Sport53

Thanks for the input. When you are out in your boat by yourself, do you guys prefer to sit in the front or the back?

I'm getting up in years and recently purchased a Sun Dolphin Pro 120 11' two man boat and a trailer that is made for the boat. I've had my 55 lb Minn Kota trolling motor in the back but would prefer to mount it in the front of the boat. I've had litte trouble trailering the boat after fishing with the motor in the back. No worries at all about the motor hitting any part of the trailer. Now that I want to move the trolling motor to the front it seems to me that the motor will hit the cross members of the trailer before the boat gets all the way up on the trailer. Any thoughts on how to overcome this without running the motor full bore and then lifting it out of the water at the last second? I have a bad back and want to make things as easy as possible. Thanks in advance for your insight.