07-18-2009, 12:05 AM
My 18ft procraft has the sam style of transom as your skeeter. I had a custom built motor bracket made for a kicker motor. I replaced my swim ladder and used the existing holes to mount the bracket. One problem I had early on was the boucing around (its solid mount of course, by bouncing i mean in rough water) tore the srews right out of the transom. What I found was the best was I accually went it from the back side(where your gas tank and such is located) and checked my clearance for strait through bolts. Now if your skeeter is anything like my boat then to handle the size of big motor we have the glass is like 4-6 inches thick in the transom area and the spaces in between have foam blown in them. I took a sawsall and cut the foam out of where i needed to work. After all was said and done I actually had to angle my bolts up through there to get to a spot I could work. I used 1 1/2'' washers to make sure they wouldnt dig in to the glass. I also replaced the foam that i cut out by using that foam filler insulation as a glue. Now on the top part on the deck, I just used a large backing plate under the deck, my deck is aluminum but i imagine it would work on wood too. I did this 4 years ago and have yet to have one bolt come loose, and i have run some pretty rough water since then. Also, when I say custom built bracket, I mean a buddy that had a pipe bender, after some flat bar and powder coat, it looks like something that was bought out of cabelas. By the way, if you mount it similar to the way mine is, weight is not as much an issue being its mounted in the same style as your big motor was from the factory. Hope this helps, I know what its like trying to put a kicker on a bass boat![laugh]
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