1760 Roughneck transom riser

Got this boat in the shop this week. Its a 1760 Lowe Roughneck, guy wants to convert the 90 h.p. yamaha prop to a jet drive, so we got to raise the transom 5". Dissassembly went smooth, found no transom issues, Got the riser truss built, and the transom skin cut. Both risers are built, hopefully will be re-assembling this thing over the weekend.

Before the build....




Motor off....


New transom truss...


Truss and transom skin ready for assembly....


One of 2 transom risers waiting to be drilled...

Put it all together and it turns into this......

Finished this one up Friday, thought it turned out pretty good.

transom risers.....


Installed.....

Nice work, looks super stout!

Is it attached to the boat at the ends?

No, owner wanted it left loose in case he ever wanted to switch back to running a prop. I was going to weld it completely and make it look like part of the boat but he decided against it.

Wouldnt a jackplate work?

It would have, but he was thinking $1000 versus $300 .