Outboard Storeage

Thanks for the feedback John.
Willie.

That is interesting about leaving the basket on. I am going down to the Rhino showroom tomorrow to have a look and will ask them about this possibility.

I think the weight of the outboard + the boat on the roof rack, might be a bit much.

The share market is a disaster for me at present.

If we come through Armidale we will stay the night.

Thanks,

Willie.

Yep, the "Scare" Market is just that here too....just as well we don't rely on it for an income or we'd be sitting on the street corner with a tin cup in hand.

Yes, I agree about the weight and it will add up for sure. Our Yamaha 15 weighs 35 kg and the tinnie is 80kg, (3.75 Sea Jay Angler) so 115kg plus the loader and you'll be on the 150kg limit for a 100 series. However, the 200 series is rated at 200kg on the roof and I have seen some 200 series with a fourth roof bar to spread the load.

Having said that, I'm not sure that I would like 200kg sitting up that high on a vehicle towing a loaded BT. 150kg might be OK as our car has KDSS suspension and we find that it is so much more stable on the road than our 100 series ever was.

Our 200 series is a VX and has the sunroof, so if we were to fit a fourth bar, it would go across the sunroof and impede our view of the underside of airbuses and the like.

When we used to travel with the tinnie and the old 100 series, we carried the Yammie in the back of the wagon and ran it dry before shoving in the back of the wagon. We scored an old bedspread from a motel we were minding and used that to lay the outboard on and then just folded the excess over the top to stop rubbing form other items etc. Definately not a great long term solution by any means, but it got us about while we were travelling between work and play.

I have seen slides fitted behind the cargo door on BT's and maybe you could look at storing your Merc in there which gets it out of the car and so no fuel odour. It would probably mean relocating the items already stored there to the back of the cruiser?? This would also mean that you wouldn't have to be too careful about dust sealing compared to mounting on the drawbar.

Well mate, there's some food for thought...hope it doesn't give you a head spin like it has me??

Yeah, pop in and spend a night and we can have a chat and few drinks and order in some chinese or thai or pizzas...swap a few stories and generally have a bonza time of it. We won't be here from Sept 8th for 6 weeks.... head to Alice for the muster via Cameron Corner and Muloorina Station.
Cheers
Rick

Thanks Scott, great info. I will check out Southeast Stainless although I reckon an alloy box would have to be lighter wouldn't it ?
Willie.

Willie;
All their boxes for BTs are in alloy perfectly matching the checker plate armour on our vans. They do make most of the boxes for BTI for the Honda 2000 generators. They are not stainless although the slide outs are in stainless. They are light but very strong.
Scott.

sorry, i meant to add to MM me if you need any more details

Theo,
Thanks for going to the trouble of giving me your info.
Willie.