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Jack plate on a 14' Jon Boat
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<blockquote data-quote="onthewater102" data-source="post: 404528" data-attributes="member: 13702"><p>The linear guide rail and carriers are ~$250, another $250 for the hydraulic valve, $150 ea ($300 total) for the hydraulic cylinders, $400 for the pump & reservoir plus the aluminum, hardware, tooling & misc other parts (switches, hosing etc.)</p><p></p><p>try & build it and you're looking at being in the neighborhood of $1500 easily - a turnkey solution is really appealing.</p><p></p><p>If I recall correctly the Bob's design uses 1/4" aluminum for the mounting brackets & plate which is likely where the HP restriction comes from. That's not to say it wouldn't work with a 60HP motor - but I don't know that I'd be comfortable with it if the engineers that designed it are saying not to use it in that application. Hitting some rough water and lose your engine @ full throttle sounds awfully dangerous to me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="onthewater102, post: 404528, member: 13702"] The linear guide rail and carriers are ~$250, another $250 for the hydraulic valve, $150 ea ($300 total) for the hydraulic cylinders, $400 for the pump & reservoir plus the aluminum, hardware, tooling & misc other parts (switches, hosing etc.) try & build it and you're looking at being in the neighborhood of $1500 easily - a turnkey solution is really appealing. If I recall correctly the Bob's design uses 1/4" aluminum for the mounting brackets & plate which is likely where the HP restriction comes from. That's not to say it wouldn't work with a 60HP motor - but I don't know that I'd be comfortable with it if the engineers that designed it are saying not to use it in that application. Hitting some rough water and lose your engine @ full throttle sounds awfully dangerous to me. [/QUOTE]
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