"Tim" wrote in message
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On Apr 4, 6:34 pm, "jimhigh66" wrote:
Tnx Tim
According to some posts on the "google site" the clutches tend to burn-up
when converted to this use.
The mud motor (one brand name: go-devil) design puts the prop well back
behind the transom so the splashing water probably wouldn't be a problem
to the boat. ( Have you looked at "mud-motor" designs ?? )
I considered adapting a tolling motor but there is the weight of the
battery and limited "range" compared to gas power.
Regards, Jim H.

Well come to think of it, I saw, I believe on ebay, where Honda had a
"mud motor" and demonstrating it, had a guy in some jon boat ...
standing up, tuddering this contraption along. it was reminding me of
the boats in the Thialand and that part of asia where they had these
small car engines on some gondola type boat tooling down canals, etc.

Anyhow, this dude is standing in the back of this jon boat, and the
sequence of pics shows him attacking a beaver dam. The boat climbs
right up the side of the dam with the prop chopping away at the wood
sticks, and evidently it went fast enough that when it got to the top
it threw the guy out of the boat.

Most strange indeed.



You see the Honda and mostly Yamaha extended shaft mud motors all over the
Amazon. A dugout canoe with a 8' or so shaft extending off the back. I did
not see any using them in the mud, but the river carries a lot of silt. But
these motors are a lot bigger than a weed eater motor. At least 25-40 hp.