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pintail_89
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Sat Jun 15, 2013 10:00 am Posts: 2047
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 Re: Gator tail or pro Drive.
i guess thats what i get for bein a newbie and posting a thread asking for pros and cons of each. to be honest with yall it prolly wouldnt really matter which brand i got because i have never had any reason to have to run across a mudflat while goin duck hunting and chances are if your in the wax or certain parts of venice and there is a mudflat nothing is goin across it but an air boat bc its most likely sand.
this would be the same if i got on highlifter.com and started a thread that said any suggestions can-am or polaris? lol. but yalls posts have been entertaining.
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flatboat
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Sun Mar 08, 2009 7:22 pm Posts: 401
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Sun Jun 16, 2013 5:37 am |
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pintail_89
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Sat Jun 15, 2013 10:00 am Posts: 2047
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 Re: Gator tail or pro Drive.
and i've seen pro drives and mud buddies stuck in the same thick mud as a GTR, they will pretty much all get stuck in the same kind of shit
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msm8281
MMT Elite Member
Joined: Fri Oct 09, 2009 1:50 pm Posts: 9673 Location: New Iberia, La.
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 Re: Gator tail or pro Drive.
They tried them new MBs on asphalt. 
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fowllife08
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Sun Sep 18, 2011 7:25 pm Posts: 3676 Location: down in da flats, LA
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 Re: Gator tail or pro Drive.
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rudyeng
MMT Addict
Joined: Mon Jul 30, 2012 7:40 pm Posts: 596
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 Re: Gator tail or pro Drive.
I got a new 35 gtr. Very happy with this motor. love the instant reverse. Controls are awesome.
Some folks say the PD reverse is stronger. Not sure since I don't own a PD. The 35 GTR reverse works very well.
Good luck !
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Tue Jun 18, 2013 3:49 pm |
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bayouboy
MMT Elite Member
Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2009 6:08 pm Posts: 5376 Location: Venice, La
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Tue Jun 18, 2013 4:35 pm |
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deltaduckmaster
MMT Sponsor
Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:07 pm Posts: 16608
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 Re: Gator tail or pro Drive.
Does way better in the mud also lol
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Tue Jun 18, 2013 4:57 pm |
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JIMMY W
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2009 8:02 pm Posts: 4534 Location: South Louisiana
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 Re: Gator tail or pro Drive.
Faster too! 
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Tue Jun 18, 2013 5:32 pm |
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JLACOUR
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Wed Jan 14, 2009 8:18 pm Posts: 4915 Location: Lake Jackson, TX
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Tue Jun 18, 2013 5:34 pm |
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take'emgator
MMT Super Elite Member
Joined: Mon Oct 19, 2009 6:38 pm Posts: 10201 Location: SETX
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bayouboy
MMT Elite Member
Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2009 6:08 pm Posts: 5376 Location: Venice, La
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 Re: Gator tail or pro Drive.
^ All these bitches are liars! 
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Tue Jun 18, 2013 5:42 pm |
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flatboat
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Sun Mar 08, 2009 7:22 pm Posts: 401
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 Re: Gator tail or pro Drive.
Pro staffers lol
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Tue Jun 18, 2013 5:46 pm |
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take'emgator
MMT Super Elite Member
Joined: Mon Oct 19, 2009 6:38 pm Posts: 10201 Location: SETX
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bayouboy
MMT Elite Member
Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2009 6:08 pm Posts: 5376 Location: Venice, La
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Tue Jun 18, 2013 5:56 pm |
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bayouboy
MMT Elite Member
Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2009 6:08 pm Posts: 5376 Location: Venice, La
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JIMMY W
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2009 8:02 pm Posts: 4534 Location: South Louisiana
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 Re: Gator tail or pro Drive.
Wheres my shit bayouboy? 
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take'emgator
MMT Super Elite Member
Joined: Mon Oct 19, 2009 6:38 pm Posts: 10201 Location: SETX
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bayouboy
MMT Elite Member
Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2009 6:08 pm Posts: 5376 Location: Venice, La
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bayouboy
MMT Elite Member
Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2009 6:08 pm Posts: 5376 Location: Venice, La
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JIMMY W
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2009 8:02 pm Posts: 4534 Location: South Louisiana
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 Re: Gator tail or pro Drive.
_________________ 17/54 GT EXTREME Center Console, Huntdeck w/ GTR 35
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take'emgator
MMT Super Elite Member
Joined: Mon Oct 19, 2009 6:38 pm Posts: 10201 Location: SETX
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bayouboy
MMT Elite Member
Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2009 6:08 pm Posts: 5376 Location: Venice, La
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 Re: Gator tail or pro Drive.
Bring it son ! I have the perfect place picked out! 
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Tue Jun 18, 2013 6:11 pm |
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bayouboy
MMT Elite Member
Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2009 6:08 pm Posts: 5376 Location: Venice, La
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 Re: Gator tail or pro Drive.
pintail_89 I'm just having a little fun messing around with these guys, and have nothing but the utmost respect for Kyle and GT, Great person just like those coonasses at Pro-Drive. Gatortail is a fine product, The issue with me driving circles around my podna Boola was do to a worn prop.
Like previously mentioned test drive em both, there both great motors, So find the one that best suits your needs my boy.
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Tue Jun 18, 2013 6:32 pm |
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WhoDat88
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Thu May 23, 2013 4:24 pm Posts: 2912 Location: Thibodaux, La
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 Re: Gator tail or pro Drive.
