Re: [bolger] Re: Inexpensive ourboard power!
I have had a close look at one and the engines look
really well finished - the rest of the thing looks
like some farmer made it. Stainless steel - strongly
fabricated but very very utilitarian.
David
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really well finished - the rest of the thing looks
like some farmer made it. Stainless steel - strongly
fabricated but very very utilitarian.
David
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> has anyone tried one of these
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On 5/10/05, mark <planzman@...> wrote:
> has anyone tried one of these [diesel outboards]Do they start on one pull of the rope? <grin>
>http://www.morganequipment.net/page13.html
keeping with the topic.
has anyone tried one of these
http://www.morganequipment.net/page13.html
cheers
has anyone tried one of these
http://www.morganequipment.net/page13.html
cheers
For two weeks after they were selling the 3 hp electric Briggs and
Stratton motors the costomer service department didn't evem know of
their existance. I also asked them for media material on their 36
HP diesel motors and what transmission pattern was on the bell
housing and they told me they had never heard of the Diesel motor.
It is an asian diesel with a Briggs name on it and it runs about
$2,400.00 with a radiator and sevral marine transmissions fit it but
it would need a closed water/antifreeze system for warranty. It
can be fitted with a PTO shaft for running a genarator or large
bilge pump. A engine I would like to test soon.
I now only call their media department about problems because their
customer service is an outsourced call center with minimum wage
workers in a city nowhere near the production facilities or R&D
center. I cannot give out their media reps number but I can assure
you that I am still in contact with the company. BTW I was told not
to send the test engine back because it had been used with gasoline
and I could not ship it leagaly. So I still have the camo Briggs &
Stratton engine. I have seen lots of sail boats with adjustable
outboard engine brackets that could use long or short shaft motors.
My Pelican for example, I used an adjustable bracket and started the
motor out of the water then lowered it to the proper depth. For the
price of the motor I would find a way to make the short shaft work.
Unfortunatly I had to purchase my Honda outboard a few years back
but I bought the long shaft kit that was an optional item for
$640.00. I have never used the long shaft yet I will never buy
another Honda motor without an electric starter When it is hard to
start I just can not maintain pulling the stupid rope for very
long. That is the main selling point for the Briggs motor. One
light pull and it's running, if you have hooked up the fuel tank and
let air into the bleeder. I will call my Briggs Rep this week and
ask about the SS model. Who knows they may make it a eight or ten
HP model since the fives are selling so well.
John
Stratton motors the costomer service department didn't evem know of
their existance. I also asked them for media material on their 36
HP diesel motors and what transmission pattern was on the bell
housing and they told me they had never heard of the Diesel motor.
It is an asian diesel with a Briggs name on it and it runs about
$2,400.00 with a radiator and sevral marine transmissions fit it but
it would need a closed water/antifreeze system for warranty. It
can be fitted with a PTO shaft for running a genarator or large
bilge pump. A engine I would like to test soon.
I now only call their media department about problems because their
customer service is an outsourced call center with minimum wage
workers in a city nowhere near the production facilities or R&D
center. I cannot give out their media reps number but I can assure
you that I am still in contact with the company. BTW I was told not
to send the test engine back because it had been used with gasoline
and I could not ship it leagaly. So I still have the camo Briggs &
Stratton engine. I have seen lots of sail boats with adjustable
outboard engine brackets that could use long or short shaft motors.
My Pelican for example, I used an adjustable bracket and started the
motor out of the water then lowered it to the proper depth. For the
price of the motor I would find a way to make the short shaft work.
Unfortunatly I had to purchase my Honda outboard a few years back
but I bought the long shaft kit that was an optional item for
$640.00. I have never used the long shaft yet I will never buy
another Honda motor without an electric starter When it is hard to
start I just can not maintain pulling the stupid rope for very
long. That is the main selling point for the Briggs motor. One
light pull and it's running, if you have hooked up the fuel tank and
let air into the bleeder. I will call my Briggs Rep this week and
ask about the SS model. Who knows they may make it a eight or ten
HP model since the fives are selling so well.
John
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "gbship" <gbship@c...> wrote:
> --- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "John Cupp" <john@k...> wrote:
> > Hi Guys,
> >
> > The only other problem is that the company will not warranty the
> > motor when used in salt water. They don't have any zinc plugs
on
> > it. The engineer is working on a stainless steel model but I
bet
> > with zinc anodes I would run for a long time.
>
> I was intrigued enough about prior comments on the list about this
> motor that I contacted the company to ask about a stainless steel
> model. Their customer service department assured me they have no
> present plans to introduce such a model. If John talked to the
> engineer, he probably has better info, but if the customer service
reps
> haven't heard of it yet, it's probably a long way from being
> introduced. Unfortunately for those of us with sailboats, there's
also
> no plans to introduce a long shaft model. If they had a stainless,
long
> shaft model, I'd have one next week.
