Large outboard motor stand

[Miss Isle]

Has anyone got plans, diagrams, pics of their v6 or v8 engine stand. I'm looking to build one, and I'm looking for ideas on building something rather slim in design.

I've already made one that has wheels on it, though I need another, but this one is to be stationary, although light so portability is paramount.

Let's see what you got guys!!!

[Raceman]

Automotive engine stand is hard to beat. Summit has changed vendors on the one that I've always used, but the replacement seems about the same in the picture. You just mount the upright backwards to mimick the transom angle, and the 4 adjustable arms will bolt into the BIA bolt pattern on late outboards. I use em for V6 singles and with a 2 X 12 mounted on em for inline 6's in pairs. On the link below the price is $74. You can't build one for that.

http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?autofilter=1&part=WMR%2DW41031&N=700+%2D107203+115&autoview=sku

Here's a picture of my F1 V8 bolted on one of mine. I've probably got about 10 of em now with most of em holding multiple engines on wood, and I've never found anything better. Just be sure you get the 1250 lb one. The cheaper one is tipsy with an outboard on it.
http://i44.tinypic.com/1zvsf3d.jpg

[Miss Isle]

Oops, maybe I didn't make myself clear, I am looking to build a complete engine stand (motor, mid section, and lower unit).

I was thinking about a conventional engine stand, as I have one available, though I'm concerned about the top heavy nature of a OMC V-8.

[Raceman]

Oops, maybe I didn't make myself clear, I am looking to build a complete engine stand (motor, mid section, and lower unit).

I was thinking about a conventional engine stand, as I have one available, though I'm concerned about the top heavy nature of a OMC V-8.

Glance back at my post above after I edited it and added a picture.;)

[Miss Isle]

Got it. That's awsome, but won't work for me as I'm using a 20" mid. I'd have to figure out how to the pivot higher in the air by quite a bit. incidentally, my motor stands have the single center bar w/ the short tee on the outbound end, instead of the dual leg one that you have.
That looks great though.

[1BadAction]

If you build one, just angle the plate where you bolt the mid on back about 15 degrees and line the crankshaft center up with the center of the stand. I can even trim a 25" motor high enough to remove the lower on mine.

i'm getting some mileage out of this pic, LOL.
http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/4118/standw0dx.jpg

[Raceman]

Got it. That's awsome, but won't work for me as I'm using a 20" mid. I'd have to figure out how to the pivot higher in the air by quite a bit. incidentally, my motor stands have the single center bar w/ the short tee on the outbound end, instead of the dual leg one that you have.
That looks great though.

The single tube center stand isn't nearly as strong, PLUS you lose a lot of clearance with it, probably over 6 inches. I've got a couple of those with 15" inline 6's bolted to em, but I don't move em around much because they're REAL easy to turn over. There's room for a 15" engine with a 2 X 4 block laid down under the skeg on the single center tube type stand. Obviously the 1 1/2" of the 2 by, plus the tube thickness and the ground clearance is more than the 5 inches you'd need. The sliding arms can go up an inch or two also if I remember. I have Champ, 15" and 20" engines on stands like the ones in the picture. Not tryin' to sway you, just sayin' they work well, and there're a lot of options. You can easily build rotating gearcase adapters for it, and also a powerhead will bolt on it sideways also.

[Miss Isle]

The single tube center stand isn't nearly as strong, PLUS you lose a lot of clearance with it, probably over 6 inches. I've got a couple of those with 15" inline 6's bolted to em, but I don't move em around much because they're REAL easy to turn over. There's room for a 15" engine with a 2 X 4 block laid down under the skeg on the single center tube type stand. Obviously the 1 1/2" of the 2 by, plus the tube thickness and the ground clearance is more than the 5 inches you'd need. The sliding arms can go up an inch or two also if I remember. I have Champ, 15" and 20" engines on stands like the ones in the picture. Not tryin' to sway you, just sayin' they work well, and there're a lot of options. You can easily build rotating gearcase adapters for it, and also a powerhead will bolt on it sideways also.
I'm sure your not tryin to sway me, and I'm sure that's the best stand for the job. But, I've already got a roll around stand. I'm kinda lookin to build one from wood laying around as a budget build (I've got more time than money). The only reason I need this is I have made a custom jack plate, and I made it too tall, and need to shorten it a tad, but my motor stand is currently in use with my Monty V-6.

A few years ago, I was at a dealership and saw a pretty sleek motor stand that had a small 1/2 egg shaped piece of steel sitting flat on the floor with about a 2" piece of steel tubing sticking up vertically then the transom bracket was attached to that. It was a pretty sleek deal, but looked tipsy, at the time I was thinking about if someone fell against it what kind of catastrophy could that have been. I stayed well away from it as it would probably have been me falling against it.

