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craig
MMT Elite Member
Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:53 pm
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Location: Chauvin
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 New User Looking To Buy Surface Drive I'm new to the mud motor world and looking to get my first surface drive very soon.
I'm looking at the Go-Devil and Copperhead models.
Can anyone tell me which is better?
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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: New User Looking To Buy Surface Drive Mud skipper 
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Gigafowl
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Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:19 pm
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Location: Trinity Bay - Texas
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Re: New User Looking To Buy Surface Drive
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Darryle
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Sun Mar 22, 2009 3:44 pm
Posts: 250
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
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Re: New User Looking To Buy Surface Drive What size boat?
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2017 Copperhead 12hp
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mikebyers
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Sat Aug 20, 2016 8:19 pm
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Re: New User Looking To Buy Surface Drive Better is a relative term. I'm no expert, but many here will be asking you these questions.
what kind and size of hull do you have in mind?
what features in a motor are important to you? Hp, weight, reverse, neutral, power trim?? just a few examples to start.
If you are comparing apples to apples with these two brands, you are only looking at the 23 hp models, and both use the same briggs motor. copperhead wins the weight catagory by about 80 lbs. for a motor of this size, I believe if you choose one that is significantly heavier, it needs to have options that the copperhead doesn't have to offset the weight difference. typically guys that use this 23 hp class of motor are using it on a smaller boat and the weight means a lot.
with all that said, yes I am a copperhead owner but I have owned a godevil long tail and thought it was a good product.
Good luck
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Will C
MMT Sponsor
Joined: Fri Jan 10, 2014 1:16 pm
Posts: 2107
Location: Gladewater TX
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Re: New User Looking To Buy Surface Drive very nice
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Full Throttle
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Sun Jan 25, 2009 8:09 pm
Posts: 1268
Location: North Texas
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Re: New User Looking To Buy Surface Drive Dis is funny haha.
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TonyGMcElroy
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Joined: Tue Nov 15, 2011 3:27 pm
Posts: 664
Location: Henderson, Tx
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Re: New User Looking To Buy Surface Drive I'd get a Dixie, heard they got a special goin on right now they pay you $500 for one. I'm thinking about gettin me a dual rig, maybe the reverse model(get 2 more and mount on the bow). Guess I could get a couple more for the sides so I could get full power sideways and be close to $0 on the entire rig. Damn now that I think about it that's gonna cost a lot in fuel, might have to pass, unless they can throw in a fuel card for being such a great customer.
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mikebyers
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Sat Aug 20, 2016 8:19 pm
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Re: New User Looking To Buy Surface Drive Yep, I fell for that one.
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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: New User Looking To Buy Surface Drive
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