We do not do rope cutters for outdrives!

[TigaWave]

Following a recent feature we are getting dozens of calls asking for our outdrive cutters....this was a mis print, outboard cutter yes outdrive cutter no.

Hopefully this will field out a few more phone calls as it's getting a bit busy just saying no we can't help on every third or fourth call!

 

[ChartScrubba]

If they are that much in demand, maybe you should develope some?

 

[TigaWave]

We did, but the manufacturers of the outdrives / pods / legs suggested they would not honour warranties on leg damage, which put off nearly every customer.

 

[mainshiptom]

Only on new boats but once a boat is a few years old customers will come back?

 

[SeaDave]

If you're genuinely getting that many calls, can you not offer your own warranty on outdrives proven to have cutter related problems?

 

[TigaWave]

Maybe an idea...we'll think about it.

 

[Major Catastrophe]

On your website, the pictures of the Suzuki 90 and rope do not expand when clicked.

 

[Its_Only_Money]

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We did, but the manufacturers of the outdrives / pods / legs suggested they would not honour warranties on leg damage, which put off nearly every customer.

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...so do we infer that outboard manufacturers WILL honour warranty in the same circumstance?

 

[TigaWave]

Nope! outboard legs are not covered if fitted with a quicKutter.

And thanks for the note on the web page picture I'll check it out.

 

[Its_Only_Money]

In that case surely it would make sense to offer an outdrive cutter as you should get similar interest to the outboard market (possibly better as on the whole a tilted outdrive tends not to be as accessible at sea as a tilted outboard), the warranty concern is the same on both so will put off custys or not irrespective of engine type...and if you offer both the volumes will be higher assuming some common components.

Just a thought....

 

[TigaWave]

Parent website has been changed and lost us the pictures but if you have broadband there is the 4Mb video of the outboard cutter being fitted and tested.
http://www.quickwater.com.au/Movies/quicKutter-4mb.wmv

 

[adey]

I'd buy the outdrive version of that.

 

[TigaWave]

In theory, and we will be looking at it again in the future, but for the time being we are pretty busy just with shafts.

It will be developed but I think I would rather see it licenced to a manufacturer of the leg than sold as a bolt on accessory.

 

[lazyliz]

Yep and I wouldn't have to have just paid £3000 on a complete rebuild on my Bravo One

 

[oldgit]

Why would you want a rope cutter on a outdrive.Understand on a shaft where it is simply not practical to gain easy access for rope removal.
With outdrives,you just stop, lift up the legs,remove offending item with your always available incredibly sharp knife and then motor on .
Unless of course the genius who designed your boat hid the blooming things away under a lump of glassfibre mainly there to pretend your boat is 3ft longer than it actually is. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif