ok i have a 18 ft by 3 and a half feet wide the boat is really light and i also have a 9 hp vanguard that is just a shaft i have to get it fabbed is that gonna b enough motor im not tryna run thru straight mud but would like the boat to go at least 35 mph is this possible with maybe a 15 i worked the oil spill and we had 14 ft welded boats alot wider than mine with 5.5 longtails and they did about 10 so shld i try and find a 15 or 20 hp lawn tractor engine or what any ideas my funds are verrry limited and also what is my motor i have now worth i see what ebay asks for em

Dude you ain't gonna get 35 mph out of anything but an outboard. If speed is an issue no mud motor for you, especially a long tail.

ok how was a welded boat with a 5.5 longtail 14 foot with a fukn deck on it and a deck thru the floor elec start boat weighd twice as much as mine if not more and it did 10 mph lol ma boi gota pro drive that does fn 42 but i dnt kno nthn bout this shit all knew to me but i cant c how that oil spill boat with half the power moved like it did that a 15 on mine wont make it do 20 at least

i need to get in the red fish ponds and im rigging the boat for bow fishing also

If that pd runs 42, ill shit a golden harp.

And I highly doubt that 14 with a 5.5 was doin 10 mph

I have a 13 hp on a 1442 all welded and with two people and gear all I get is 11.

mayb 8 but dnt matter my boat weighs nothing i can pick the thing up my self jst joined to get som input on building this thing im thinking a 15 to 20 is wat i need

A 23 hp vanguard would be a good match.

And for gods sake, please type in atleast halfway understandible english.

i doubt i can afford a vanguard lookn for a junk lawn tractor ive got a 18 hp snapper that needs a starter n motor is a hog

You can forget runnin 35 mph.

Is that 18 a horizontal or vertical? with the 18 on that boat you may see 16-17 tops by yourself.

vertical which means the stainless fab shop in ma backyard can fab a surface drive

good luck with all dat.

its not rocket science lol

hooked on phonics failed you big time dude

if u dnt think this boat does 42 come to belle chasse and we can go from there jst bring your boat papers

and w.e boat it is u have

marsh chicken?

WINNER!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dumbest post of the year.

Dude your buddies PD DOES NOT do 42

You are acting like an idiot.

this is the wrong place to come talkin sh*t

that is all.

I live in belle chasse, and I ain't heard of no PD running 42. Tell you what, get that boat, I'll bring the beer and the GPS. I wanna see this rig!!

lol ive seen the fn boat run 42 n believe me i know what 40 is on the water no one talkn shit lemme holla at ma fn ppl

i NEVER said my boat will do 42 i said i kno sum 1 who has a boat {PRO DRIVE} that does 42 dnt believ it what would u liike to put on that bring your gps hes gnna have his ill have mine but if i put a 18 1/2 hp longtail off of a snapper i know im gnna get 20 with no lights no generator just me n a fishn buddy

This thread is full of fukin ignorance LOL

I'm not worried about your boat. I want to see this Pro Drive rig that runs 42. All I'm saying is that I'll buy the gas and the beer for this ride. And a handheld GPS so I can see it for myself.

I have lost brain cells after reading this.


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Im gunna lend you some of these, please use them

And for the record:
YOUR BUDDYS PD DONT RUN 42, Can somebody show him how many RPM's he would have to turn to do that?
THAT 18 WILL NOT PUSH YOU AND A FRIEND 20 MPH
YOU ARGUE LIKE A 8TH GRADER, IS THAT 14 IN YOUR USERNAME YOUR AGE?
SIT BACK AND BE QUIET FOR A WHILE, YOU MAY LEARN SUMTHIN

i think his gps is set to kilometers per hour

Dude, we got a custom 16' flat with a hoped up 90 on the back, with a jack plate tweeked ALL da' way up, with the top 3 water ports plugged. This thing flat out RUNS, ain't no other 90 even close, hell 2 weeks ago it out ran a 18' express C/C with a 115. This boat runs in the mid forty's .

Man the only way that PD runs 42mph is on a phucking trailor.....You damn sure not even getting close to 42 in the drank or slop.

Looks like you need to be more worried about looking for new tires more then you need to be looking for a motor.



Good luck with the 35mph with a LT you let me know when you build this beast......

Put the crack pipe down -- substitute some o2

yall gonna shit yall selves

I'm ready to take that chance. When and where can I see it run?

soon as i hear from my ppl and odd of you seeing it run for free isnt goodd

Thats what the beer and gas was for! Anything more than that and you can forget it. I'm not going to pay to watch a boat run. And if your "buddy" actually has a PD that runs 42, he would want to show it off. I'm gonna go ahead and call bullshit on this right now.

MAAAN!!! dude you came to the best place possible to get your information on how to make a fine boat out of yours, and all you did was make an ASS out of yourself. you now have a reputation with some of the best respected mudboaters in south loiusisna. CONGRATUFUKINLATIONS!

I can't decide if i feel smarter now knowing that there are dumber people in the world than myself or i feel dumber having just read this