>
> Gary Blankenship
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "John Cupp" <john@k...> wrote:
motor that I contacted the company to ask about a stainless steel
model. Their customer service department assured me they have no
present plans to introduce such a model. If John talked to the
engineer, he probably has better info, but if the customer service reps
haven't heard of it yet, it's probably a long way from being
introduced. Unfortunately for those of us with sailboats, there's also
no plans to introduce a long shaft model. If they had a stainless, long
shaft model, I'd have one next week.
Gary Blankenship
> Hi Guys,I was intrigued enough about prior comments on the list about this
>
> The only other problem is that the company will not warranty the
> motor when used in salt water. They don't have any zinc plugs on
> it. The engineer is working on a stainless steel model but I bet
> with zinc anodes I would run for a long time.
motor that I contacted the company to ask about a stainless steel
model. Their customer service department assured me they have no
present plans to introduce such a model. If John talked to the
engineer, he probably has better info, but if the customer service reps
haven't heard of it yet, it's probably a long way from being
introduced. Unfortunately for those of us with sailboats, there's also
no plans to introduce a long shaft model. If they had a stainless, long
shaft model, I'd have one next week.
Gary Blankenship
John Cupp of this group did a review of one for Duckworth's in his
November tool crib. Got a Brick to plane with it.
HJ
Wesley Cox wrote:
November tool crib. Got a Brick to plane with it.
HJ
Wesley Cox wrote:
>I've given serious thought to the same motor. The price is right,
>especially for B&S and 4 stroke and the power is right for my needs. My
>concern is the noise of an air cooled outboard. I've read reports from
>'they sound like a lawn mower on water' to very quiet and have yet to
>find a retailer willing to let me hear one running. If you don't mind,
>can you give your opinion of the noise level relative to a water cooled
>outboard? Just as quiet? Thanks.
>
>Zack Tiger wrote:
>
>
>
>>I just purchased a B&S 5hp outboard to use on my 17'
>>square stern canoe. This may seem like a lot of motor
>>for a canoe, but she is 42" wide, and as stable as a
>>pontoon boat!
>>I love this motor! Light weight, easy starting, very
>>quiet, no mussing with oil mixes, etc., etc. It comes
>>with a 3 gallon fuel tank, and is available in either
>>black finish, or "Marshland Camo". Retail price is
>>$749 for black and $849 for camo.
>>Website is
>>http://www.briggsandstratton.com/display/router.asp?docid=76403
>>The engine is EPA-CARB compliant,for all of us
>>environmentally concerned types, has electronic
>>ignition and is warrantied for two years.
>>Forward/reverse engagement is positive, with no gear
>>clashing. Any local Briggs lawn and garden dealer can
>>get it for you. (It took mine two days to come in, and
>>cost me $995 CDN dollars for the black unit). She
>>starts first rip every time.
>>Thanks,Shawn
>>
>>
>>
>>--- John Spoering <spoering@...> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Hi All - -
>>>
>>> The stainless model sounds very interesting -
>>>Anyone know who retails
>>>these B&S outboards ? ? ?
>>>
>>> Aloha - Jack - Florida
>>>
>>>
>>>>[Original Message]
>>>>From: John Cupp <john@...>
>>>>To: <bolger@yahoogroups.com>
>>>>Date: 4/1/2005 5:38:50 PM
>>>>Subject: [bolger] Re: Inexpensive ourboard power!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "Chris Stewart"
>>>>
>>>>
>>><stewtone@m...> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>>--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "dvd_godsey"
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>><dvd_godsey@y...> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>These guys retail for under $400, about the
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>same price as a good
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>quality, electric trolling unit and less than
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>a new 4-stroke
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>engine.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>Yes, but the trolling motors are QUIET, and the
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>4-strokes aren't much
>>>
>>>
>>>>>worse. I've never used a Stihl auger, so I don't
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>know how noisy it
>>>
>>>
>>>>is,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>but I used to have a Stihl chain saw, and both a
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>chain saw and a weed
>>>
>>>
>>>>>whacker are so noisy that hearing either on what
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>was a nice quiet
>>>
>>>
>>>>pond
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>is all that would be needed to plead justifiable
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>homicide.
