I own a PD and love it. Depending on your application of the motor is what would be the deciding factor in which one to buy. The FPR on the PD is great for backing off islands or cutting trails...it has gotten me out of rather hairy situations. The GTR are a bit faster and maneuver better if you run nothing but mud. As far as being easy/difficult to work on? They are the same Briggs engine...one has a vertical shaft (PD) the other a horizontal (GTR) so I don't see how one is easier to work on than the other.
On a side note...before you buy into the mud buddy sport V or sport H...they started taking deposits on the motor about this time last year. First release date was set to be August, then pushed back a month, another and another and so on and so forth...the first V got to a customer and broke off the transom backing down the launch...since then the release date was pushed more...they are finally starting to roll out but are few and far between. I would be careful until it has proven itself.
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