04-23-2019, 12:13 AM
If you're not stuck on the brands you mentioned, I would recommend you check Marine Products on 1700 South (about 940 West) in SLC. I recently purchased a Mercury 8HP four stroke with electric start and I had the motor installed by Marine Products. They also installed the hardware to allow me to steer the kicker with my main Merc 150 HP controls.
I did a lot of looking for a good used motor and just didn't find anything I was interested in putting on my Lund. I have taken the boat down to Huntington North Reservoir to run the 2 hour break in and I found the Merc 8HP works perfectly on my 1850 Tyee boat. At idle the kicker pushes my boat at about 1.4 to 1.6 MPH in calm conditions. I can hardly wait to get up to the Gorge and Strawberry for the Kokes.
The staff at Marine Products were very professional and helpful and I know I received a very competitive price even when compared to buying online and having the outboard shipped. The Mercury 4 strokes smaller than 30 HP are made by Tohatsu and they are quiet, easy to use and my research says they are very dependable.
Marine Products also sells Yamaha outboards which are a little more expensive but they are also very good motors.
Mike
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I did a lot of looking for a good used motor and just didn't find anything I was interested in putting on my Lund. I have taken the boat down to Huntington North Reservoir to run the 2 hour break in and I found the Merc 8HP works perfectly on my 1850 Tyee boat. At idle the kicker pushes my boat at about 1.4 to 1.6 MPH in calm conditions. I can hardly wait to get up to the Gorge and Strawberry for the Kokes.
The staff at Marine Products were very professional and helpful and I know I received a very competitive price even when compared to buying online and having the outboard shipped. The Mercury 4 strokes smaller than 30 HP are made by Tohatsu and they are quiet, easy to use and my research says they are very dependable.
Marine Products also sells Yamaha outboards which are a little more expensive but they are also very good motors.
Mike
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