>>>
>>>
>>>>>Chris Stewart
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>I agree Chris, I have used one of tose machines
>>>>
>>>>
>>>and when you rent one
>>>
>>>
>>>>it is mandatory they have to give you hearing
>>>>
>>>>
>>>protection while you use
>>>
>>>
>>>>it. I just did an article for duckworks not too
>>>>
>>>>
>>>long ago about the
>>>
>>>
>>>>Briggs & Stratton 5 hp outboard. It is quiet and
>>>>
>>>>
>>>I used it to push a
>>>
>>>
>>>>big catalina sailboat as an experiment. The enter
>>>>
>>>>
>>>board was down and
>>>
>>>
>>>>it would pushit at over 6 + knots a little over
>>>>
>>>>
>>>half throttle. I hung
>>>
>>>
>>>>it on my brick and I could plane the Brick with
>>>>
>>>>
>>>it. The onl problem
>>>
>>>
>>>>is that unlike Honda and all the other four stroke
>>>>
>>>>
>>>motors it is air
>>>
>>>
>>>>cooled and does not have a balance countter
>>>>
>>>>
>>>rotating shaft to stop
>>>
>>>
>>>>vibration from the one cylinder. So at full
>>>>
>>>>
>>>throtle it vibrates a
>>>
>>>
>>>>little but at any less speed it is a very nice
>>>>
>>>>
>>>motor.
>>>
>>>
>>>>They cameout with their three HP electric motor
>>>>
>>>>
>>>and it works about the
>>>
>>>
>>>>same as the five hp gas engine but no vibration
>>>>
>>>>
>>>and about the same
>>>
>>>
>>>>noise level. I talked with the design engineer on
>>>>
>>>>
>>>the outboad projects
>>>
>>>
>>>>and they are about to introduce a stainless model
>>>>
>>>>
>>>for salt water for
>>>
>>>
>>>>the gas engine. I use it on the lake on a
>>>>
>>>>
>>>fourteen foot glass boat and
>>>
>>>
>>>>rigged a throtel and steering for it with gear
>>>>
>>>>
>>>shift so I can drive
>>>
>>>
>>>>behind the steering wheel and with my wife and I
>>>>
>>>>
>>>it barley planes at
>>>
>>>
>>>>about 8 knots but it is a old heavy glass boat.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>On a diablo it would
>>>
>>>
>>>>haul butt. The day I took the reading with my GPS
>>>>
>>>>
>>>it was real choppy
>>>
>>>
>>>>also.
>>>>
>>>>When they come out with the stainles model for the
>>>>
>>>>
>>>ocean I'll buy one
>>>
>>>
>>>>for a pusher for my boat I am buildng when I sail
>>>>
>>>>
>>>to mexico each
>>>
>>>
>>>>winter. If it can push one of those big catalina
>>>>
>>>>
>>>high freboard heavy
>>>
>>>
>>>>fiberglass boats it should push around a nice
>>>>
>>>>
>>>wooden boat with no
>>>
>>>
>>>>problem
>>>>
>>>>John C.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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Thank you very much for the abundant details and I will read the
Duckworks article.
John Cupp wrote:
Duckworks article.
John Cupp wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>
> If you're a member of Duckworks you can read my review of the 5 HP
> Briggs and Stratton. I have a Honda 10 hp and the Briggs 5 HP that
> when running together you ca not tell the sound difference in
> decibels. The Honda costs considerably more, has a counter
> rotating balancing shaft to control vibration and is water cooled..
> But in some ways the Briggs beats the Honda! The Honda takes at
> least two pulls to start most of the time but it does start. The
> Briggs engine starts on the first pull and is quiet. In five below
> weather the engine starts with one pull. At one hundred degrees the
> engine starts on one pull. I bought a Helms Mate extension handle
> by Ironwood Pacific and then mounted the Briggs on the back of
> Bolger Brick . When I was centered using the extension handle
> perfectly in the Brick it would plane. It is not supposed to plane
> but it does.
>
> The Briggs does have one problem. It vibrates at high speed, full
> throttle. During regular running it does not vibrate as bad but
> unlike the Honda it costs $795.00 retail and it is a one
> cylinder. During my review I spoke with the design engineer and
> it is an entirely new designed engine, not a lawn mower. I have
> installed a prop guard on it that looks something like a Kort
> nozzle. It did not fit properly and you can not get after market
> props that would have been bigger to make the device better. I
> used the Briggs on a boat sitting on a trailer I wanted to buy but
> the boat went with the trailer. It was an old fiberglass fifteen
> foot boat sitting on a trailer made for a boat 20+ feet long. It
> has some nice fittings so I will saw the hull up with my Porter-
> Cable Tiger saw into small chunks but the Briggs made the boat move
> at 14 mph. Not enough to get the foam water soaked hull on plane
> but just about.
