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<blockquote data-quote="DaleH" data-source="post: 469422" data-attributes="member: 15636"><p>If that is a power trim/tile OB, those locks are usually called 'mooring locks' and are designed to keep the OB out of the water without putting an undue strain on the hydraulics. I don't trailer with them. </p><p></p><p>On bigger motors, I get better ground clearance by jamming a piece of softwood, like typical 2x4, between lower leg and trim posts. Allows for needed ground clearance but doesn't trim the OB way, way up, and absorbs shocks by keeping the OB/weight close to the transom, via the 'moment of inertia', i.e., the tilt tube, around which the OB will rotate up/down.Not that specialized transom savers aren't good ... I just don't bother with them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DaleH, post: 469422, member: 15636"] If that is a power trim/tile OB, those locks are usually called 'mooring locks' and are designed to keep the OB out of the water without putting an undue strain on the hydraulics. I don't trailer with them. On bigger motors, I get better ground clearance by jamming a piece of softwood, like typical 2x4, between lower leg and trim posts. Allows for needed ground clearance but doesn't trim the OB way, way up, and absorbs shocks by keeping the OB/weight close to the transom, via the 'moment of inertia', i.e., the tilt tube, around which the OB will rotate up/down.Not that specialized transom savers aren't good ... I just don't bother with them. [/QUOTE]
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