I don’t know who is telling you that you will average 30 mph out of a gator tail but the blowing smoke up your ***. You might run 30 with half a tank of gas by yourself running in 2 inches of water. They have another forum out there that have guys that say they see these speeds day in day out but when it comes down to a run they only run about 27. Yes they have some that have hit 40mph with extensive mods but most of them go boom after about 100 hours. You can realistically expect to get 20 to 25 mph loaded with fishing gear ice and 3 people. If you go with the gator tail make sure you get Jason to build to a clutch cover and a reverse plate that attaches to the back of the motor. Without the reverse plate the reverse on that thing is useless and you will take a shower every time you use it.
As far as fuel economy I run WOT for 45 minutes to one of my duck holes and back and burn about 2 1/2 gallons of gas. They do get great fuel economy. I can run all day and only burn 6 gallons of gas this is doing some long runs.
When you come to Morgan City to get with Jason yall hit me up and we can go to lunch. My office is about 5 minutes from his shop.
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