>
> The boat ran from one end of a thirty eight mile long lake to the
> other and back to my house and dock on the shore line. I was just
> puttering around and the boat ran all the time and my wife and I
> could carry on a conversation at all times even at full throttle. I
> modified a bracket and put the cable steering on the motor then
> built a throttle bracket and a gear shift bracket on to the motor
> from an old Evenrude outboard control system. You could not feel
> the vibration from the helm but if you hold the tiller you can. When
> we ended the trip I burned a huge amount of fuel, 1 .3 gallons of
> fuel I gave the Briggs my best buy in four stroke engines. You
> might find a better five horsepower engine but it will cost almost
> triple the price. Plus the Briggs and Stratton is made in the USA.
>
> I like the Honda but the Briggs beats the fuel mileage hands down.
> I want to build a twenty foot dory with a motor well in it for
> fishing the big rainbows on the big Upper Klamath Lake and the
> Briggs will power it. I once had a drift boat that had a motor well
> and nearly asphyxiated myself with a two stroke motor. The Briggs
> will not do that. Go sign up at Duckworks and read Johns Tool
> Crib. There are some pictures with the Briggs on the Brick and
> using my lawn tractor with it's trailer to launch the Brick. I
> almost forgot that I used the Briggs on my Pelican sailboat without
> the mast and all unnecessary weight. It made it plane but it is
> very light with a flat bottom, 12 feet long. Buy the motor and you
> will not be disappointed.
>
> The only other problem is that the company will not warranty the
> motor when used in salt water. They don't have any zinc plugs on
> it. The engineer is working on a stainless steel model but I bet
> with zinc anodes I would run for a long time. It does take in water
> to cool the transmission but not the motor head. If any thing
> happened to the transmission I do not think the service center could
> tell it was in salt water if you pump clean water through it like
> you are supposed to anyway with any motor in salt water. I am going
> to use this motor for my launch on the bigger boat I will be
> building to travel to Mexico with every winter. I will hose the
> motor with clean water and have a soluble oil bucket to run the
> motor in for a few minutes after each use. I can replace the lower
> end since the motor is air cooled. If push comes to shove I think
> this little power house could push the boat I sailed down in if the
> diesel motor failed and there was no wind.
>
> John Cupp
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, Wesley Cox <inspiredfe@m...> wrote:
> > I've given serious thought to the same motor. The price is right,
> > especially for B&S and 4 stroke and the power is right for my
> needs. My
> > concern is the noise of an air cooled outboard. I've read reports
> from
> > 'they sound like a lawn mower on water' to very quiet and have yet
> to
> > find a retailer willing to let me hear one running. If you don't
> mind,
> > can you give your opinion of the noise level relative to a water
> cooled
> > outboard? Just as quiet? Thanks.
> >
> > Zack Tiger wrote:
> >
> > > I just purchased a B&S 5hp outboard to use on my 17'
> > > square stern canoe. This may seem like a lot of motor
> > > for a canoe, but she is 42" wide, and as stable as a
> > > pontoon boat!
> > > I love this motor! Light weight, easy starting, very
> > > quiet, no mussing with oil mixes, etc., etc. It comes
> > > with a 3 gallon fuel tank, and is available in either
> > > black finish, or "Marshland Camo". Retail price is
> > > $749 for black and $849 for camo.
> > > Website is
> > >http://www.briggsandstratton.com/display/router.asp?docid=76403
> > > The engine is EPA-CARB compliant,for all of us
> > > environmentally concerned types, has electronic
> > > ignition and is warrantied for two years.
> > > Forward/reverse engagement is positive, with no gear
> > > clashing. Any local Briggs lawn and garden dealer can
> > > get it for you. (It took mine two days to come in, and
> > > cost me $995 CDN dollars for the black unit). She
> > > starts first rip every time.
> > > Thanks,Shawn
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --- John Spoering <spoering@e...> wrote:
> > > > Hi All - -
> > > >
> > > > The stainless model sounds very interesting -
> > > > Anyone know who retails
> > > > these B&S outboards ? ? ?
> > > >
> > > > Aloha - Jack - Florida
> > > > > [Original Message]
> > > > > From: John Cupp <john@k...>
> > > > > To: <bolger@yahoogroups.com>
> > > > > Date: 4/1/2005 5:38:50 PM
> > > > > Subject: [bolger] Re: Inexpensive ourboard power!
