Help with cleaning out mud boat runs!

[Montauk17]

Originally Posted by speck-chaser

Yep,sometimes "dropping it a lil deaper" is key.

That's what she said.....lol sorry I could not help it.

[speck-chaser]

Originally Posted by Capt.B

Call me old fashioned.....but surface drives are junk IMO....Go Devil is the way to go!!

Yep,that's old fashioned. Lol

[Shawn Braquet]

Surface drives are great for someone who has a decent boat ride and shallow water, long tails=slow but you'll get there

[Capt.B]

Originally Posted by Shawn Braquet

Surface drives are great for someone who has a decent boat ride and shallow water, long tails=slow but you'll get there

Had the fight of my life in my pond with a surface drive...it wouldn't move my boat @ all...I had to get out and pull my boat 150yds....also wind blew me at will....I had no control with the "short tail"= once again junk.....get the right prop on ya Go devil and you'll do 20mph....who wants to go any faster in tight shallow marsh trails in the dark......

[Shawn Braquet]

My 16hp is a dog on a 14/36 and crawls on a 15/48 but i dont worry about getting stuck as long as i have wet mud for the boat to slide on, when reproping who sells them other than go devil and what am i looking for size?

[Capt.B]

Originally Posted by Shawn Braquet

My 16hp is a dog on a 14/36 and crawls on a 15/48 but i dont worry about getting stuck as long as i have wet mud for the boat to slide on, when reproping who sells them other than go devil and what am i looking for size?

I can find out that info for ya....I wanna say we had to goto baton rouge to get props(best bang for buck) Will get back this evening and post info...

[Shawn Braquet]

Good deal

[Raymond]

Call Toups Propeller in abbeville, they are the best and build their own.

[corym39]

What Raymond said, toups just rebuilt my prop on my gatortail and made huge difference. Great work!!!

[Reefman]

Originally Posted by Capt.B

Call me old fashioned.....but surface drives are junk IMO....Go Devil is the way to go!!

Capt. I'll have to agree with ya! Our marsh was covered with 2+ inches of sand after Rita/Ike. Kinda hard bottom...you can now walk the ponds. Pro drive last year would not get on plane within the ponds...had to fight it all the way out. We bought a new 24hp long tail this year...might be a little harder to work but will get us out of just about anything in our marsh.
I was thinking on running a big old mud boat through the trails but that hard bottom will wreck havoc on the shaft/prop. Perhaps going a little above idle speed and digging deep would do the trick but would take forever.....even thought about a marsh buggy w/ back hoe...$1,800+ a day...ouch!

[BIRD DOG]

Originally Posted by Shawn Braquet

My 16hp is a dog on a 14/36 and crawls on a 15/48 but i dont worry about getting stuck as long as i have wet mud for the boat to slide on, when reproping who sells them other than go devil and what am i looking for size?

Check out Hopkins Hogs from Hopkins Propellors! Hes in Covington but you can order anything you need

[Capt.B]

Originally Posted by Shawn Braquet

My 16hp is a dog on a 14/36 and crawls on a 15/48 but i dont worry about getting stuck as long as i have wet mud for the boat to slide on, when reproping who sells them other than go devil and what am i looking for size?

Found out that info on the prop for ya go-devil...its a 9x6 and eats mud and hard bottoms up like candy....had to get from Go-Devil outta Baton Rouge....If you don't "own" a Go-Devil you'll have to research another vendor(they wont sell you parts).....Not worried abt being any where in the marsh....No problem Eva-ka Boudreaux'n out!!

[Capt.B]

Originally Posted by Reefman

Capt. I'll have to agree with ya! Our marsh was covered with 2+ inches of sand after Rita/Ike. Kinda hard bottom...you can now walk the ponds. Pro drive last year would not get on plane within the ponds...had to fight it all the way out. We bought a new 24hp long tail this year...might be a little harder to work but will get us out of just about anything in our marsh.
I was thinking on running a big old mud boat through the trails but that hard bottom will wreck havoc on the shaft/prop. Perhaps going a little above idle speed and digging deep would do the trick but would take forever.....even thought about a marsh buggy w/ back hoe...$1,800+ a day...ouch!

Yeah those hard bottoms are a beast on props and shafts...I coulda shaved my beard clean with my old prop....razer sharp and missing 1"1/4 of stainless

$1800 a day is steep...heck $3000 for a go-devil and ya good to go...and you don't have to worry abt silting....