Ended up with a nice jackplate off of a procraft bass boat and my big aluminum boat doenst have hydralic trim.... Gonna put it on my river/hp restricted boat(18ft ploarcraft alum bass boat) since it has a long shaft 25hp..... Any tips?? any reason I cant do it myself??? Easiest way to do it??? Anything else i need to know???

Make certain you center the jack plate to the transom other than that it's a piece of cake to install. Setting the correct height is aint that hard either far a 25 hp; a good starting point would be setting the anti-cavitation plate around 1 ¼ from the bottom of the boat.

so your just wanting a switch so you can use your jack plate, i have the teleflex trim switch and i love it they also make a jackplate switch its about 40-60 buck and its real simple to put on. and it goes on the steering wheel so you wont have to keep taking your hands off the wheel.

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Manual jackplate....no switch needed... Have a river runner skeg guard, half propguard on it....so I am going to set just deep enough to run good,so i dont have to mess with it anymore......plus i will be able to run alot more shallow than i can now....Will make motor more efficient too. Duck hunting and exploratory/flyfishing trips can be ruined by a peak usage tide change, if you know what i mean....this jackplate will make getting out of some places easier if the water drops....waist deep mud is not fun....