it must be because it a Allison but there is not one crack of any kind on my boat and about any Allison owner you talk to will tell you the same and the majority of them dont run transom savers all and 90 and newer Allison's have aluminum transoms instead of wood   

!I use a MOTO STOP and I am not sponsored!

http://www.basstacklemaster.com/Moto-Stop-transom-saver-p/motostop.htm

Yamaha had a service bulletin #O2008-001 concerning tilt lever support for ALL outboard models. Yamaha suggests using built in support for "service" only and recommends using a transom saver device.

Here are some other alternatives:

http://www.fishingworld.com/ProRule/

http://www.m-ywedge.com/

http://www.lock-n-haul.com/

http://www.durasafelocks.com/products/marine/marine-ts-TS1.html

I feel the best one is the one you don't use.

I don't and won't use one and that's with a 600 pound motor.

Placing PVC pipe over your trim rods does nothing more than what the motor's built in support will. Actually probably not even as good. The factory support is designed to keep the motor as just the right balance point to keep the stress off the tansome.

I've seen lower units and midsection busted by them. All the shock from a hard bump that lets the boat bounce transfers all that into the motor. I don't car how tight you make you're tie downs, 2,500 pounds of boat and motor can move up and down.

I you use a transome saver with the spring in it, you haven't accomplished anything. The spring is going to let the motor rock as if it were not on a transome saver, just trimmed further down so there is more stress on the transome.

Then why do boat manufacturer's recomend and supply them with their boats? I have one and use it won't trailer the boat without it anything else isn't smart. The one I have secures to the trailer's rear center roller and to the motor's lower unit with bungee cords there's just enough give but not to much give. I was told buy the dealer not to depend on the motor lock or power trim as they can fail and drop the motor all the way down and on some boat and trailer combo's that means to the street.

Tight Lines

Pa Angler

I do not have power trim on my motor it is only a 25hp. So i have to use the transom saver. I don't think the tilt tab is enough to keep it up. I do not see how a transom saver can hurt, it is kind of like insurance.

My take is that the term "transom saver" is a misnomer.  My Mercury owners manual, and a prior poster said his Yamaha owners manual said not to trailer their boat without the motor tilted up.

Both said not to use the power tilt or the tilt lock to keep them tilted during trailering.

I conclude that it is to protect the lower unit from striking the ground  in the down position.

What do the boat manufacturers recommend?

My take is that the term "transom saver" is a misnomer. My Mercury owners manual, and a prior poster said his Yamaha owners manual said not to trailer their boat without the motor tilted up.

Both said not to use the power tilt or the tilt lock to keep them tilted during trailering.

I conclude that it is to protect the lower unit from striking the ground in the down position.

What do the boat manufacturers recommend?

Neither one takes into consideration the transom of any manufacture's recomendation. A transom saver will keep a motor from striiking the motor on the ground. My manufacture recomends a transome saver.

Both said not to use the power tilt or the tilt lock to keep them tilted during trailering.

I conclude that it is to protect the lower unit from striking the ground in the down position.

If a transom saver was used for keeping the lower unit from striking the ground it would be called a 'lower unit saver', not a TRANSOM saver.

A transom saver is meant to keep the excessive weight of the motor from bouncing up and down and putting extra stress on the TRANSOM, causing it to wear out or become weak faster than it normally would without use of a TRANSOM saver.

I'm not sure how the lower unit got brought into this, other than it's the part of the motor that the TRANSOM saver attaches to.   

The tilt lock is to keep the lower unit from striking the ground and to keep stress off the trim unit. It has nothing to do with the transom, or the saving of the transom.

if your boat needs a transom saver to keep it from busting up the transom you need to find a better built boat

if your boat needs a transom saver to keep it from busting up the transom you need to find a better built boat

Oh no! Here we go again.  :

Boats are built to withstand a motor hanging on them, no matter what boat brand you have. Obviously, some are better than others. The use of a transom saver is just extra 'insurance'. I own one of the best built boats money can buy but I still use a transom saver. It's a no-brainer.

I guess  this is what happens if you dont use a transom saver

Awwwww man looks like the cork got popped on that boat!!

Oh my Lord is that a Ranger? I think this has turned out to be a debate to transome save or not. A motor lock can and has failed as was told to me by my dealer if you to take a chance on one that's up to you but I won't the transom saver is recomended by boat manufacturers now why would they do that if it didn't matter. Seems there are enough opinions on this anyone needing advice on which way to go see what your boat manufacturer and/or dealer recomends. No one can convince me not to use a transome saver. It's up to you don't make a costly mistake.

That happened on the water, not while trailering, that's for sure.

Pretty piece poor construction on that transom.  The fiberglass failed at the seam of the center section of plywood.

Tells me someone was skimping on the fiberglass at the critical area that takes all the thrust.

There's no excuse for that type of failure.