it take two mud motor to push your hull. go to mud motor talk lots of info there.

 

With a 2072 you will have to have duals or not go over 8mph. With stock duals on my 2072 I can run 35 deep water 38 skinny and still run about 25mph with up to 3000lb. Duals are the cats ass but, $$$$ and you can buy a boat that will run dry land for the same price. For me duals are my best option for hulling weight and being able to fish in 4-8 inches of water with no troller all night long on 2 gallons of gas .

 

Pease has a setup on a 1872 and does ok think it goes in the low 20's. Not sure on the exact size of his surface drive, might be a 35hp.

 

I think josh has a 35, only seen him leave from the launch once. never got to see how it handles

 

X-2 on Mudmotortalk, if you can wade thru all the bs there is alot of good info there. My last boat was a 17-54 with a stage one GTR it would run high 20s with a load and 34 with just me in shallow water. As stated before they are very easy on fuel.

 

Transom angle won't be right without shimming the motor. It'll work but not the best

 

It's not a speed demon but you can go a lot faster through a lot of places that I wouldn't want to use my outboard.

 

Be nice on pete or castle with all the stumps

 

The backwaters on the mighty Mississippi to.

 

So would a v8 and a big prop:laugh:

 

Uh yeah :grin:

 

Yeah beaver that should take care of it.

 

you will be realy sick with a single mud motor moded out and pushing that kind of weight. It will probably turn dangerous also

 

My modded 36 on my 1856 with 3 guys and a load of fish is just enough to get on plane. It's not terriable thought I always try to use the closest launch to where i'm fishing. It will go just about anywhere though just doesn't like sand or dry land. I use to avoid logs and shallow flats with my outboard now i just run stuff over.

 

18/60 is about as big as you want to go on a well modded mud motor. Im building am 18/58 right now with 24" sides and 6' front deck no boxes and completly open floor plan. This to allow for the added weight of the fish. On a mud boat every pound counts when it comes to total weight.

 

Yep i heard him say that before. I give it till june and it gone lol

 

Im keeping it now just to prove u bastards wrong! Lol op:

 

We'll see

 

Sure you are Kurt, Sure you are...

 

:laugh:

 

Running the first HD45 mag muddy buddy built, 18/60 Fischer hull it'll run 27-30 depending on elevation and deep/skinny water. 900lbs of fish it'll run 22-25ish, the trick to getting them on plane with weight is skinny water 8-12inch. Never been able to get on plane with any more weight then 900. Dual Rig would be sweet

 

Also if u just romp on throttle the back end of boat will drop to far and it'll never plane with weight. Takes some playing with to get a feel for but with time it's not bad. Feather the throttle and lift tilt trim.