Trailering Mac 25 With 15 PH 2 Stroke

[GaryMayo]

I am jealous of the being able to go from water to trailer and down the highway just as they are. I need to remove my engine and stow it below or in my truck? That will take the fun out of set up and break down. I also need to remove my Rudder?

Is this because the stern of the Mac 25 will not take the highway bumps and knocks of roads?

When we took the boat out of the water, we took everything off and stowed it, but it would be so much nicer to treat the older boat like the newer boats.

[aya16]

why do you have to take the motor off? the rudder I can see, but the motor isnt going to hang down to far when trailering, as long as its mounted to the up/down mount, or the engine doesnt hang down way past the bottom of the boat.

15/10 hp are the same engines for the most part and weigh the same, I cant see any problems if you have the 15hp. The boats going to do only hull speed no matter whats attached.

I dont own a mac 25 but it would seem like you could leave the motor attached, as long as its secure and not flopping around when trailered.

as far as the rudder, that thing sits real low, I would take that off.
Mike

[aya16]

This guy trailers his 25 with engine and rudder mounted, is this what you have?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftREpKPz ... re=related
Mike

[GaryMayo]

This guy trailers his 25 with engine and rudder mounted, is this what you have?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftREpKPz ... re=related
Mike

Yes, that is my Mac 25 model, but I distinctly remember reading tow the boat with no extra weight on the stern. It it possible I read a suggestion, and not a mandate?

[aya16]

I cant pretend to know about your boat, but it doesn't make sense that a boat that requires a motor, and a folding rudder would need to be towed with those things taken off. Really though the rudder folds, and if the transom is strong where the motor is attached, as well as everyone with the same boat trailers with those items installed, than I would guess that its ok....do you have the manual for the boat, what does it say? just about extra weight? well If it suppose to have a motor, and a rudder I would guess that they mean more than that weight. You can call mac and Im sure they will tell you for sure.
Mike

[snotnosetommy]

Are you talking about trailering thru the Rockies? If not, there's really no need to remove either the motor or the rudder if you take care of a few things. My Mac 25 goes anywhere with 10 hp four stroke motor & rudder on.
1 Do you have enough weight on your hitch? (say 10% of the whole load). Single axle Mac trailer, probably not. Mine had almost none with motor on. This boat is balanced right over the axle. I added the necessary weight just behind the hitch. Tracks & handles great.
2 Have you beefed up the transom inside and remounted the motor? Not very hard to do. Takes a load off my mind, esp. on bumpy roads. But then I have a 100#-plus motor.
3 Is the boat pulled right up against the rubber v-block on the trailer? Makes a difference, since she's so delicately balanced. Not only that, but the bow will move sideways if it's not in the block. This is another whole topic, but again, not so hard to fix.
4 Do you have her tied down to the trailer? ('Nother whole topic)
5 If you have a lot of gear, put it in the cabin, not the cockpit.
6 I tip the motor up some & secure it with lines over the stern rail. Same with the rudder. Rope's a lot cheaper than accidents.
7 Is your tow vehicle heavy enough to handle the load without getting pushed around?

I have no problems at 65mph on a good road, but I would sure slow down on a poor one.
IMHO, rigging and unrigging is enuff of a pita without having to mess with the motor and rudder.

Yer gonna love that Mac.

[GaryMayo]

Wonderful, I like my Mac 25 much better now! Thanks Guys.

Number 7 above, will this do? ??? ?

[Catigale]

Upgrade that motor and it will do fine...

[Tomfoolery]

Upgrade that motor and it will do fine...

I don't know - I'm a bit concerned about the wimpy suspension and tiny wheels.

[GaryMayo]

I have done every upgrade to that engine available. It has lots of wrenching on it. From intake to dual stainless exhaust to removal of the &$);:&@- junk, chipped. It sounds like a jet plane if I put my foot in it. I have not changed the gear ratio, contemplated that many times. I believe that would make it a screaming death trap, and ticket magnet. I used to trade every two years, and let the business wright it off, but the economy is so FO it no longer is feasible to be that wasteful with large sums of money, so this is now five hears old, the longest I have ever kept one vehicle. My last vehicle, a hummer H2' was in the parking lot only four months. About to change the graphics, and add two cranes I purchased to the pickup bed to increase the mad max look, and make it easier to put heavy stuff in the back.

This is not my big truck, this is my big truck.

Can you see that black trailer replaced by my Mac 25?

[snotnosetommy]

Yeah, I can see it, but you're gonna have upgrade the paint job on the Mac.

[Tomfoolery]

Now that's a little more like it.

[GaryMayo]

For some reason, my state thinks 65 feet long is long enough. No provision for longer. Now mind you, I have been all over the US with this rig, and with a small trailer I am over 80 feet long. Never a ticket, never a problem. But, if I replace the black trailer with a Mac 25, I will be around the 100 mark, and that just may be pushing it. I will try it, just to get a photograph, but going on vacation that way is asking for a day in court. The men in blue tend to leave the RV folks alone, but that may be too much.

[GaryMayo]

Yeah, I can see it, but you're gonna have upgrade the paint job on the Mac.

A peeve of mine is trailers that do not match the RV. My second trailer is pretty far off. Lol. It is mostly used as a trailer for my black truck, a nice match. My truck is high enough I can see over the black trailer in my rear view mirror. Usually going down the road in this rig, we dingy a small car.

[Catigale]

That's a truly impressive rig Gary...you just need to replace that Ford with a Chevy...

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