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Experiences with electric motors

Trout Guy

Trout Guy

Brookie's or Bust!
Recently I've been thinking about getting an electric motor for my driftboat and was wondering if anybody has used one on theirs.

I will mostly be using the motor to power through the flat sections on the D, fishing on ponds and smaller sized lakes. I also have a camping trip planned this summer in the Adirondacks which is on an island in Forked Lake, so I would like to be able to use my drift boat to ferry me and my gear.

I'm pretty much courious as to what thrust rating I would need and reccomendations on models.
 
what is your boats weight rating ? that should decide it pretty much, remember you are not going to roostertail in a drift boat
 
Lonewolve said:
what is your boats weight rating ? that should decide it pretty much, remember you are not going to roostertail in a drift boat
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Im not sure what the rating is, I'll have to look into that.

I just got got a free electric motor from my boss and I'm gonna see how that works before I drop any money into it.
 
To even move that drift boat faster than you can row, you will need the highest thrust motor available.

Also, you will have to register your boat since you're putting a motor on it. You're better off finding a used 4hp or 8hp long shaft motor and throwing it on your boat.

Or just be a man and row.
 
CTobias said:
To even move that drift boat faster than you can row, you will need the highest thrust motor available.

Also, you will have to register your boat since you're putting a motor on it. You're better off finding a used 4hp or 8hp long shaft motor and throwing it on your boat.

Or just be a man and row.
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I thought in NY you don't need to register a boat with an electric motor?

I actually just picked up a 54' Johnson 5 1/2hp. Gonna revive it and throw that mofo on my vhull.
 
I don't know about NY but in NJ if you put any kind of motor on anything that floats it needs to be registered and you need to have completed a basic boater safety course before you can operate it on any public waterway. I bought an electric to put on my canoe and was all set until I ran into these regs. My bad for not checking first. The other posters are right in that you likely will need a motor with some grunt to move a drift boat.

Steve
 
Trout Guy said:
I thought in NY you don't need to register a boat with an electric motor?

I actually just picked up a 54' Johnson 5 1/2hp. Gonna revive it and throw that mofo on my vhull.
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Anything with a motor has to be registered. They need your money damnit! Be prepared to pay tax on your boat. They charged me sales tax on everything! Not just the boat hull. Every little thing that was on my bill of sale from Hyde. Even the strap to hold the boat! They even tried to charge me twice on my trailer.

F_(K NY!! I only paid $50 to register my boat in AK for two years. I paid almost eight times that amount the first time I registered my boat in NY.
 
You'll need a registration/hull numbers & in PA a Boater Safety Certificate (maybe for NY too). Had an old Evinrude... redid all the "plumbing" after ethanol gummed up the works.

Good luck with the Johnson.

 
Nothing with less than 50lb thrust for a drift boat I would say. My 13' aluminum row boat is a monster and 30lb doesnt get it moving that well unless im alone.
 
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