no trim on older bass boat

[h1x71]

i have a older (82) stryer bass boat with a 70hp johnson on it, it has no trimm and i have adjusted the trim points on the moter to evry possiable veryant and am still having the front end rise up  and have to get my partner to movie toward the front of the boat to plaine off. I have been told that my prop is the wrong pitch and i can understand this but till i come up with th extra cash for a new prop can i just put some weight up front to temp fix this? im not worried about top speed to much  my max speed at 5500 rpm wot is only about 37mph so im not trying to pass anyone we just wont to fish.

any help would greatly help me out

thanks don

[Team_Dougherty]

If your RPMs are 5500. you are just about right. I would not change the prop. Try a doel-fin or equivalent.

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[surfer]

 hydro foil.  

[CGH]

i have a older (82) stryer bass boat with a 70hp johnson on it, it has no trimm and i have adjusted the trim points on the moter to evry possiable veryant and am still having the front end rise up -----  can i just put some weight up front to temp fix this? im not worried about top speed to much my max speed at 5500 rpm wot is only about 37mph so im not trying to pass anyone we just wont to fish.

any help would greatly help me out

thanks don

My first boat was a 1970 Falcon Tiger  16.5 Tri hull and it had a Johnson Seahorse 50 on it with the same set up  Only had tilt but not trim

Like you i was in a pinch for cash at that time so boat needs were not too high on the list!!  But Theirs allways a shadetree mechanice way around any problem till ya get the cash ya need.  Here's what I did

As for adding weight, I used some old gallon Juice jugs to get my front end down and I could move them around on the boat based on who all was on the boat with me.  Since it was just water i could adjust the weight by simple adding water of pouring some out worked great.