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What's a good setup of an 18 foot jon boat
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<blockquote data-quote="Lennyg3" data-source="post: 397162" data-attributes="member: 7217"><p>I run a 225 jet on the susky and do pretty well. The best part of a big jet is, as already mentioned, float to plane in one boat length and having reserve power. Plus I can run at 4k rpms right at 30mph when I was redline on my 115/80 to do near the same. If you are planning on running the susky down around Harrisburg, I would get a rockproof, but also understand that rockproof does not really mean that. UHMW has little impact absorption properties. It is designed to make the hull slide over rocks rather than grab as it would with aluminum and provide you with a greater margin of error than a bare hull would. Treat it like a tank and you will be replacing the hull sooner or later, especially down that way.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lennyg3, post: 397162, member: 7217"] I run a 225 jet on the susky and do pretty well. The best part of a big jet is, as already mentioned, float to plane in one boat length and having reserve power. Plus I can run at 4k rpms right at 30mph when I was redline on my 115/80 to do near the same. If you are planning on running the susky down around Harrisburg, I would get a rockproof, but also understand that rockproof does not really mean that. UHMW has little impact absorption properties. It is designed to make the hull slide over rocks rather than grab as it would with aluminum and provide you with a greater margin of error than a bare hull would. Treat it like a tank and you will be replacing the hull sooner or later, especially down that way. [/QUOTE]
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