A garden implement as an Outboard Motor???
 

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"Turn your average gas powered weed whacker into an outboard boat
motor!!"

I am going to take 2 DR mowers and turn them on thier sides and attach
paddle wheels! Sheesh
Gordon


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"Turn your average gas powered weed whacker into an outboard boat
motor!!"

Once while camping at Jenny Springs in Florida, I looked out in the
river to see a guy going up river using a DeWalt cordless drill in
which he had chucked a prop for an electric trolling motor on a long
shaft.

Once while camping at Jenny Springs in Florida, I looked out in the
river to see a guy going up river using a DeWalt cordless drill in
which he had chucked a prop for an electric trolling motor on a long
shaft.

Ya know, the more I think of this weedwacker motor thing, the better it
sounds. It would be great for very shallow water.

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Ya know, the more I think of this weedwacker motor thing, the better it
sounds. It would be great for very shallow water.



I had reported before seeing two kids in an inflatable dingy buzzing around
our marinas with a Weed Eater outboard. It's the kind with the speedometer
drive cable in a bent aluminum tube, the cheapest one. They had removed
the string trimmer attachment from the bottom, plugged the tubing with
grease and a rubber cap at the bottom and bent the tubing so that it came
out underwater at 90 degrees, not 30 like the weedeater. The prop was a
plastic prop off an electric trolling motor available at WalMart Discount
Boat Centers. Clamped to the tubing below the now-vertical engine, was a
U-clamp that made the tiller handle. The dead-man throttle had been moved
down to the bottom of the tiller handle addition. If the kid driving fell
overboard, they had the throttle set up so it would stall, stopping the
boat. He had to squeeze some throttle to crank it after pumping the primer
bulb.

The engine was mounted to the boat using a Minnkota trolling motor mount,
the one that uses a metal ring with clamp for a thrust bearing on the
Minnkota transom mount. By loosening and sliding the ring on the weedeater
shaft, you could control long-shaft to short-shaft depth, keeping the
whole prop under the boat when the tiller handle was backwards for reverse.
It even had a stern thruster when it was sideways..(c;

I asked the guy how long it lasted. "That's our second one in 4 years.",
he replied. "The kids hit a rock and something snapped in the first one up
in Maine. At $70 and an hour labor, I can hardly go about fixing it.", he
continued. He just drops by Home Depot for another outboard motor if it
croaks and swaps the outboard motor conversion kit to the new WeedEater.

A pint of 16:1 premix gas runs about 2 hours of play. They tilt the
Weedeater over into the boat on the Minnkota mount with the gas tank up,
then pull the Weedeater through the mount to sit it on the seat for
refueling....much easier than my Yamaha 3 with top-mounted tank over-the-
side.

--
Larry

This jerk called my cellphone and was nasty.
Continental Warranty -- MCG Enterprises -- Mepco-
24955 Pacific Coast HWY Suite C303
Malibu California 90265
888-244-0925
Fax: 310-456-8844
Email:
Read about them he
http://www.ripoffreport.com/view.asp...3&view=printer

Some of the larger weed eaters have a centrifical clutch built int he
motor, so starting as well as stopping would be much better.

at least you wouldn't have to have it full throttle slapping ans
splashing the water when you drop the prop in. and when you let off the
throttle, the prop would free spin and you could still idle.

BTW, most of the weed eaters you CAN reverse the tube on the engine. I
like the idea of straightening it out though. and having a direct line
of travel for the prop.

Had one. Didn't work. Try pushing against a current (especially in an
inflatable)

And, VERY LOUD.

But, it was cool sitting in the boat and hearing people on the dock
saying "Is that a weed-eater????"

Fun, novel ---- but crap.

Mike.

I use my leaf blower to clean the gutters, rack the yard and many other
task.

Do you think I could use it to move my sailboat, blowing of the stern
like a jet engine.

Gordon wrote:
I am going to take 2 DR mowers and turn them on thier sides and attach
paddle wheels! Sheesh
Gordon


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Link:

http://www.weedwhackerboat.com/
http://www.weedwhackerboat.com/photos.html
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http://www.svensons.com/boat/board/boatbb/?967.shtml


"Turn your average gas powered weed whacker into an outboard boat
motor!!"

I was thinking about taking one of the solar panels off the roof, attaching
the attic fan I removed, and using that... it uses AC of course. It'd be
damn loud... probably sound like a jet.

--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

"Tim" wrote in message
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Some of the larger weed eaters have a centrifical clutch built int he
motor, so starting as well as stopping would be much better.

at least you wouldn't have to have it full throttle slapping ans
splashing the water when you drop the prop in. and when you let off the
throttle, the prop would free spin and you could still idle.

BTW, most of the weed eaters you CAN reverse the tube on the engine. I
like the idea of straightening it out though. and having a direct line
of travel for the prop.