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Pontoon boat with jack plate. The jack plate provides a mechanism for easily and effectively mounting a secondary motor to a pontoon boat. Ad But Did You Check eBay. There will be less drag force on the boat.

Im on a twin tube Sweetwater running a 13 12 X 15pitch 3 blade. Jack plate on pontoon In addition to what 5150 said you should have a lever that you can flip to keep the motor locked down so it will not pop out of the water in reverse. You could try lowering it and see if there is a difference.

The diameter of the pontoons has increased over the years. For example Bennington doesnt want jack plates on their boats--structural reasons. He felt that if he could move the engine back away from the transom he could.

Find It On eBay. Home jack plate. We had the guage installed on boat our boats along with the transom saver plate that distibute the weight inbetween the upper and lower mounting bolts.

Our Allison actually has the fist production version. Hydraulic jack plates will sit the motor back farther and that puts substantially more stress on the relatively weak back end. We recommend boats with 23 diameter or larger for rebuilding.

Your engine mounts are not as strong to begin with as a full hulled boat transom. The new redesigned Allison jack plate is probably the lightest and most rigid on the market. As a greater part of your engine is now out of the water.