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BigTerp's Tracker Sportsman 16' O/B Jet build
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<blockquote data-quote="BigTerp" data-source="post: 294447" data-attributes="member: 9169"><p>One thing I forget to add is that I'm thinking of a bigger motor. I think I mentioned in this thread before that I got ahold of my grandfathers 1965 Johnson 5hp. Thing was mint under the hood and runs like a champ. It pushes the boat full of hunting gear with 3 guys (260, 250 and 210) up river, albeit rather slowly. The nice thing about the little 5hp is that I can go full throtle through the really skinny parts of the river and just let the motor bounce off the rocks. Everyone else I see up my way is running a jet. A jet is not in the budget and I'm thinking a larger hp motor would be much easier to mess up running in shallow water like we have. I might take the plunge on one if I can find something for really cheap that needs some work. Thinking of 15-25hp.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BigTerp, post: 294447, member: 9169"] One thing I forget to add is that I'm thinking of a bigger motor. I think I mentioned in this thread before that I got ahold of my grandfathers 1965 Johnson 5hp. Thing was mint under the hood and runs like a champ. It pushes the boat full of hunting gear with 3 guys (260, 250 and 210) up river, albeit rather slowly. The nice thing about the little 5hp is that I can go full throtle through the really skinny parts of the river and just let the motor bounce off the rocks. Everyone else I see up my way is running a jet. A jet is not in the budget and I'm thinking a larger hp motor would be much easier to mess up running in shallow water like we have. I might take the plunge on one if I can find something for really cheap that needs some work. Thinking of 15-25hp. [/QUOTE]
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