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Wayfoot
United Kingdom
109 Posts |
 Posted - 25 Sep 2013 : 21:43:53
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I am thinking of making myself an outboard Stand for when I take the motor off the boat for the winter.
There are many designs on the web but I can't make my mind up. Has anyone had any good experiences with "off the shelf" stands.
I have a 9.9hp Yamaha |
Edited by - Wayfoot on 25 Sep 2013 23:14:57 |
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Stickon
United Kingdom
46 Posts |
Posted - 26 Sep 2013 : 10:54:38
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Hi i made mine about 10 years ago out of odd bits of wood that i had lying around and it has served me well, still being in use today it has had vairious sizes of motor on and never seemed unsafe much cheaper than one off the shelf all the best Stickon
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cliveshep
Thailand
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Posted - 26 Sep 2013 : 13:46:18
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If you have access to a little welder the world is your oyster. A few bits of old gas or water barrel or an old iron bedstead with angle iron, a supermarket trolley, 3 feet or so of 6" x 2" and some studding and you can make your own.
So long as the footprint is wide enough to get a barrel or wheelie bin or dustbin between the legs for testing, and the feet if any are well behind and in front of the motor so the whole thing cannot tip over you're home and dry. Cutting off old supermarket trolley castors and welding them onto the bottom allows you to move the whole thing around without strain.
I've made several over the years, the current one has some very fancy curved tubular steel legs with castors on that came from an old office desk, a couple of bits of channel hacked off a discarded roller shutter guide rail, a piece of floor joist to hang the motor from, and a few bits of old conduit welded on as braces for added strength.
It has two engines on it at present, side by side, a 30hp and a 3.3hp. Shortly it'll have another 55hp one on it too and the little one can go stand in the corner. There is no design - it is only a frame that won't tip over and is wide enough to allow the legs to go either side of your "test tank". Use whatever you can scrounge but metal is preferable to wood for strength.
The cost of boating is insignificant compared to costs of a young wife and two teenage kids! |
Edited by - cliveshep on 26 Sep 2013 13:47:26 |
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Sonny
United Kingdom
191 Posts |
Posted - 29 Sep 2013 : 03:16:12
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I made mine from a sack barrow new on eBay for 15 pounds and a ply board screwed to it to clamp the transom mounts to. It works fine for servicing and moving the outboard around on rough ground and the rest of the time I have a very useful sack barrow  |
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yorkiestan
United Kingdom
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Posted - 29 Sep 2013 : 12:38:37
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had the same idia as Sony piece of old door frame across sack barrow should work a treat
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Outboard Stand