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "Chris Stewart"
> > > > <stewtone@m...> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "dvd_godsey"
> > > > <dvd_godsey@y...> wrote:
> > > > > > >.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > These guys retail for under $400, about the
> > > > same price as a good
> > > > > > > quality, electric trolling unit and less than
> > > > a new 4-stroke
> > > > > > > engine.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Yes, but the trolling motors are QUIET, and the
> > > > 4-strokes aren't much
> > > > > > worse. I've never used a Stihl auger, so I don't
> > > > know how noisy it
> > > > > is,
> > > > > > but I used to have a Stihl chain saw, and both a
> > > > chain saw and a weed
> > > > > > whacker are so noisy that hearing either on what
> > > > was a nice quiet
> > > > > pond
> > > > > > is all that would be needed to plead justifiable
> > > > homicide.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Chris Stewart
> > > > >
> > > > > I agree Chris, I have used one of tose machines
> > > > and when you rent one
> > > > > it is mandatory they have to give you hearing
> > > > protection while you use
> > > > > it. I just did an article for duckworks not too
> > > > long ago about the
> > > > > Briggs & Stratton 5 hp outboard. It is quiet and
> > > > I used it to push a
> > > > > big catalina sailboat as an experiment. The enter
> > > > board was down and
> > > > > it would pushit at over 6 + knots a little over
> > > > half throttle. I hung
> > > > > it on my brick and I could plane the Brick with
> > > > it. The onl problem
> > > > > is that unlike Honda and all the other four stroke
> > > > motors it is air
> > > > > cooled and does not have a balance countter
> > > > rotating shaft to stop
> > > > > vibration from the one cylinder. So at full
> > > > throtle it vibrates a
> > > > > little but at any less speed it is a very nice
> > > > motor.
> > > > >
> > > > > They cameout with their three HP electric motor
> > > > and it works about the
> > > > > same as the five hp gas engine but no vibration
> > > > and about the same
> > > > > noise level. I talked with the design engineer on
> > > > the outboad projects
> > > > > and they are about to introduce a stainless model
> > > > for salt water for
> > > > > the gas engine. I use it on the lake on a
> > > > fourteen foot glass boat and
> > > > > rigged a throtel and steering for it with gear
> > > > shift so I can drive
> > > > > behind the steering wheel and with my wife and I
> > > > it barley planes at
> > > > > about 8 knots but it is a old heavy glass boat.
> > > > On a diablo it would
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> > > > > When they come out with the stainles model for the
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> > > > high freboard heavy
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Hi Guys,
If you're a member of Duckworks you can read my review of the 5 HP
Briggs and Stratton. I have a Honda 10 hp and the Briggs 5 HP that
when running together you ca not tell the sound difference in
decibels. The Honda costs considerably more, has a counter
rotating balancing shaft to control vibration and is water cooled..
But in some ways the Briggs beats the Honda! The Honda takes at
least two pulls to start most of the time but it does start. The
Briggs engine starts on the first pull and is quiet. In five below
weather the engine starts with one pull. At one hundred degrees the
engine starts on one pull. I bought a Helms Mate extension handle
by Ironwood Pacific and then mounted the Briggs on the back of
Bolger Brick . When I was centered using the extension handle
perfectly in the Brick it would plane. It is not supposed to plane
but it does.
The Briggs does have one problem. It vibrates at high speed, full
throttle. During regular running it does not vibrate as bad but
unlike the Honda it costs $795.00 retail and it is a one
cylinder. During my review I spoke with the design engineer and
it is an entirely new designed engine, not a lawn mower. I have
installed a prop guard on it that looks something like a Kort
nozzle. It did not fit properly and you can not get after market
props that would have been bigger to make the device better. I
used the Briggs on a boat sitting on a trailer I wanted to buy but
the boat went with the trailer. It was an old fiberglass fifteen
foot boat sitting on a trailer made for a boat 20+ feet long. It
has some nice fittings so I will saw the hull up with my Porter-
Cable Tiger saw into small chunks but the Briggs made the boat move
at 14 mph. Not enough to get the foam water soaked hull on plane
but just about.
The boat ran from one end of a thirty eight mile long lake to the
other and back to my house and dock on the shore line. I was just
puttering around and the boat ran all the time and my wife and I
could carry on a conversation at all times even at full throttle. I
modified a bracket and put the cable steering on the motor then
built a throttle bracket and a gear shift bracket on to the motor
from an old Evenrude outboard control system. You could not feel
the vibration from the helm but if you hold the tiller you can. When
we ended the trip I burned a huge amount of fuel, 1 .3 gallons of
fuel I gave the Briggs my best buy in four stroke engines. You
might find a better five horsepower engine but it will cost almost
triple the price. Plus the Briggs and Stratton is made in the USA.
I like the Honda but the Briggs beats the fuel mileage hands down.
I want to build a twenty foot dory with a motor well in it for
fishing the big rainbows on the big Upper Klamath Lake and the
Briggs will power it. I once had a drift boat that had a motor well
and nearly asphyxiated myself with a two stroke motor. The Briggs
will not do that. Go sign up at Duckworks and read Johns Tool
Crib. There are some pictures with the Briggs on the Brick and
using my lawn tractor with it's trailer to launch the Brick. I
almost forgot that I used the Briggs on my Pelican sailboat without
the mast and all unnecessary weight. It made it plane but it is
very light with a flat bottom, 12 feet long. Buy the motor and you
will not be disappointed.
