poole93
Senior Member
Have a 15 ft riveted aluminum boat and thinking about putting a mudmotor on it? Any helpful advice on brand, hp, etc?
Have a 15 ft riveted aluminum boat and thinking about putting a mudmotor on it? Any helpful advice on brand, hp, etc?
COOKIE HAS SPOKEN, Now go buy a mudboat and don't worry about the bottom coming apart are the hooks that hurts performance in the mud are stumps.Yes you can run a longtail on a 15ft. aluminum. I ran a 16 h.p. Vanguard on a 14 ft. 1970 sears aluminum (basically sheet metal) riveted for years before I got a mudboat and mudmotor. It don't leak, never has, still have it today with a 9.9 outboard, you know why? Put a floor in it over the ribs and quit walking you overweight self on the bottom pulling against the rivets. These expert rocket science mudmotor pros on here don't know jack. Welded boats will crack, too stiff. Riveted boats will flex and give some. Just don't walk on the bottoms under the ribs, use plywood or planks above the ribs. Ask'em what they were in before they went mudboat! Yes you'll have hooks, any production light jon will. But, unless you have a tinfoil boat you'll be fine.