Has anybody used this system for your boat motor or have opinions on it? It's called the "m-ywedge" and they have a web site you can check out. I need to get a new transom saver for my boat and this system seems interesting. Any thoughts?

I will give you my viewpoint on transome protection devices. I know it will create a whole string of opposite opionions by people that swear by them but hey, that's what the forums for.

First they come out with something called a Transome Saver and with that name they make it sound like you will destroy your boat if you don't have one. What the heck though, somebody got real rich off them, just not from me.

Now they make a rubber block that slides over the tilt cylinder rod that's suppose to make the old fashion transome saver no longer needed, which was never needed in the first place.

Needless to say, I think it's a 100% waste of money.

I will also say, if it makes you feel you are doing what's best for you boat/motor and gives you peace of mind, it's worth every bit of any price you have to pay for it.

The little blocks on the hydraulic steering rods would work nice to keep the motor from laying over. I made some wood ones like those (should have patened them) a few years ago when I got tired of tying the steering wheel but those look better.

I don't think there are many motors made in recent years that don't recommend you place the motor in the mechanical trailering locks built into the motor when traveling. I don't know of a single boat made in the last bunches of years that has a transome that's not built to withstand many, many more times the stress that motor creates going down the highway, over railroad tracks and washboard dirt roads.

Yes, I've heard that debate many times. It's an intriguing one, that I'm on the fence with it as far as whether transom savers are necessary. Right now, I'm the $30 for peace mind person.