Trim and Tilt

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LEON S

New member
Gents

I used to have a Yeld Cat 17ft that came with two 85 Yammies (2 stroke) with Elec trim and tilt, the motors were not fixed onto the cylinder arm, so if you wanted to you could free the motors in case of hitting a rock or riding the boat onto the beach I suppose.

I am no expert on sea going boats but I have see guys heading into shore and ride the boat right out onto the beach.

With my new boat (Escape Unreel 510) I have 2 Suzuki 4 Stroke Motors on, with elec trim and tilt, because I use the boat for trolling on lake vic  and the nile river which is known to have alot of rocks right underneath the surface, I would like to "free" the motors so that if I do hit something they can simply lift over the object with no real damage caused to the transom. Unfortunately I havent got the foggiest idea how.

If anyone can advise on how this works it will be much appreciated.

Tight Lines
 
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fish tales

New member
well i dont know how to '' free '' motors from the hydraulics
but i do know that you can install a '' Beach Launching '' kit onto your setup which inevitably works the same this will run you up about R 500,00

hope this helps !!!
FISH TALES !
 
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fish tales

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I don't think it is such a DIY job unless you are very clued up about marine engineering knowledge,,

and any off shore or normal boat dealer should be able to organize one for you,,,but in your location you might need to import one

regards
F.S
 
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Mavers

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I guess the same could be handy for when you have a trim problem or electrical fault when your motor's are trimmed down, and too low to tow on the trailer (skeg on the ground).....its a kinda pickle not being able to manually override the hydraulics to get your motor up onto the latch to be able to tow (in those cases where your motor is too low in the down position.....water ski boats, bass boats etc etc
 
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Mavers

New member
I see there is a manual relief (release) valve on the trim and tilt, but I was advised not to use it (or use it as a last resort only).....not sure why....(recently acquired) manual does not mention any risks.
 
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Cam Mundy

Sealiner
Bonjour

Your manual relief can be used to beach with as your motors will kick up when you beach as there is no pressure within the hydralic system you would only do this behind the back line before you come in. for obvious reasons you will not be able to trim and tilt your motors while the pressure is off.

When people talk of a beaching kit its actually a bit misleading as its more of a beaching modification. inside the cylinder are two or four springs that are ground sorter I'm not an expert on hydralic matters but I think this alows the fluid to squeeze past under extreme pressure allowing you motor to rise up when you beach. all makes and engine size require a different amount of material to be removed from the spring in our 115 evenrudes I think it was 0.7 of a mil so a steady hand and a quality digital verneer is needed.

The only motor I know of that you can buy the springs premade is mercury if I remember correctly

I think an important thing to consider will be that when beaching outboards come up in a controlled way as the boat is sliding up the beach its not a big impact like you would have when stiking a fixed object under water at speed
 
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