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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ktoelke54" data-source="post: 465776" data-attributes="member: 21618">I’m considering a new outboard purchase in the 25 hp range (maybe the new Yamaha) and was wondering about power trim and tilt and river running. I do a lot of my boating on a river where shallow water and rocks are the norm. I have been using 2 strokes, a 15 and a 25, which tilt ok by hand. I use a prop protector and run with the motor unlatched. When I do bump a rock the motor just kicks up, no damage to the prop, skeg or lower unit. Mostly I’m going slow when this happens and it’s not that traumatic. But occasionally I’ll bump one at full tilt and as much of a shock as it is I have not, as of yet, incurred and damage. So if to save my old back, I  bought a new 25 hp with power trim and tilt, do you think it would work for me under these conditions?</blockquote>