The only other problem is that the company will not warranty the
motor when used in salt water. They don't have any zinc plugs on
it. The engineer is working on a stainless steel model but I bet
with zinc anodes I would run for a long time. It does take in water
to cool the transmission but not the motor head. If any thing
happened to the transmission I do not think the service center could
tell it was in salt water if you pump clean water through it like
you are supposed to anyway with any motor in salt water. I am going
to use this motor for my launch on the bigger boat I will be
building to travel to Mexico with every winter. I will hose the
motor with clean water and have a soluble oil bucket to run the
motor in for a few minutes after each use. I can replace the lower
end since the motor is air cooled. If push comes to shove I think
this little power house could push the boat I sailed down in if the
diesel motor failed and there was no wind.
John Cupp
If you're a member of Duckworks you can read my review of the 5 HP
Briggs and Stratton. I have a Honda 10 hp and the Briggs 5 HP that
when running together you ca not tell the sound difference in
decibels. The Honda costs considerably more, has a counter
rotating balancing shaft to control vibration and is water cooled..
But in some ways the Briggs beats the Honda! The Honda takes at
least two pulls to start most of the time but it does start. The
Briggs engine starts on the first pull and is quiet. In five below
weather the engine starts with one pull. At one hundred degrees the
engine starts on one pull. I bought a Helms Mate extension handle
by Ironwood Pacific and then mounted the Briggs on the back of
Bolger Brick . When I was centered using the extension handle
perfectly in the Brick it would plane. It is not supposed to plane
but it does.
The Briggs does have one problem. It vibrates at high speed, full
throttle. During regular running it does not vibrate as bad but
unlike the Honda it costs $795.00 retail and it is a one
cylinder. During my review I spoke with the design engineer and
it is an entirely new designed engine, not a lawn mower. I have
installed a prop guard on it that looks something like a Kort
nozzle. It did not fit properly and you can not get after market
props that would have been bigger to make the device better. I
used the Briggs on a boat sitting on a trailer I wanted to buy but
the boat went with the trailer. It was an old fiberglass fifteen
foot boat sitting on a trailer made for a boat 20+ feet long. It
has some nice fittings so I will saw the hull up with my Porter-
Cable Tiger saw into small chunks but the Briggs made the boat move
at 14 mph. Not enough to get the foam water soaked hull on plane
but just about.
The boat ran from one end of a thirty eight mile long lake to the
other and back to my house and dock on the shore line. I was just
puttering around and the boat ran all the time and my wife and I
could carry on a conversation at all times even at full throttle. I
modified a bracket and put the cable steering on the motor then
built a throttle bracket and a gear shift bracket on to the motor
from an old Evenrude outboard control system. You could not feel
the vibration from the helm but if you hold the tiller you can. When
we ended the trip I burned a huge amount of fuel, 1 .3 gallons of
fuel I gave the Briggs my best buy in four stroke engines. You
might find a better five horsepower engine but it will cost almost
triple the price. Plus the Briggs and Stratton is made in the USA.
I like the Honda but the Briggs beats the fuel mileage hands down.
I want to build a twenty foot dory with a motor well in it for
fishing the big rainbows on the big Upper Klamath Lake and the
Briggs will power it. I once had a drift boat that had a motor well
and nearly asphyxiated myself with a two stroke motor. The Briggs
will not do that. Go sign up at Duckworks and read Johns Tool
Crib. There are some pictures with the Briggs on the Brick and
using my lawn tractor with it's trailer to launch the Brick. I
almost forgot that I used the Briggs on my Pelican sailboat without
the mast and all unnecessary weight. It made it plane but it is
very light with a flat bottom, 12 feet long. Buy the motor and you
will not be disappointed.
The only other problem is that the company will not warranty the
motor when used in salt water. They don't have any zinc plugs on
it. The engineer is working on a stainless steel model but I bet
with zinc anodes I would run for a long time. It does take in water
to cool the transmission but not the motor head. If any thing
happened to the transmission I do not think the service center could
tell it was in salt water if you pump clean water through it like
you are supposed to anyway with any motor in salt water. I am going
to use this motor for my launch on the bigger boat I will be
building to travel to Mexico with every winter. I will hose the
motor with clean water and have a soluble oil bucket to run the
motor in for a few minutes after each use. I can replace the lower
end since the motor is air cooled. If push comes to shove I think
this little power house could push the boat I sailed down in if the
diesel motor failed and there was no wind.
John Cupp
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, Wesley Cox <inspiredfe@m...> wrote:
> I've given serious thought to the same motor. The price is right,
> especially for B&S and 4 stroke and the power is right for my
needs. My
> concern is the noise of an air cooled outboard. I've read reports
from
> 'they sound like a lawn mower on water' to very quiet and have yet
to
> find a retailer willing to let me hear one running. If you don't
mind,
> can you give your opinion of the noise level relative to a water
cooled
> outboard? Just as quiet? Thanks.
