[Bigshrimpin]

I've done a couple brackets since this one and learned a LOT of lessons along the way. Number one lesson - buy a hermco!! Building a bracket cost about $800 - $1000 in materials (not including beer). Hermco is $2495 for a single. Building your first one will take about 100 hours to complete from start to finish.

If I were to make one for another boat, I'd make a simple box type. Hermco's design has a lot of complex curves and the chances to screw up are high. I would have probably given up except that I had Strick coaching me through this first one. That said I'll try to piece together some rough dimensions of the red one (which btw is on a 23 now holding up a Honda 225 in FL).

These pics were one I build for my dad in 2010. It looks a little funny b/c he had a 30" motor that would eventually go on it and platform had to fit b/w the trim tabs, but this design is easier to build.