how do you handle your outboard ?

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pgnyc

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Hi,

so , how do you handle your outboard ?

i mean from your house to car to boat and reverse ?

i looked at the weight and i see ~115Lbs for a 15HP and ~180Lbs for 25HP (tohatsu)

do you have like a modified dolly or your are all bodybuilder ???

i am really interested for the next season for a saturn 385 or 430 and an 15HP .

on their site they have for the 430 : Max Motor Power : 40 HP (15" shaft / 175 lbs) <-- how possible ?

Pascal
 
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Re: how do you handle your outboard ?

I keep my 14' Saturn (fully rigged) winched up to the ceiling in my garage. The motor is on a pulley that I support from the ceiling as well. I just lower the boat onto the trailer then roll the trailer under the engine and lower it onto the transom. I can be ready to go in less than 15 minutes.
 
Sea Rider

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Re: how do you handle your outboard ?

I find Saturn inflatables to be highly overpowered compared to other brands using smaller engines on same sizes. If going for a 365 try to get a Tohatsu 18 HP, if 2 strokes much lighter and a 30 HP for a 420. Both will perform excellent on any of those sizes. A 40 HP on a 420 is just too much unless you'll be using that size sib really overloaded as a workboat.

Happy Boating
 
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Re: how do you handle your outboard ?

pgnyc said:
Hi,

so , how do you handle your outboard ?

i mean from your house to car to boat and reverse ?

i looked at the weight and i see ~115Lbs for a 15HP and ~180Lbs for 25HP (tohatsu)

do you have like a modified dolly or your are all bodybuilder ???

i am really interested for the next season for a saturn 385 or 430 and an 15HP .

on their site they have for the 430 : Max Motor Power : 40 HP (15" shaft / 175 lbs) <-- how possible ?

Pascal
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Look for a two stroke motor a 15 should weight about 85 lb. I live on a second floor walk up and carry my engine down the stairs every time
 
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Re: how do you handle your outboard ?

pgnyc said:
Hi,

so , how do you handle your outboard ?

i mean from your house to car to boat and reverse ?

i looked at the weight and i see ~115Lbs for a 15HP and ~180Lbs for 25HP (tohatsu)

do you have like a modified dolly or your are all bodybuilder ???

i am really interested for the next season for a saturn 385 or 430 and an 15HP .

on their site they have for the 430 : Max Motor Power : 40 HP (15" shaft / 175 lbs) <-- how possible ?

Pascal
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Hey pascal, welcome to the forum. I see u live in lic, not to far from me. Scroll down and read the Jamaica bay meet thread. There's a couple of us that launch our boats from Brooklyn. Hopefully you buy a nice Saturn and join us as we rip up the bay
 
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Re: how do you handle your outboard ?

My 40hp (2 stroke) stays on my boat, which lives on the trailer. It is supposed to weigh around 190lbs, but I added an electric starter and solenoid to it. So say at 200lbs, it requires a cherry picker to move it around. In the past before I put a starter etc on it, I dropped the lower leg off it, and man handled the power head off. The weight wouldn't be so bad, except it is awkward to handle. I am not a weak person, but for safety of the motor, I decided my motor was best handled with my cherry picker.
 
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Re: how do you handle your outboard ?

During boating season I keep mine partially inflated on top of a blanket on my garage floor. The 9.9 Johnson 2 stroke (72 lbs) sits on a sawhorse.

For transporting to the water I load the boat into the back of my truck, then load all of the gear into the boat. The motor is the first to go in, on top of a blanket (my SIB has a wood deck). The motor sits tiller side down, and I cover the prop and space it away from the tubes. I try to block the motor in place so it doesn't shift around during travel. Then I load the fuel tank, tackle box and any other gear.

Launching and recovering is a small process for me. I have to unload the gear from the boat, then unload the boat from the truck, inflate to full, launch it, then load the motor and gear. Takes about 20 minutes.
 
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Re: how do you handle your outboard ?

I use one of these: Garelick Eez-In

I have a 15 hp Tohatsu and sometimes I feel like I am breaking a gut moving it on and off the transom. That said - I did use to lift weights so I strap on one of those wide gut belts and grab the thing and two-hand that thing on the transom. If it were any heavier like 150 - I would get a pal to help me with it. When I mount the motor I feel like a BIG man and glad that I didn't get a hernia doing it. :D

The Garelick carrier is easy and beefy enough to mount the outboard onto, as well as move it to a different location for winter storage.
 
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pgnyc

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Re: how do you handle your outboard ?

Thank you all .
the pal system is a good idea and the carrier too.

Pascal
 
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Re: how do you handle your outboard ?

Check this trolley. I got one for my Honda BF20 46kg 4 stroke (I had to modify it for stability) but for a 15hp 2 stroke should be OK.
ROOTEQ, the smart solution for handling your outboard
I love its small size (and it's foldable) and wheels (for sand beaches).
However it is not so good for winterizing because you cannot put a bucket down the engine. Consider earmuffs.
Maybe you should also need launching wheels for your boat.
 
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