NE Sailboat wrote:
Yo ,, Bob... $6,000 for a rebuild of a motor? Something is wrong with this
picture.

I've priced out a few sailboat aux's recently. I think the price for a new
one was around $5,000.

Yes, I agree. I walked into a local John deer tractor dealer and made
the mistake of starting with, "I have a sailboat...." Actually the
quote was $5800 and some change.

i just did some more searching and found a rebuilder that has two
3QM30H RW for $4400 each. But rebuilds do differ from shop to shop. But
the tractor quote did seem way out of line. Another factor to consder
is the QM weighs about 750 lbs! I under stand the newer models run 1/2
that. Maybe more room for fuel??? Nah, rum.