>
> Zack Tiger wrote:
>
> > I just purchased a B&S 5hp outboard to use on my 17'
> > square stern canoe. This may seem like a lot of motor
> > for a canoe, but she is 42" wide, and as stable as a
> > pontoon boat!
> > I love this motor! Light weight, easy starting, very
> > quiet, no mussing with oil mixes, etc., etc. It comes
> > with a 3 gallon fuel tank, and is available in either
> > black finish, or "Marshland Camo". Retail price is
> > $749 for black and $849 for camo.
> > Website is
> >http://www.briggsandstratton.com/display/router.asp?docid=76403
> > The engine is EPA-CARB compliant,for all of us
> > environmentally concerned types, has electronic
> > ignition and is warrantied for two years.
> > Forward/reverse engagement is positive, with no gear
> > clashing. Any local Briggs lawn and garden dealer can
> > get it for you. (It took mine two days to come in, and
> > cost me $995 CDN dollars for the black unit). She
> > starts first rip every time.
> > Thanks,Shawn
> >
> >
> >
> > --- John Spoering <spoering@e...> wrote:
> > > Hi All - -
> > >
> > > The stainless model sounds very interesting -
> > > Anyone know who retails
> > > these B&S outboards ? ? ?
> > >
> > > Aloha - Jack - Florida
> > > > [Original Message]
> > > > From: John Cupp <john@k...>
> > > > To: <bolger@yahoogroups.com>
> > > > Date: 4/1/2005 5:38:50 PM
> > > > Subject: [bolger] Re: Inexpensive ourboard power!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "Chris Stewart"
> > > <stewtone@m...> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > --- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "dvd_godsey"
> > > <dvd_godsey@y...> wrote:
> > > > > >.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > These guys retail for under $400, about the
> > > same price as a good
> > > > > > quality, electric trolling unit and less than
> > > a new 4-stroke
> > > > > > engine.
> > > > >
> > > > > Yes, but the trolling motors are QUIET, and the
> > > 4-strokes aren't much
> > > > > worse. I've never used a Stihl auger, so I don't
> > > know how noisy it
> > > > is,
> > > > > but I used to have a Stihl chain saw, and both a
> > > chain saw and a weed
> > > > > whacker are so noisy that hearing either on what
> > > was a nice quiet
> > > > pond
> > > > > is all that would be needed to plead justifiable
> > > homicide.
> > > > >
> > > > > Chris Stewart
> > > >
> > > > I agree Chris, I have used one of tose machines
> > > and when you rent one
> > > > it is mandatory they have to give you hearing
> > > protection while you use
> > > > it. I just did an article for duckworks not too
> > > long ago about the
> > > > Briggs & Stratton 5 hp outboard. It is quiet and
> > > I used it to push a
> > > > big catalina sailboat as an experiment. The enter
> > > board was down and
> > > > it would pushit at over 6 + knots a little over
> > > half throttle. I hung
> > > > it on my brick and I could plane the Brick with
> > > it. The onl problem
> > > > is that unlike Honda and all the other four stroke
> > > motors it is air
> > > > cooled and does not have a balance countter
> > > rotating shaft to stop
> > > > vibration from the one cylinder. So at full
> > > throtle it vibrates a
> > > > little but at any less speed it is a very nice
> > > motor.
> > > >
> > > > They cameout with their three HP electric motor
> > > and it works about the
> > > > same as the five hp gas engine but no vibration
> > > and about the same
> > > > noise level. I talked with the design engineer on
> > > the outboad projects
> > > > and they are about to introduce a stainless model
> > > for salt water for
> > > > the gas engine. I use it on the lake on a
> > > fourteen foot glass boat and
> > > > rigged a throtel and steering for it with gear
> > > shift so I can drive
> > > > behind the steering wheel and with my wife and I
> > > it barley planes at
> > > > about 8 knots but it is a old heavy glass boat.
> > > On a diablo it would
> > > > haul butt. The day I took the reading with my GPS
> > > it was real choppy
> > > > also.
> > > >
> > > > When they come out with the stainles model for the
> > > ocean I'll buy one
> > > > for a pusher for my boat I am buildng when I sail
> > > to mexico each
> > > > winter. If it can push one of those big catalina
> > > high freboard heavy
> > > > fiberglass boats it should push around a nice
> > > wooden boat with no
> > > > problem
> > > >
> > > > John C.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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I've given serious thought to the same motor. The price is right,
especially for B&S and 4 stroke and the power is right for my needs. My
concern is the noise of an air cooled outboard. I've read reports from
'they sound like a lawn mower on water' to very quiet and have yet to
find a retailer willing to let me hear one running. If you don't mind,
can you give your opinion of the noise level relative to a water cooled
outboard? Just as quiet? Thanks.
