Will it work? Any positive or negatives about it? I'm thinking about building and installing some on a 14x36 crawdad with a 16hp godevil longtail and info is greatly appreciated

I love mine, keep the gas tank and battery in there makes a lot more room. the extra 1.5ft of boat made the ass-end float about 2 inches higher when you're creepin... overall speed didn't really change

I love mine - I got it on the water the day before our Teal season opened, and I've had it on the water all but 4 days of this Teal season, going to miss tomorrow, but will finish out the season on Sunday...

My hunt deck is strictly floatation, no extra storage, but does make a great step for getting into the boat (or a seat at the ramp for putting on/ taking off waders ). I personally don't see why people want a hunt deck for storage, the whole idea of the hunt deck, and pods, is to add flotation to the aft end to counteract the weight placed on the aft end...

What I've found, on my 1452 with the 25hp Kohler LT, it works best with no more than 2 people, blind, gear, and - of course - the dog. My (automotive) battery, fuel, and the aft seat storage keep the majority of the weight to the aft end and the boat planes wonderful with the previously mentioned load.
When you add more people (although not really wanting to, I've had up to 4 adults), at traveling speeds (which I can't get planed out with that kind of load), you have to situate them further back in the boat, or the bow wants to run too low, plowing the water - get it in the skinny water at slow speed and you move them forward to level the boat back out.

I really wish now that I had had the hunt deck on all my previous hulls that I ran a LT on, instead of the pods I had put on them...

"Flotation" might not be the best choice of words but when you add a hunt deck to a boat it adds "buoyancy" to the stern and the boat drafts shallower, this also reduces Transom Resistance which allows you to plane faster. This seems to work exceptionally well in the case of running a longtail mud motor.

Thanks for the info. Now I'm woundering will I get good performance if I leave my 16 hp gdlt mounted on the boat transom? Will it still put prop in proper location behind boat in good water or will I need to install it on the back of huntdeck.