"Hoss Drive"

MudDucker said:

The risk is at least two fold. 1) You get thrown hard in the boat and break something (bone or equipment) or 2) you get thrown into cold water, which can quickly lead to death by hypothermia.

Don't get me wrong, I like to hear the gas going through the carb as much as anyone, but I don't care to run over 30mph in most situations.

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Gaducker said:

Its not the ones just under the surface I'm worried about, its the ones sticking up a foot out of the water that I don't see.




I have only been stopped DEAD in my tracks once in my life in a boat and it was with a mudmotor and we were loaded down off plane trying to pick our way through some shoals. When I went flying to the front of the boat I landed on hard gun cases and it was 15 degrees out and everyone of them cases broke.

Two things I learned that morning so long ago that have held true to this day, dont use hard cases when its cold and never let off the throttle to try and go over shallow places cause off plane you use more water.

When you hit stumps going slow that's what tends to roll you over the side. Momentum is going to carry you over it better than going slow like how the bike ramp would mess you up if you drove over it slow but if you were flying it was sooooo much smoother. PIN IT and HOLD ON..... 30 or 50 mph it don't make me no never mind....

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rnelson5 said:

There is my problem. Even with the 4400 BD I still can't get thirty with a true hunting load. Getting up on plane also takes longer, which can become a problem if you are in thick mud or vegetation.

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rnelson5 said:

There is my problem. Even with the 4400 BD I still can't get thirty with a true hunting load. Getting up on plane also takes longer, which can become a problem if you are in thick mud or vegetation.

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gsfowler said:

Ripped a hole right through my hull going WOT through a stump field . That was only with a 10hp LT. I think ill idle through them from now on (even with a thicker gauge hull).

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emusmacker said:

I can't make myself justify buying a mud motor. I like my outboard. Gets there faster.

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emusmacker said:

I can't make myself justify buying a mud motor. I like my outboard. Gets there faster.

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krazybronco2 said:

i wouldnt say that about most of the duck boats i see running around the area. but here is the thing i dont mind going a little slower in the dark my dad and i have beached a small boat on the lake in the dark. we were lucky it was a 14 rivited boat and we could get it back into the water. my boat if we had done that we would have been sitting there for awhile.

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kevbo3333 said:

Same thing here, that 18' prodigy is heavy and two men can move it off sand. I'm looking at getting a badlands winch but a winch is only as good as what you hook it to. I prefers my SD in the river specially at night, I don't have to worry about messing up the lower unit or sucking up sand in a water pump.

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krazybronco2 said:

i wouldnt say that about most of the duck boats i see running around the area. but here is the thing i dont mind going a little slower in the dark my dad and i have beached a small boat on the lake in the dark. we were lucky it was a 14 rivited boat and we could get it back into the water. my boat if we had done that we would have been sitting there for awhile.

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emusmacker said:

I can't make myself justify buying a mud motor. I like my outboard. Gets there faster.

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