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Any ideas on how to mount a kicker motor to my boat?
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<blockquote data-quote="Johnny" data-source="post: 377231" data-attributes="member: 13599"><p><strong>OR </strong>- buy one of these mounts, figure out how much longer you need</p><p>it to to clear your pods, take it to your local metal shop and have it </p><p>modified accordingly to suit your needs.</p><p>Looking at the design, it will be easy to just replace some of the bars</p><p>with longer, beefier ones.</p><p>One of the major concerns would be the lateral force (side to side) when you</p><p>force the little motor to push your heavy boat into a tight turn.</p><p>I would say not to go over 30 or 40 pounds for a kicker. Whatever HP fits that weight.</p><p>For emergency propulsion, this would work great to get you back to the landing.</p><p>Make the transom mount so you can remove it easily without undoing all the bolts.</p><p><strong>OR </strong>- weld a bracket to the pod so it will safely accept this type of retracting mount.</p><p>It may be more feasible, cheaper and safer to design a Pod Mount for the motor mount.</p><p></p><p>Use your noggin, you can figure it out.</p><p></p><p>Jus my dos centavos...................................[/b]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Johnny, post: 377231, member: 13599"] [b]OR [/b]- buy one of these mounts, figure out how much longer you need it to to clear your pods, take it to your local metal shop and have it modified accordingly to suit your needs. Looking at the design, it will be easy to just replace some of the bars with longer, beefier ones. One of the major concerns would be the lateral force (side to side) when you force the little motor to push your heavy boat into a tight turn. I would say not to go over 30 or 40 pounds for a kicker. Whatever HP fits that weight. For emergency propulsion, this would work great to get you back to the landing. Make the transom mount so you can remove it easily without undoing all the bolts. [b]OR [/b]- weld a bracket to the pod so it will safely accept this type of retracting mount. It may be more feasible, cheaper and safer to design a Pod Mount for the motor mount. Use your noggin, you can figure it out. Jus my dos centavos...................................[/b] [/QUOTE]
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