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Allterrain
MMT Member
Joined: Wed Jan 21, 2009 11:59 am
Posts: 10
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 REVERSE?? Whats your opinion??
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| Tue Feb 10, 2009 12:46 pm |
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mudgrappler
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:05 pm
Posts: 340
Location: Gettin Unstuck
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Re: REVERSE?? Wont ever own another shortail without it.
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Bog Hog......Release the Swamp Monster in your motor!!!!!!!!!!!!
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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: REVERSE?? Very nice for sure!
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17/54 GT EXTREME Center Console, Huntdeck w/ GTR 35
Hoyt Mods and some other goodies
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coastal
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Wed Jan 14, 2009 8:29 am
Posts: 1890
Location: South TX
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Re: REVERSE?? Push poles are for chumps. 
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I will keep my gun's,freedom and money.You can keep your change!
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Sand Man
MMT F.E.
Joined: Thu Jan 15, 2009 9:57 am
Posts: 994
Location: Fort Worth, TX
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Re: REVERSE?? I'd say the use of reverse has a lot to do with the terrain you run. If you bust trails with a lot of veggies or run a lot of soft mud there is no question you need it and will use it. If you run a lot of hard bottom and sand like I do, it's nice to have but doesn't work so well when you ground the boat with 1" of water over sand/hard bottom. 
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"Fight 'em until hell freezes over. Then fight 'em on the ice!"
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phowler
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Thu Jan 15, 2009 12:20 pm
Posts: 203
Location: Flyover country
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Re: REVERSE?? I didn't think I would need it...........until I needed it.
FPR has removed me from places where the only way out was back the way you came and turning the boat around was not an option, nor was a pushpole.
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"This hunting, This is not a sport, right? It's not a plaything. It defines who we are. It's our heart and soul. It's something that trancends a lot of things in our lives."
Rob Olson
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SwampSnyper
MMT F.E.
Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2009 8:43 pm
Posts: 823
Location: SORRENTO, LA
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Re: REVERSE?? When you get stuck with a short tail, you are stuck and a push pole is useless. Instant reverse is nice at the dock and fishing.
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1948 Aucion's SS Edition Bateau with a stock 35GTR
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Mudgun
MMT Addict
Joined: Wed Jan 14, 2009 12:24 pm
Posts: 746
Location: Here Be Rocks VA
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Re: REVERSE?? On the lake I hunt a lot, there are two dead end pockets that are plenty wide enough to turn around in but we go in reverse. Come out in reverse also. The bottom is old leaves over hard sand. In FPR, I can get in and out, stop start and go and not eat the prop. In forward, I can't get on step, so I have to grind my way out. I have tried unsucessfully to jump logs in FPR. 
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1660 Rhino High-Side with center console
90/65 Mercury 2 stroke Outboard jet pump
Run shallow, run loud.
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The Shafer
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:46 pm
Posts: 1947
Location: Longview. TX
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Re: REVERSE??
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WC 1848 Bateau w/ 36 PD FPR
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coastal
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Wed Jan 14, 2009 8:29 am
Posts: 1890
Location: South TX
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Re: REVERSE?? Don't even own one! 
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I will keep my gun's,freedom and money.You can keep your change!
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FLASH
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Wed Jan 14, 2009 4:48 pm
Posts: 144
Location: Orange Texas
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Re: REVERSE??
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dog walker
MMT Elite Member
Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2009 6:08 pm
Posts: 5282
Location: Meraux,La.
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Re: REVERSE?? Once you have it and get accustomed to it you will have it no other way.It can save your ass but when you beach it with your forward momentum you need a friend with a long rope or air boat.
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| Tue Feb 10, 2009 6:05 pm |
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cash
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:49 pm
Posts: 352
Location: Ponchatoula, La
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Re: REVERSE?? It's saved my ass a few times when the trail dwindled down to no water and narrower than the boat.
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1854 Gatortail CC . 35 GTR Stage 2
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Crews
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Wed Jan 14, 2009 9:07 pm
Posts: 2260
Location: Lafayette
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Re: REVERSE?? ask Shafer how FPR works when you get stopped and you're trying hard to grind your way out in foward. 
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24x60 Dual Prodrives
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CypressIslandBoyy
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2009 9:00 pm
Posts: 131
Location: Morgan City, LA
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Re: REVERSE?? ha, ive been through a longtail and a GDSD. Push Poles help some but not enough. Im fixing to upgrade to a GTR with reverse. Im tired of pushing myself around when i get in a bind
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16x60 GD Tank with a 35 GDSD
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