Do any of you have a picture or description of a good way to transport a motor in the back of a pickup truck. Seems as if I saw someone had one mounted on a pallet or something not too long ago.

I have an engine stand I can use with some modification, but don't know if that would work either.

I'm taking my PD 36 down to Brother in a few weeks, so I need to get this figured out.

I can't find a picture right now, but yes PD normally just used a pallet. The one I had was cut in half with a 2X6, 2X8, or 2X12 braced across it to substiute as your transome if you will. You put PD on the 2X where it attaches to the boat, and then samwhich the skeg between two 2X4's to keep the motor from flopping from side to side.

Yep, Sanders be good like dat! Saw him make one for a GD LT once. I just sat back in awe

Crews has at least one stand he made. Maybe he can post some pics. Works well.

If you can get a motor pallet from you local dealer that would be the best way to transport it. Low center of gravity and very secure. Most dealers burn then anyway so it should not be a big issue to get one.

I ship mine with the motor clamped to a 2X that is 90 degrees to the length of the crate. I stabilize the skeg with a slot cut in another 2X screwed to the bottom of the crate. Since you are your own truck I don't see a need for a crate. Right now OSB wafer board is cheap, so buy one sheet and screw some 2X to it for the transom mount and the skeg. A regular shipping pallet might not be easy to come by. The above boards shouldn't cost more than $15.00 max.

Mark F. Cheney

I drove 6 hours through the Hill Country and it never moved.Put it in the truck with a engine lift and removed it with one.Very easy and cheap.I used a 2x8.

Hey, that looks familiar.

I hauled the same motor the same way 10 hours when I picked up my boat from Brother...it didn't move an inch. And Brother has a forklift to pull it from the truck and mount it on the boat.

bolt it to the tailgate.......or if you got a cheby u might want to get a pallet....LOL