Homemade outboard motor stand
Anyone who uses an outboard motor in the ocean knows the hassle of keeping the salt water flushed from the system after each use. Also keeping the top-heavy machine upright during storage is also a must to prevent flooding. One of the easiest ways to do that is to get a outboard stand. You can store your motor on it without much hassle as well as flushing it out with a bucket of water underneath after each use.
As all marine products typically are, outboard stands are way over priced for what you get. It is literally a few pieces of bent metal and a piece of plywood while West Marine would not hesitate to charge you $120 for one.
That is why I decided to make my own little contraption. It’s no work of art but it’s serving me well so far. A couple pieces of wood and some galvanized hardware that costs me just around $12 and a Saturday morning later, I have my own little collapsable outboard mount.
It uses exactly 2 pieces of wood: a 8 foot 2×4 and another 8 foot 2×6. It is made to hinge so you can fold it flat when you are not using it or for easy transport. Straps at the bottom keeps it from doing the splits when the motor is mounted and I am even gonna mount some wheels on them so it can also be used as a dolly. All that for under 20 bucks. Take that West Marine!
July 19th, 2007 at 10:17 am
Nice clean work. Is that some kind of a nylon strap holding the bottom together? How is it attached?
July 20th, 2007 at 12:12 pm
thanks. its a shoulder strap from an old bag made of nylon webbing. its attached with a lag eye screws on the four ends of the stand.
March 25th, 2008 at 8:12 am
This is just what I’ve been looking for, great job on the detailed pics.
I am a young woodworker in Nova Scotia and this looks like it will last me the rest of my outboards life.
thank you very much
Danny Myers
May 9th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
You may not think it was art, but it looks elegant and modern. Alot more classy than the cheap metal tubular contraptions for sale. Good job.
June 10th, 2008 at 10:43 am
Perfect! Just what I’ve been look’n for
I bought alittle 9.5 Evinrude and need to store it upright after use.
June 22nd, 2008 at 6:16 am
Hello,
Great job. I would like to build one for my 4hp motor I just got. Do you think you could post the cutting dimensions of the pieces, or advise on how long to cut the pieces.
July 31st, 2008 at 11:04 am
Just finished building one for my buddy’s 50 hp Merc…perfect for the aplication!! Good on ya Oday!!