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weed trimmer conversion to outboard mudmotor
On Apr 4, 6:47 pm, "Calif Bill" wrote:
"Tim" wrote in message ps.com... 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.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Check THIS out! http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2.../motorside.jpg this thread is really interesting. http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/sho...?t=1681&page=4 |
weed trimmer conversion to outboard mudmotor
On Apr 4, 9:04 pm, "Tim" wrote:
On Apr 4, 6:47 pm, "Calif Bill" wrote: "Tim" wrote in message ups.com... 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.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Check THIS out! http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2.../motorside.jpg this thread is really interesting. http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/sho...t=1681&page=4- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - HA! Jim, I saw your posting at the very last on page 7 . i would assume that if you followed the guys advice you could do the same with a 4 cycle as well. needless to say, the one in the pic looks very professional and factory looking. |
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