proline 251 repower questions ? need advise or answers

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im trying to stay away from mercury, mercury is very expensive to fix ,their parts are way over priced and nobody can seem to figure things out when things go wrong (not even mercury) themselves ! i heard bout almars and going to delaware for tax purposes , thought about it but the boat is pretty big to trailer long distances and my trailer isnt up to par as it should be, because i usually slip and not far from where i live