jekern1015
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I am looking to buy a bigger boat, most likely a used one. How many hours on the motor before I should be concerned. 300-500 acceptable? Thanks
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Defining motor size might be helpful. Inboard or outboard? I'm expecting to get somewhere in the neighborhood of 5,000 hours out of my 150. I've had the boat 11 years and have 500 hours on it. The kicker motor is what gets all the hours.
downriggeral
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As SuperD said troll fishing puts lots of hours on the kicker. That said they are almost all at low speed.
The main motor variable if it is an outboard is it fuel injected versus carburetor. I would vote for fuel injected main motors every time. The injected ones have computer records in them to tell how the motor was run. This info is valuable to gustimate the overall life left in a used motor. Service is also key to longevity, 300-500 is not a lot of hours.
The main motor variable if it is an outboard is it fuel injected versus carburetor. I would vote for fuel injected main motors every time. The injected ones have computer records in them to tell how the motor was run. This info is valuable to gustimate the overall life left in a used motor. Service is also key to longevity, 300-500 is not a lot of hours.
jekern1015
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Thanks for the replies. I am leaning towards a boat with an outboard over an inboard, leaves more room in the boat. I was unaware of the carburetor factor in newer used inboards as I.m trying to stay within 10 yrs old max. The boat I have my eyes on right now has a 225 verado with 357 hours on it mounted on a 22' alum. boat.
Bduck
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I bought my boat with 275hrs on the I/O @8yrs old. The first 4mo I added some hours to the main because of no kicker. After adding kicker, life has extended my main. Had my boat now 9yrs and main is only up to 520hrs. Unfortunately the kicker gets all of the abuse but thats its job. I'm planning an upgrade of my kicker later this year with the purchase of a new kicker that I don't have to pull start. Starter kits for mine are NLA or obsolete as age always lets you know your outdated. With my new kicker I will add an hour meter, very simple to wire in the system. That is something we tend to lose track of since hour an meter is not installed to monitor total hrs when using. Its easy to spend 4 or 5 days out on a trip and not think about running hours while fishing. I like the idea myself of fuel injection but retirement means what I can afford too.