I'm a rookie. I am staying away from all you guys. I saw some of them you tube videos. Y'all crazy good
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Tue Jun 18, 2013 6:42 pm |
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flatboat
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Sun Mar 08, 2009 7:22 pm Posts: 401
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Tue Jun 18, 2013 7:04 pm |
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pintail_89
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Sat Jun 15, 2013 10:00 am Posts: 2047
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 Re: Gator tail or pro Drive.
good to know i started up a good ole fashion shit talkin
made my mind up putting a 35GTR on a 19x48 and i will do 31MPH in it. now thats not in a gator tail boat thats on a custom built, there shit too heavey
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deltaduckmaster
MMT Sponsor
Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:07 pm Posts: 16608
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 Re: Gator tail or pro Drive.
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fowllife08
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Sun Sep 18, 2011 7:25 pm Posts: 3676 Location: down in da flats, LA
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Had to of been the videos.
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Wed Jun 19, 2013 7:01 am |
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pintail_89
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Sat Jun 15, 2013 10:00 am Posts: 2047
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 Re: Gator tail or pro Drive.
haha nah. At first i was all gung hoe about a pro drive bc of the full power reverse and the 180 degree lower unit, but decided that, that is more shit that can break ( specially if you get the hydralic one) and i'd rather have a belt that got a life time warranty on it, and the GTR is faster and i like the instant reverse like a tiller handle outboard got, to me instant reverse would be a lot better for froggin and docking. all the pics and videos i seen on here and youtube is a bunch of bullshit that im not gunna put my rig through, if i wanted to go across straight mud i'd get a fuckin airboat. I got a 4 wheeler that is my toy that i tear up that was only 4 grand, im not about to abuse a $12,000 piece of equipment, thats just fucking retarded
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Wed Jun 19, 2013 9:19 pm |
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deltaduckmaster
MMT Sponsor
Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:07 pm Posts: 16608
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 Re: Gator tail or pro Drive.
Yea you will !! Lol
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Thu Jun 20, 2013 5:43 am |
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Gameover
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Tue Jan 03, 2012 9:06 am Posts: 3673 Location: Prarieville,LA
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alchol + mudmotor = evil kenevil of the marsh.
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Thu Jun 20, 2013 5:57 am |
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woodsman1977
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Wed Jul 13, 2011 5:04 am Posts: 154
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 Re: Gator tail or pro Drive.
I felt the same way about my boat and motor, for the first 2 years. Then I found a beaver dam and although I thought about it for a couple more trips out....eventually I became obsessed with launching over it.
What a blast, now I am looking for these chances everytime out.
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Thu Jun 20, 2013 6:25 am |
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SCSuperfly
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Fri Nov 25, 2011 1:24 am Posts: 466
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Did you really put your prop on backwards? Too cool! Bayouboy, you are my hero! 
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Thu Jun 20, 2013 8:47 pm |
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barnes_53
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Wed Jul 18, 2012 4:14 pm Posts: 4781
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I knew this 'ole boy was lost and missed a right turn at Albuquerque when he started this thread with "Hey Gentlemen...."
Gentlemen on MMT? ***** please!!
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Thu Jun 20, 2013 8:51 pm |
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Will
MMT Elite Member
Joined: Fri Jul 08, 2011 1:54 pm Posts: 8133
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 Re: Gator tail or pro Drive.
I see a GTR being better in certain mud where the extra reach helps and until I got bb's skeg I thought GTR's had an advantage in real shallow hard bottoms but not now. In my neck of the woods I don't think there's a place where a GTR will do anything a PD can't but I would like to see a GTR in some places we go and how the reverse would work in grass that don't break. Not saying it can't do it, but I'd have to see it, seems like a reverse turning prop would just turn into a ball of bailing twine!
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Fri Jun 21, 2013 4:43 am |
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flatboat
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Sun Mar 08, 2009 7:22 pm Posts: 401
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Fri Jun 21, 2013 6:31 am |
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OwenDickeson
MMT Elite Member
Joined: Wed Mar 11, 2009 12:45 pm Posts: 9869
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 Re: Gator tail or pro Drive.
I run em both. There isn't anywhere on the lake I hunt that you can go with a GTR that a Pro-Drive cant. Both are great products, with some really great people making them. Instant reverse is really nice, and sufficient the majority of the time. I was in some thick thick grass last night, and had to back out of a spot, and it was giving the GTR hell, and I know my PD would have walked right out of it. I feel like the stock GTR is better in the grass than a PD that has not had any skeg modifications. There will be times like last night where I wished I had the PD, but for the most part, I am content with the switch I made to GTR.
I would highly suggest you drive both motors before making a decision.
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Fri Jun 21, 2013 8:10 am |
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deltaduckmaster
MMT Sponsor
Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:07 pm Posts: 16608
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Owen when it thick grass go forward and then reverse real quick make sure you keep the rpm up once motor starts vibrating repeat. I'm talking about quick pop it in and out till it starts once it starts get on it and trim up Don't be afraid to use the trim in reverse once under way.
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Fri Jun 21, 2013 8:25 am |
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OwenDickeson
MMT Elite Member
Joined: Wed Mar 11, 2009 12:45 pm Posts: 9869
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 Re: Gator tail or pro Drive.
I had it locked in and spinning high rpms and trimming up and down. It was shallow, and thick thick grass.
It's just the GTR pulls back and down, and the PD pulls back and up. both are good for accomplishing things in different situations.
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