A couple of friends of mine and I went to the marsh yesterday to try to track down some wild hogs. We saw a little bit of sign, but no pigs. What made the trip worthwhile was getting to play around in a boat with a gator-tail on it.


http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/9/l_5490cc2196844f9192ecd3e4310ed0d6.jpg


http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/14/l_e7b56889609440448ee7597fbf248100.jpg


That's a mudflat between us and home:eek:
http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/17/l_9c3fcf124ac14a28a51205e1e314dff1.jpg


What's that? Oh yeah, fuck that mudflat!:flipoff2:
http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/4/l_2a9d67b9cc894e54a317b4d9cbaa8c8d.jpg

http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/5/l_b1096798dc8a4812b6ee0fc280adf252.jpg


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Note: When Powersliding across a VERY shallow lake at top speed, don't let go of the tiller handle!:eek::laughing:
http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/30/l_9ed78b64de9641ada14f5bbd1f24f046.jpg


Jody getting us going again after that little incident.
http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/15/l_f4bb0f7820bc4833ba761383d108bae4.jpg


Various waterfowl as we were leaving.
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http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/19/l_92a39bbebfb34bfb9632434be95bad19.jpg

Here's one of the vids.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQ9s4nseYck

and the other

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejnAy-KYGgo

ETA: The second vid is cooler I think.

That explains the marks I see when I'm flying over. always wonderd what they were. Cool

O.K.

I give up.


What's a "Boat with a gator-tail on it" :) ???

O.K.

I give up.


What's a "Boat with a gator-tail on it" :) ???

http://www.gator-tail.com/

It's one of the new generation shallow water/mud motors. Much more powerful and versatile than the old "go-devils." There are also other brands such as Pro Drive and Go Devil's Surface Drive.

What no airboat? :flipoff2:

http://www.gator-tail.com/

It's one of the new generation shallow water/mud motors. Much more powerful and versatile than the old "go-devils." There are also other brands such as Pro Drive and Go Devil's Surface Drive.





Wow!


That stuff is not cheap :eek: !

Wow!


That stuff is not cheap :eek: !


x2:eek::eek::eek:

Wow!


That stuff is not cheap :eek: !

Well no, it's not cheap. But it's not much more that a similar sized outboard, and not many outboards would do what we did in the second vid without overheating, getting stuck, or even destroying the motor (I've crossed the other lake in a regular boat when it was about that shallow). We made that pass a couple of times without hurting the motor at all.

For the guy who owns it, it is his primary boat. He docks at a landing, drives down the canals to his camp, then takes the same boat into the shallow marsh to his duck blind. Without that setup, he'd have one boat to get to the camp and another boat inside the marsh with a godevil to get to the blind. Or he could use a mudboat in the marsh, but that would be even more expensive and burn a lot more fuel, more maintenance, etc.

Oh yeah, the rest of the pics are on myspace (http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewPicture&friendID=346304&albumId=3290676)

Yeah those prices aren't bad at all for that motor

Well no, it's not cheap. But it's not much more that a similar sized outboard, and not many outboards would do what we did in the second vid without overheating, getting stuck, or even destroying the motor (I've crossed the other lake in a regular boat when it was about that shallow). We made that pass a couple of times without hurting the motor at all.

For the guy who owns it, it is his primary boat. He docks at a landing, drives down the canals to his camp, then takes the same boat into the shallow marsh to his duck blind. Without that setup, he'd have one boat to get to the camp and another boat inside the marsh with a godevil to get to the blind. Or he could use a mudboat in the marsh, but that would be even more expensive and burn a lot more fuel, more maintenance, etc.



Are they a purpose-built motor, or can they be used like a regular-purpose outboard?