Just picked this up on Craigslist for a good price. I was thinking of putting it on my old 1860 lowe. What kind of speeds I will be getting with 5 guys and 200 decoys.

Craigslist Deal? I hope they payed you to take that thing off their hands... thats the only deal I could see here lol 1860?! Bro you're talkin at least 25 if not toppin at 30 haha

Great pic. I figure in Thailand or Malaysia? What is cool is on the longtail motor videos a bunch of skinny guys are ably handling those big block affairs and they can scoot too! I still think the longtail is a viable motor and we (meaning homeside mfg.'s) have not done enough to push the envelope on them: better balanced/steering systems, different prop designs, cavitation plates, motor mounts and vibration isolators, throttle design,etc. Years ago I had an 18 GD longtail with a 3 bladed prop that was great in open water but bogged down in the weeds-prop was not truly SW. I believe Backwater motors has a slightly inverted U cavitation plate that seems to plane better; the proposed gear reduction model being developed by MB (dubbed "Superlongtail" SLT, a 35 HP) is one possible way to improve, though it turns a larger prop this might require deeper planing and thus more water. Although Briggs, Kohler, Honda (my least favorite powerplant) are reliable and powerful motors, there may yet be other motor type applications for the longtail design. I understand, at least where I run here in Florida, where it's mostly shallow and hard bottom areas, that there is a "plateau" you reach in the big block motors with their weight which becomes a liability. When you hit that sand/marl underneath the props, regardless of mfg., get shaved down in a hurry. Anyway, this site is very informative and lots of fun!