Aftermarket power tilt

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Kevin Puls

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Bear with me, I am about to use a bunch of terms incorrectly, but here goes.

On my wife's fishing boat our motor has power tilt and trim. It is two stages, one really slow while in the lower position, and I presume this is the trim portion, and the second stage, as it raises up goes really fast, and I presume this is the tilt portion.

If I am correct, than my question is, is there such thing as an aftermarket assembly that is tilt only?

I want to find a way to lift my 30 horse quickly on my hunting boat to negotiate shallow water instead of standing up and hanging over the boat to lift it manually.
 
Kevin, CMC makes an aftermarket tilt/trim unit. I had one installed on my boat for the same reason you stated. I didn't want to have to horse up a 30 hp either. Plenty of places sell them, Cabela's, Bass pro.
 
Kevin, CMC makes an aftermarket tilt/trim unit. I had one installed on my boat for the same reason you stated. I didn't want to have to horse up a 30 hp either. Plenty of places sell them, Cabela's, Bass pro.
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Does it raise quickly enough to suit you? The trim portion on the other boat I mentioned is painfully slow in the trim stage.

Does it affect the motors ability to pop up if hitting an obstruction with the lower unit?
 
CMC is heavy and slow. I have one for sale for a 130 but I don't think it will do what you want. I use a trailer bracket for shallow water drive. Good luck and keep your water pump wet.
 
Kevin, it's not extremly slow but it doesn't kick up the motor like you want. Have you thought about a electronic jackplate? This may work for what you want.
 
Kevin, it's not extremly slow but it doesn't kick up the motor like you want. Have you thought about a electronic jackplate? This may work for what you want.
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Well T, I don't know anything about hydronic jack plates, so I will look into those as well.

I was hoping I was not the only person needing a quick tilt function, but there must not be enough demand for anyone to make one.

Maybe I will get one of those lever thingies they sell for lifting it.

On the plus side, the only time I need to lift the motor from the inside of the boat is in shallow water, so if I fall out into a foot of water, I am not going to drown.
 
I have both tilt and a hydraulic jack plate on my boat. Neither is incredibly fast, however the jack plate raises the motor straight up which allows me to use it in shallow water.
 
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