i just got done doing my boat with a 8 hose tohatus with a panther 10 inch bracket . i put a backing plate in too i used 12 x 12 x 1/4 aluminum plate. when i was on the water this weekend trying thing out . it was fine . ,, but when i hit the M FT button on the controls . that kicker motor dug in and pull hard on the trap . i say it drop an 1 1/2 inches down . when we took turns checking in out the movement was in the trap . it has to be pulling on the transom hard. i don't thing i be using the M F T button . my boat is a crestliner saber aluminum boat and i cant think how i could add more support than it is , making the transom thicker then the backing plate , sure not into that job
Sampson is on seneca lake and the only upgrades they did to the marina is the maintenance man fix the leaking sink in the bathroom with duck tape . Drakwater pic speaks for it self hot fishing and high water . looks like 2 inches higher lake water and the dock will be under water .
tohatus and mercury four stroke has the same engine . so you can use a mercury dealer to buy oil . synthetic blend S A E engine oil will work . I am starting out with 10 w 40 and switch to 25 w 40 when it warms up in my tohatus . the 8 hose tohatus doesn't have an oil filter another reason to change oil twice a year .
my grandparents lived on the seneca river, the flood was fun as a kid . spearing carp raft wars all kind of neat stuff . then i had the place for ten years it wasn't so much fun then . the house is still in the family and always will be . i go to the place now and then for a cook out and think of the old days guess i will always be a river rat at heart .