cheezag03

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I only got two years(8k) out of one of mine, so definitely keep an eye on them. but you really shouldnt be putting any grease in them from what I have heard. also make sure you use the lucas grease if you do

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I only use that Lucas grease. keep a spare tube and the grease gun loaded in the toolbox. Do you know what happened? Any warning?

Whats the longest you've gone without pumping grease in vortex hubs? I have the non-break version with the screw on cap. It just seems odd not to put in new grease but it does say maintenance free to 100,000 miles. I've pumped new grease a few times, and its always clean good looking grease start coming back out of the hub. I haven't messed with them in a few months.

Had mine for about a year and probably have a few 1,000 to 2,000 miles on them.

Dis dem? I though I remembered them after watching some of these spank and cast videos.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKP7QqDhYhY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1K71ImkAWII

Uncle J 18x48 open layout mod v pointed bow with a GTR 25 hp XD with Delta mods level 2-3. Upper Texas Coast on the ICW has some places with 25hp restriction so it looks just like a stock 25 with a BPS Q exhuast.

I have 10 hours on it all with just me and 50 lbs of gear. This is with the standard 2 blade 11" 10 pitch powertech prop.

I'm typically seeing 18-20 mph @ 3300-3400 rpms. RPMs won't go higher until every once in a while I'll see it shoot up to 3800 rpm and speed up to 22 mph. It feels like the boat just catches and the bow drops and motor digs in. I'm using a free speedometer app and don't have a depth finder yet to know for sure, but I'm guessing those higher rpms are from running over a flat.

I have this prop in the shop to get cut to 9" and add some cup as I'm facing a 25hp and 9" prop limitation. The big question is what happens when I throw this 9" prop on?

With the smaller prop will my rpms shoot up and not grab any water dropping performance from the 11" prop?

or with the rpms up and added cupping will it grab enough water to match or exceed that performance?

Did I mess up with the mod v bow? too much rocker pushing back on the stern even though its flat until you get up towards the bow? I find best performance trimmed two pushes down from all the way up.

maybe I'll run better with someone sitting up towards the bow?

She'll still hunt and is fun to run, but just curious what more I can get out of this rig. Now just to put the bottom on my pirogue and build my scissor blind for November.

Anybody every run a 25hp surface drive or long tail on a 17x50 .125 flat bottom aluminum? How much better would a surface drive push the boat than a long tail?

Here is what I'm trying to do.

Looking to sell a 15 yr old 18' CC fiberglass tunnel hull with 150 hp outboard to get aluminum flat bottom for the purpose of duck hunting and fishing coastal marsh and the bay when conditions permit. I will have interchangeable motors which will be a new four stroke tiller in the 40-60 hp range on a jack plate and an air-cooled motor.

The biggest challenge for me right now is a few refuges in my area having 25hp max restrictions. I want to use a long tail or surface drive in these areas as I'll be trying to get back into some skinny marsh ponds.

I like the Gator Trax 17x50 with modified rake rigged out with catwalks for storage of guns and rods and some removable decking. The boat will be a blind and will hunt and fish 2-3 avg size dudes. I'm just concerned with marsh performance in this boat with a 25hp air-cooled. I realize I won't have a lot of top-end speed, but what about shallow water performance for getting in and out of shallow muddy areas?

Outside of hunting season I'll most likely use the outboard so its really coming down to hunting these refuges. A Gator Tail or Mud Buddy 25hp surface drive is around $7-8 grand whereas a long tail could come in around $2 grand.

Am I trying to do too much with this thing and should I downsize it?

Understood.....thanks.

Is this considered mud boat or surface drive?





Anybody ever change out their motor by season? Seems like if you kept it all tiller wouldn't be too bad with a hoist?

any waterfowl hunting in Bayou La Croix Preserve?

from looking at your other posts I'm guessing Chambers County?

Anahuac NWR gave me an asswhooping Saturday when I picked a pond far off the road never having scouted the refuge. Thought it would be a solid ground walk out so I took a big bag of dekes and a bucket and never made it the 700 yds to my pond stashing myself in some reeds giving space to the other headlapms. They were flying pretty good, but I was just trying to stay out of the way at that point. Pretty cool to see the frozen over marsh grass, but took water in my bucket and sweat too much to start so it was a little wet and chilly.

I think the trick out there is staying light or picking a pond that's kayak accessible.

Apparently Frio has one



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