Something also to keep in mind is the type of water you will be transversing - rough water is dicey with short transom and sides
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| Author: | nickt87 [ Wed Jul 30, 2014 11:56 am ] |
| Post subject: | short shaft vs long shaft pro drives. |
What are the reasonings behind the 2? Are they for specific style boats? |
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| Author: | duckhunter888 [ Wed Jul 30, 2014 12:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: short shaft vs long shaft pro drives. |
Tall and short transoms |
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| Author: | North LA Hunter [ Wed Jul 30, 2014 12:41 pm ] |
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Tall transom motors are for tall transom boats. Short transom motors are for short transom boats. |
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| Author: | btmannin [ Wed Jul 30, 2014 12:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: short shaft vs long shaft pro drives. |
NickT.. First off, welcome to the forum, almost anything and everything you need to know about a mud motor can be found in here.. Secondly, after reading your other post about hull size it seems your just starting out.. In my opinion the search feature sucks on the site, but if you go to google and type in "mudmotortalk" and then type in what your looking for, for instance "pro drive transom angle" or "hull size for 27 pd", that will bring up past threads that might have what your lookin for.. I learned way more about these rigs by searching than I ever did on the threads that I actually started.. Again, welcome to the board and good luck putting together your rig! |
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| Author: | Quackhead62 [ Wed Jul 30, 2014 12:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: short shaft vs long shaft pro drives. |
Long shat models let you dig deeper in the mud when you are in some thick slop. Keep that in mind when you making your choice. |
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| Author: | deltaduckmaster [ Wed Jul 30, 2014 12:47 pm ] |
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| Author: | btmannin [ Wed Jul 30, 2014 12:49 pm ] |
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| Author: | duckhunter888 [ Wed Jul 30, 2014 12:49 pm ] |
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Something also to keep in mind is the type of water you will be transversing - rough water is dicey with short transom and sides
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| Author: | msm8281 [ Wed Jul 30, 2014 12:55 pm ] |
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| Author: | North LA Hunter [ Wed Jul 30, 2014 1:02 pm ] |
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Are we talking about actual shaft length or transom heights? |
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| Author: | msm8281 [ Wed Jul 30, 2014 1:03 pm ] |
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They don't know what they're talking about...that's the problem8-) |
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| Author: | FRANKtheTAU [ Wed Jul 30, 2014 1:07 pm ] |
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| Author: | Johnny-O [ Wed Jul 30, 2014 1:19 pm ] |
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Actually all the answers are correct. We just don't know for sure what the question was. Sent from my SCH-R950 using Tapatalk |
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| Author: | tchauvin [ Wed Jul 30, 2014 1:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: short shaft vs long shaft pro drives. |
If you can. Get the tall. Even if you have to build up your transome! I hunt out and bowfish out of a friends short shaft! No freeboard! And everytime you slow down the exhaust gets submerged! |
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| Author: | cb5331 [ Wed Jul 30, 2014 2:40 pm ] |
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| Author: | CJB [ Wed Jul 30, 2014 2:43 pm ] |
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| Author: | nickt87 [ Wed Jul 30, 2014 2:52 pm ] |
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Ok, instead of asking a question I'll give my situation and let yall chime in. I have the opportunity to buy a 27PD "short shaft" and I want to put it on a 16x48-17x48 sized boat. I was curious if it would work on a standard size transom. |
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| Author: | msm8281 [ Wed Jul 30, 2014 2:56 pm ] |
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How tall is the transome? |
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| Author: | CJB [ Wed Jul 30, 2014 2:58 pm ] |
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Short shaft pro drive means it's a short transom, which is 16" |
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| Author: | cb5331 [ Wed Jul 30, 2014 2:58 pm ] |
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Measure the transom of the new boat. There isnt really a "standard size transom". If its 20"ish you'll need to change a few things on the motor to make it work right. If it's 16"ish, it should work fine depending on the angle, of course. |
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| Author: | Will [ Wed Jul 30, 2014 3:38 pm ] |
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| Author: | nickt87 [ Wed Jul 30, 2014 4:00 pm ] |
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| Author: | Paulox86 [ Wed Jul 30, 2014 4:25 pm ] |
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Buy a short transom motor is you have a short transom boat. Buy a tall transom motor is you have a tall transom boat or want to build up a transom. Other than that, in theory they should be the same. |
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| Author: | Duck GORE [ Sun Aug 03, 2014 10:17 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: short shaft vs long shaft pro drives. |
Long shaft means you a long dick. Short shaft means you have a short dick basicly |
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| Author: | CootSlayerRMFT [ Sun Aug 03, 2014 2:57 pm ] |
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When I talked to Peck (at ProDrive) a while back, he said the only difference in the two is the bracket. It's my understanding that there is no such thing as a "long shaft" or "short shaft." Instead, PD's are "tall transom" and "short transom." The vertical drive shaft is the same length in both models. Can anyone tell me if I've misspoken? |
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| Author: | msm8281 [ Sun Aug 03, 2014 3:05 pm ] |
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I don't know coot but what I do know is that a 20" transome is 4" taller than a 16". |
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| Author: | cb5331 [ Sun Aug 03, 2014 3:06 pm ] |
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Spline adapter and the bushing inside the tower are longer. There is an extra 4" section on the bottom of the tower or bracket, whatever you want to call it. Lower unit is the same. |
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| Author: | CJB [ Sun Aug 03, 2014 4:46 pm ] |
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| Author: | msm8281 [ Sun Aug 03, 2014 4:51 pm ] |
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| Author: | CJB [ Sun Aug 03, 2014 6:33 pm ] |
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Depends if your pouring or drinking.. |
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