So far, I've come up with standing a 6X6 timber strait up, turned on a 45, with two traingular pieces of plywood screwed to the bottom sticking out toward the direction the motor would be hanging from. Then ripping from the top down about 4" in from the front side, 11 1/2", creating a flat notch to through bolt several 1/2" bolts through a 2X12 to the 6X6 .

I think this would stand in a corner fairly well, as well as being light weight when not in use, and best of all FREE!!!

What do you think so far. As long as I keep the kids away.

[Ga.stream]

Automotive engine stand is hard to beat. Summit has changed vendors on the one that I've always used, but the replacement seems about the same in the picture. You just mount the upright backwards to mimick the transom angle, and the 4 adjustable arms will bolt into the BIA bolt pattern on late outboards. I use em for V6 singles and with a 2 X 12 mounted on em for inline 6's in pairs. On the link below the price is $74. You can't build one for that.

http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?autofilter=1&part=WMR%2DW41031&N=700+%2D107203+115&autoview=sku

Here's a picture of my F1 V8 bolted on one of mine. I've probably got about 10 of em now with most of em holding multiple engines on wood, and I've never found anything better. Just be sure you get the 1250 lb one. The cheaper one is tipsy with an outboard on it.
http://i44.tinypic.com/1zvsf3d.jpgHow high is the top of the stand from the ground, I need th put a 20' min mercury with torque master lower, do you think it will work?, I looked at the site, and it gave no dimensions that I could see.
Phillip

[kuczman]

Of course anything can be home built and be as good or often better than store bought. If you have the lumber laying around, do it! Add a piece of ply on the bottom and it will be indestructible and safe around. I've seen few pics here from dealers having brand new engines hung on lumber made stands.
And, you can add casters if you want.

[Raceman]

How high is the top of the stand from the ground, I need th put a 20' min mercury with torque master lower, do you think it will work?, I looked at the site, and it gave no dimensions that I could see.
Phillip

I'll measure it today.

[vnemous]

Lots of threads on this. I have one from Harbor Freight and it holds my 20" 250 efi with no problem.
http://forums.screamandfly.com/forums/showthread.php?t=171133

[stoneman]

I purchased a engine stand from O'Reilly's auto parts and had a plate drilled and welded on to the existing plate with gussets added.The plate was welded on at 22 degrees.The stand is rated for 1000Lbs.Cost me about 300.00 to put together and couldn't be happier!

[Raceman]

Lots of threads on this. I have one from Harbor Freight and it holds my 20" 250 efi with no problem.


The Harbor Freight one is nice and sturdy, (and more convenient since they have a local store) but when I looked at it it appeared to be more difficult to reverse to get the negative angle needed to easily hang an outboard level. I think I figured I was going to have to extend the length of two supports on the side, either by cutting/welding, or buying about 8' of steel strap.

As far as the measurements on the Summit one, it's about 33 1/2" to the center of the swivel from the floor. Since the pole is reversed for angle, this makes it a little lower back there than it would be by their specs.

Also, it's about 37 inches to the flange on the OMC transom bracket that would sit on top of the transom to the floor. I have the adjustable arms all the way down. They would easily slide up about 5 inches to raise the height that much.

[Raceman]

I purchased a engine stand from O'Reilly's auto parts and had a plate drilled and welded on to the existing plate with gussets added.The plate was welded on at 22 degrees.The stand is rated for 1000Lbs.Cost me about 300.00 to put together and couldn't be happier!

I like that one too, and looked at those at the OReilly's by my office. It's actually a lot sturdier than the Summit ones like I'm using, BUT the Summit one is 74 bucks and will work right out of the box, so I didn't have to do any mods to it. The other nice thing about the Delco that O Reillys is selling is that it's a fold up, so takes up a lot less space when not being used.

[vnemous]

Harbor Freight stand is on the left. Rated for 1500lbs was $94.00, works perfect. Summit stand on the right, works well but not as heavy duty. Plus has two stationay wheels which makes rolling it around a little more difficult thant the HF one.
http://i39.tinypic.com/2napfly.jpg

[Fish]

Harbor Freight stand is on the left. Rated for 1500lbs was $94.00, works perfect. Summit stand on the left, works well but not as heavy duty. Plus has two stationay wheels which makes rolling it around a little more difficult thant the HF one.
http://i39.tinypic.com/2napfly.jpg

Man venemous, i like that, thanks for posting.

MISS ISLE, I built on out of wood that is a little too big but should give you an idea; easy to work with and easy to roll around. I will try to go by the warehouse tomorrow and snap a pic or two and get some measurements. Nothing pretty but it works. Try a search on here too, I looked at some really good stuff people posted on here thast they built when I needed to build mine for temp storage of a fishing motor.

[kimswang]

I made this stand, sturdy enough for three V8's. Left it when I moved and next time I am following Raceman / Stonemans / Others example and modify an engine stand to fit. Seem like a better solution, albeit not cheaper. The tripple stand cost me $140,- in materials and wheels..