When I purchased my Hewescraft Searunner a couple of years ago, I had them put an 8 hp on with a bracket. Within a month, the bracket had put a 2 inch crack in my transom! The problem was they used the cheaper bracket, that was rated within 5 pounds on my kicker. It also bounced like crazy. several times people stopped me on the way to Neah Bay to tell me that the motor was going to come off! I took it back to the dealer and they welded an aluminum plate behind the transom, and upgraded to the bigger bracket. (no charge!!) I have'nt had a problem since! Some of those kickers are just too heavy to take on and off. I told them that was unreasonable and they needed to make it so I could drive with it on all the time. They did.