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RWRiverRat
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Joined: Mon Aug 06, 2012 10:32 am Posts: 43 Location: Red Wing, Mn
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Go-Devil to Tin Can Thoughts
I'm currently running a 1648 GDSD Hull and a 35hp GDLT. I'm thinking about downsizing to a lighter weight setup.
Is there much difference in performance for a 23hp copperhead on riveted hulls from 1542-1748? I typically hunt with a 2nd but would like something I can hunt alone with. We have a portage/pullover so weight is a bit of an issue.
Also, any recommendations on some lightweight open layout riveted or mud hulls I should check into would be greatly appreciated.
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Tue Sep 11, 2018 6:11 pm |
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brycecheramie
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Thu Nov 04, 2010 7:38 am Posts: 4323 Location: Cut Off, La.
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Re: Go-Devil to Tin Can Thoughts
Honestly all depends on what kinda conditions you run. If you run stumps, the tin can will not hold up for a long time. If you run mud and open shallow water, tin can will be fine
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Tue Sep 11, 2018 6:30 pm |
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Wchauvin
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Sat Sep 30, 2017 7:10 pm Posts: 1872
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Re: Go-Devil to Tin Can Thoughts
Find you an old ouchita and it will lay you and do all you want it to bud
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Tue Sep 11, 2018 6:51 pm |
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RWRiverRat
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Joined: Mon Aug 06, 2012 10:32 am Posts: 43 Location: Red Wing, Mn
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Re: Go-Devil to Tin Can Thoughts
Not much for stumps where I am. Mostly just some bullrush and shalows. Would the copperhead run better with a 1744 compared to a 1544?
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Tue Sep 11, 2018 9:11 pm |
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Will C
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Joined: Fri Jan 10, 2014 1:16 pm Posts: 2107 Location: Gladewater TX
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Re: Go-Devil to Tin Can Thoughts
The copperhead is great if you keep it light. Great for rivet boats. 1544 would be good. 1744 maybe if it's very light. We have a 1448 rivet 23 copperhead. Love it.
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DENNYEDWARDS
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Joined: Sun Aug 09, 2009 12:50 pm Posts: 574 Location: Muscatine, Iowa
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Re: Go-Devil to Tin Can Thoughts
My 9 yr. old 1648 riveted Alumacraft weighed 290 lbs. Empty. I would think a 1448 would weigh less than that. I use mine to ferry upto 5 hunters back and forth to our pontoon blind. Motor is a MB 45. A 18-23 HP Mud motor would push a 1448 really well. With two people and gear.
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RWRiverRat
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Joined: Mon Aug 06, 2012 10:32 am Posts: 43 Location: Red Wing, Mn
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Re: Go-Devil to Tin Can Thoughts
Thank you for the replies. Some of the numbers I've seen for those rigs are impressive.
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Tue Sep 18, 2018 10:13 pm |
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RWRiverRat
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Joined: Mon Aug 06, 2012 10:32 am Posts: 43 Location: Red Wing, Mn
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Re: Go-Devil to Tin Can Thoughts
Just sold the Go-Devil to a friend and picked up a 1542 Grumman Scrambler (210 lbs) and found a used 2016 23hp Copperhead to put on it. That sucker flies with the copperhead. I was getting about 27-28 mph with an empty boat.
Will C, when I get above half throttle I start getting some pretty bad vibration. Do you experience that at all? When I go full throttle out of the water, no real vibration. Is caused by an unbalanced prop?
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Mon Oct 01, 2018 10:17 am |
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Wchauvin
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Joined: Sat Sep 30, 2017 7:10 pm Posts: 1872
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Re: Go-Devil to Tin Can Thoughts
Unbalanced prop bro. Send it to baggy in Houma and he will get it dialed in right
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Mon Oct 01, 2018 11:06 am |
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RWRiverRat
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Joined: Mon Aug 06, 2012 10:32 am Posts: 43 Location: Red Wing, Mn
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Re: Go-Devil to Tin Can Thoughts
Thanks Wchauvin. I talked to Josh at Copperhead and he said to check the belt tension, which was a bit loose so I shimmed it 1/32 which improved the vibration some. I might try find a more local place to balance the prop.
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