All right fellows how many of you guys run in the salt only , and what brand mudmotors are you runin , I've got one friend thats got a 35 gatortail , and i've got one friend with 27GDSD , and another with , 35 GDSD , And I must say that all have been runin over the last five years , and the only one that has had problems is the gatortail , no issues with the GD's. How about yall's.

GDSD - run almost exclusively in the salt water marshes...

Lil shot of WD on the shaft/bearing at load-up and a pump or two
from the greasegun before load-in are all that I do.... Never even
rinse her down - unless it's rainin... LOL

Do way more maintenance on the dang trailer than the motor...

Expectation - stock muffler replacement in year two or three and
new rear seal at 250 hours - new shaft at 500 hours or at 250 hours
if significant "grooving" is detected.... Don't matter if you run
fresh or salt on these two though... New switches, trim relays
and clutch at - oh wait - NEVER... LOL

I saw a GTR in Empire that was covered with barnacles and it was running fine. Same goes for a PD that I see at this guys camp he leaves it in the water all the time lower unit covered in barnacles and it runs fine.

It all comes down to taking care of your chit,if done correctly you will have less problems. I run both salt and brackish areas and have not had a problem.

If you want a motor without nuetral,trim, and reverse get the gdsd. It has less to go wrong but after running them I'll never own one unless it was given to me.

Oh and they ALL break believe me.

GTR 35 Run almost all saltwater except for bass fishing at the lake during the summer

godevil is the shit,for sure......................................but theres no fair comparison.
its like trying to compare an old 200 threewheeler,they were the shit too once,to a new
4x4 fourwheeler with reverse.



salt water is bad on everything!



and....................i think.................

giga is full-o-shit,he cant be stupid enough to never rinse his motor off!

i run only salt water, except the 3 times a year i decide to go bass fishing. i run my rig average 4 times a month, every month during the summer and every weekend during hunting season. i run a 35gtr with no problems

Please excuse the GD Cheerleader that we call Giga - don't let the salinity of your water be the deciding factor, that's just stupid. Go with what you NEED, if you need FPR cause you like getting unstuck, get it. If you want instant reverse for convenience, get it. And if you want something simple to save you some coin, go with GD or MB. Easy as that.


Just remember - GD has no neutral. That's dangerous in my book, and if it were my company, I'd be embarrassed to be that far behind the times.

I run salt/brackish water all the time. Rinse everything off when you get home and never look back. A little Wd40 or Liquid wrench on the motor before and after you go out helps too.

Been doing that a while and no problems here.

I bet i run the oldest motor on this post and has been run it salt its whole like never had a problem just expect to get new muffler and like they said shafts and seals and all