Pontoon Boat & Deck Boat Forum

Noticed my new transom[ 2 pieces of marine plywood glued and urethaned was about 1/8 - 3/16 's thinner than the old one. A quick solution was to cut a template from an old stop sign,just need to drill bolt holes and seal. This should strengthen the transom and prevent the motor mounting bolt washers from trying to pull into the wood as it had on the old one.

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaGH DANG! I had an old road signs as well! That is a fantastic idea! I am not going to be lifting that 115 off this soon though. I will use this trick next time.

curtiscapk wrote:aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaGH DANG! I had an old road signs as well! That is a fantastic idea! I am not going to be lifting that 115 off this soon though. I will use this trick next time.

Wait a minute isn't it illegal to tear down road signs ? lol I got mine from the brother in law,he got it at a flea market.

Kids deposited them in the basement.... who knows where they came from!

Does the transom plate show up red reflective in the dark and say "ST"?

Bamaman wrote:Does the transom plate show up red reflective in the dark and say "ST"?

No,I sanded it down. Didn't want law enforcement to stop me for sign theft ! It's going on the forward side of the transom,the side that has the washers and nuts so it wont be seen at all from the back.

Here's a pic with bolts installed.I realized that plate would be added protection against the motor falling-in should the wood ever rot.