I took my boat and trailer a half mile down the street to a local feed mill that has a scale, so I could get a weigh ticket to go register my trailer.
Should I be towing with the engine down? Or locked up? It doesn't seem like when its locked up like it would stay very well, the clip that holds it in place doesn't look like it could take going down the road and vibrating and getting bumped. But I'm worried about hitting a pot hole and dragging my lower unit.
Is there a way to lock the crank? I don't see one. Its just one little doo-dad held by gravity keeping the crank from letting loose and my boat from coming free.
Also, You can see the pin device I used to attach the crank to the bow ring. The previous owner used a bolt and nut, but that seemed tedious to undo when your launching. Does what I'm using look ok? Or too easy to come free?
And, in the back, I used 2 ratchet straps to go from eye bolts I put in the transom on either side down to the trailer. Are Ratchet straps ok to use? Or should I be using some other kind of strap?
So...its just held in by the crank on the front and the 2 eye bolts on the back. Is that it? It seems secure...but still kinda worries me.
Should I be towing with the engine down? Or locked up? It doesn't seem like when its locked up like it would stay very well, the clip that holds it in place doesn't look like it could take going down the road and vibrating and getting bumped. But I'm worried about hitting a pot hole and dragging my lower unit.
Is there a way to lock the crank? I don't see one. Its just one little doo-dad held by gravity keeping the crank from letting loose and my boat from coming free.
Also, You can see the pin device I used to attach the crank to the bow ring. The previous owner used a bolt and nut, but that seemed tedious to undo when your launching. Does what I'm using look ok? Or too easy to come free?
And, in the back, I used 2 ratchet straps to go from eye bolts I put in the transom on either side down to the trailer. Are Ratchet straps ok to use? Or should I be using some other kind of strap?
So...its just held in by the crank on the front and the 2 eye bolts on the back. Is that it? It seems secure...but still kinda worries me.