05-26-2012, 12:19 PM
Yes so far it is great. I got 9 1/2 hours of trolling on a tank of gas, that is 1/3 of a gallon on my last trip. That was pulling my son on his boat.
There are some things I like about the electric more, like instant control with the on-off switch. This engine is quiet but not as quiet as electric. I also like the instantly adjustable depth of the electric motor. The slower speed of the electric is handy when you want to maintain a constant low speed in wind.
The things I like so far about the gasser.
The gas motor has power, plenty of power. No wondering when the the battery will run out. light weight, no heavy battery. Double the speed of the electric when you just want to get some where.
Setting up a pontoon boat for one of these looks easy at first. Slap the motor on and go. This motor is a 15" shaft. For going forward it is ok on this boat. The depth was right on. The problem is reverse. When trolling I like reverse so when I turned the motor around the thrust of the motor would lift the free play in the oem mounting system. When that happened the motor would cavitate, especially with waves on the water. I built a new adjustable motor mount out of unistrut to compensate for the problem.
![[Image: gasmotormount2.jpg]](http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd294/idahoron/Pontoons/gasmotormount2.jpg)
![[Image: gasmotormount3.jpg]](http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd294/idahoron/Pontoons/gasmotormount3.jpg)
![[Image: gasmotormount1.jpg]](http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd294/idahoron/Pontoons/gasmotormount1.jpg)
After I took these pictures I adjusted the motor down about two inches and it seems to be about right. Like I said I put on over 9 hours of trolling and it performed perfectly.
The next project is to figure out a better way to transport the motor. Ron
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There are some things I like about the electric more, like instant control with the on-off switch. This engine is quiet but not as quiet as electric. I also like the instantly adjustable depth of the electric motor. The slower speed of the electric is handy when you want to maintain a constant low speed in wind.
The things I like so far about the gasser.
The gas motor has power, plenty of power. No wondering when the the battery will run out. light weight, no heavy battery. Double the speed of the electric when you just want to get some where.
Setting up a pontoon boat for one of these looks easy at first. Slap the motor on and go. This motor is a 15" shaft. For going forward it is ok on this boat. The depth was right on. The problem is reverse. When trolling I like reverse so when I turned the motor around the thrust of the motor would lift the free play in the oem mounting system. When that happened the motor would cavitate, especially with waves on the water. I built a new adjustable motor mount out of unistrut to compensate for the problem.
After I took these pictures I adjusted the motor down about two inches and it seems to be about right. Like I said I put on over 9 hours of trolling and it performed perfectly.
The next project is to figure out a better way to transport the motor. Ron
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