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If a kicker is locked straight ahead the boat will steer fairly well just turning the big engine as long as the big engine doesnt hit the prop on the kicker. Installing a kicker motor on a fiberglass boat.
Cut a wooden stick to this length and tape it.
Adding a kicker motor to a boat. I wouldnt add the extra weight of it to my boat as a kicker. My main boat at the present time is a 19ft Carolina Skiff. If I had to have a gas powered kicker I would get one as small as possible for the job.
I was in fact thinking about doing it again. I once used my 33 Johnson for a kicker on my 21 Seafox boat sold the Seafox it was ok in calm water but wasnt enough Hp in choppywindy conditions. 11409 902 AM.
I recently bought a Ranger 188DVX bass boat with a rear end like this. The Ranger dealer highly discouraged me from trying to get a kicker motor on it. I called around and Skipper Buds up in Oshkosh said that they can put a kicker on any boat.
You may want to call them. Today I talked to the guy storing my boat and asked him about adding a 99 Mercury 4 Stroke Kicker motor to my boat. He said no problem.
We were discussing some things and I asked him about whether or not Id need some modifications and he said he can attach the kicker motor to your 115 Mercury Outboard steering linkage so that you can steer the kicker from your captains chair. One thing to think about is where you are planning on mounting your kicker motor. Boats designed for things such as walleye fishing will have a transom that is set up for the addition of a kicker motor.
These transoms allow you to bolt the kicker right next to your primary motor with the ability to fully tilt and trim the motor. It all depends on what you want. Some people will tell you not to mount a kicker on the starboard side of the boat because thats the side where the driver sits and it will cause the boat to list.
Ive had a kicker mounted on the starboard side of my boat for 25 years and didnt realize it. The bracket that I have in mind is connected to the IO unit and right on top of the lower unitIt should have moving parts where neccesaryThis leaves the kicker lower end right behind and slightly above the lower unit of the IO. As you raise the lower unit of the IO it raises the kicker as well.
Even better if you forget about the big motor kicker connection. Rather use one of the electric steering models available for steering the kicker motor. With the electronic speed control and the electric steering remote control.
You can control your kickers. Mounting A New Kicker Motor With Power Tilt This Old Boat Lake Ontario United S Largest Fishing Hunting Community York And Canada. Choosing An Auxiliary Outboard Motor Boating Magazine.
Tips To Avoid Annoying Boat And Motor Troubles Sports The Florida Times Union Jacksonville Fl. Measure the distance on your kicker between the anti-ventilation plate and upper inside edge of the outboard clamp. Subtract 2 inches from this length then add 15 12 inches vertical travel for the model 71091.
Cut a wooden stick to this length and tape it. Installing a kicker motor on a fiberglass boat. I am having a kicker motor installed on my fiberglass boat.
Some dealers are saying that I need some kind of bracket and others say they mount it directly to the fiberglass. In this video I go over how to install a Panther Marine kicker motor bracket as well as a few other little things that needed to be be fixed on this Fisher b. It would be wise to attach some wood to the appropriate areas if the kicker clamps on.
It might be possible to also make an arm to hook it to the big engine so you can steer with the wheel. If a kicker is locked straight ahead the boat will steer fairly well just turning the big engine as long as the big engine doesnt hit the prop on the kicker. Kicker engines are extremely useful for many boating situations.
They serve as a great backup if you have main engine issues. This is especially important on. A kicker motor will allow you to rack up hours on the water without raising hours on your main engine.
While this is true and engine hours is the first thing people look at when purchasing a used motor the modern fuel injected power-plant records engine hours separated by RPM range so a simple computer check will show that a seemingly high hour motor has 80 of its time under 1000 RPM. Even if weight is an issue if you are serious enough about putting a kicker on you can always move some weight forward if possible such as relocating 1 or more batteries mid-ship or to the bow or even just cutting down on what may be adding to your total weight fuel water the extra downrigger balls or extra 30 packs. Rigging in wind pulling spinners and trolling are all great times to use a kicker and steer with the terrova.
I vote for a kicker. I am definitely leaning towards adding it and I have thought about the fact that it would save hours on the big motor and it would probably save fuel while trolling as. On my last boat I went with the main line into a gas water separator filter.
It has two or three outputs for fuel so one to the main motor went to the kicker its that simple. And ideally now the kicker motor get the water separated and a fuel filter even though the large motor has its own water separator and fuel filter. How to install kicker bracket.
One thing I did was to lock my kicker in place so it cant turn. I use my main motor as a rudder steering from the helm and it works very well. Mine is a 55 horse on a 165 foot boat its enough to move the boat about 4 mph gps wide open.
Get a power block fuse block and connect the power wires. Or just sodder and connect both power wires from kicker and main motor. I park my boat in my garage and it is a tight fit anyway.
The kicker makes it twice as hard to park so I purchased a quick disconnect power unit. In spring I am going to purchase a merc 4 stroke 4 hp long shaft. To use as a kicker.
The thing about a 4hp is that it has an internal gas tank. You can switch between tank on motor or use your main tank on boat. If I ever want to pull it off the classic and put on a smaller boatI will not have to have an external tank At cabelas it is 1309.