel triad trailer.  The trailer experience is new to 
> me
 and
> I would appreciate any basic advice on what to do and what to  avoid.  
When
> traveling several hundred miles is it better to keep  the Yamaha 8hp
outboard
> on the transom or put it in the back of the  vehicle?  Any basic input 
> and advice is appreciated.
>  
> 
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