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| Author: | DuckWelder [ Tue Aug 13, 2019 1:13 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Safety chain/cable on SD |
Just got my first SD on my new boat and I’ve had a few people warn me about a surface drive jumping into the boat after hitting something really hard . Does his really happen? Is there a need for a short chain or cable connecting the motors to the transom in the event the mounts fail? I was kind skeptical cause I really don’t see that happening with it bolted to the transom along with the clamps . Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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| Author: | bluesky2012 [ Tue Aug 13, 2019 2:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Safety chain/cable on SD |
My gatortail is bolted. Never been at issue. Maybe some of the other brands that are just tightened to the transom? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro |
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| Author: | Will [ Tue Aug 13, 2019 4:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Safety chain/cable on SD |
I watched a guy have a Gatortail come almost in the boat with him a couple of weeks ago after hitting a stump dead center. I think he said he caught it with his shoulder and shoved it back. He mentioned something about needed to put his safety strap back on... |
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| Author: | DuckWelder [ Tue Aug 13, 2019 5:07 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Safety chain/cable on SD |
I planned on bolting it with some 1/2” grade 8 bolts along with the clamps it has. Can’t see that coming off Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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| Author: | kib876 [ Tue Aug 13, 2019 8:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Safety chain/cable on SD |
I can’t imagine one being knocked into the boat if it is secured to the boat properly, but stranger things have happened. SEVERAL years back a guy hit a pipeline here in SETX and it knocked the pro drive off of the boat, it landed in the mud flat. There’s pics floating around of that incident |
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| Author: | banded-mallard [ Wed Aug 14, 2019 3:42 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Safety chain/cable on SD |
| Author: | Will [ Wed Aug 14, 2019 4:51 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Safety chain/cable on SD |
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