Zack Tiger wrote:
especially for B&S and 4 stroke and the power is right for my needs. My
concern is the noise of an air cooled outboard. I've read reports from
'they sound like a lawn mower on water' to very quiet and have yet to
find a retailer willing to let me hear one running. If you don't mind,
can you give your opinion of the noise level relative to a water cooled
outboard? Just as quiet? Thanks.
Zack Tiger wrote:
> I just purchased a B&S 5hp outboard to use on my 17'
> square stern canoe. This may seem like a lot of motor
> for a canoe, but she is 42" wide, and as stable as a
> pontoon boat!
> I love this motor! Light weight, easy starting, very
> quiet, no mussing with oil mixes, etc., etc. It comes
> with a 3 gallon fuel tank, and is available in either
> black finish, or "Marshland Camo". Retail price is
> $749 for black and $849 for camo.
> Website is
>http://www.briggsandstratton.com/display/router.asp?docid=76403
> The engine is EPA-CARB compliant,for all of us
> environmentally concerned types, has electronic
> ignition and is warrantied for two years.
> Forward/reverse engagement is positive, with no gear
> clashing. Any local Briggs lawn and garden dealer can
> get it for you. (It took mine two days to come in, and
> cost me $995 CDN dollars for the black unit). She
> starts first rip every time.
> Thanks,Shawn
>
>
>
> --- John Spoering <spoering@...> wrote:
> > Hi All - -
> >
> > The stainless model sounds very interesting -
> > Anyone know who retails
> > these B&S outboards ? ? ?
> >
> > Aloha - Jack - Florida
> > > [Original Message]
> > > From: John Cupp <john@...>
> > > To: <bolger@yahoogroups.com>
> > > Date: 4/1/2005 5:38:50 PM
> > > Subject: [bolger] Re: Inexpensive ourboard power!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "Chris Stewart"
> > <stewtone@m...> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > --- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "dvd_godsey"
> > <dvd_godsey@y...> wrote:
> > > > >.
> > > > >
> > > > > These guys retail for under $400, about the
> > same price as a good
> > > > > quality, electric trolling unit and less than
> > a new 4-stroke
> > > > > engine.
> > > >
> > > > Yes, but the trolling motors are QUIET, and the
> > 4-strokes aren't much
> > > > worse. I've never used a Stihl auger, so I don't
> > know how noisy it
> > > is,
> > > > but I used to have a Stihl chain saw, and both a
> > chain saw and a weed
> > > > whacker are so noisy that hearing either on what
> > was a nice quiet
> > > pond
> > > > is all that would be needed to plead justifiable
> > homicide.
> > > >
> > > > Chris Stewart
> > >
> > > I agree Chris, I have used one of tose machines
> > and when you rent one
> > > it is mandatory they have to give you hearing
> > protection while you use
> > > it. I just did an article for duckworks not too
> > long ago about the
> > > Briggs & Stratton 5 hp outboard. It is quiet and
> > I used it to push a
> > > big catalina sailboat as an experiment. The enter
> > board was down and
> > > it would pushit at over 6 + knots a little over
> > half throttle. I hung
> > > it on my brick and I could plane the Brick with
> > it. The onl problem
> > > is that unlike Honda and all the other four stroke
> > motors it is air
> > > cooled and does not have a balance countter
> > rotating shaft to stop
> > > vibration from the one cylinder. So at full
> > throtle it vibrates a
> > > little but at any less speed it is a very nice
> > motor.
> > >
> > > They cameout with their three HP electric motor
> > and it works about the
> > > same as the five hp gas engine but no vibration
> > and about the same
> > > noise level. I talked with the design engineer on
> > the outboad projects
> > > and they are about to introduce a stainless model
> > for salt water for
> > > the gas engine. I use it on the lake on a
> > fourteen foot glass boat and
> > > rigged a throtel and steering for it with gear
> > shift so I can drive
> > > behind the steering wheel and with my wife and I
> > it barley planes at
> > > about 8 knots but it is a old heavy glass boat.
> > On a diablo it would
> > > haul butt. The day I took the reading with my GPS
> > it was real choppy
> > > also.
> > >
> > > When they come out with the stainles model for the
> > ocean I'll buy one
> > > for a pusher for my boat I am buildng when I sail
> > to mexico each
> > > winter. If it can push one of those big catalina
> > high freboard heavy
> > > fiberglass boats it should push around a nice
> > wooden boat with no
> > > problem
> > >
> > > John C.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Bolger rules!!!
> > > - no cursing, flaming, trolling, spamming, or
> > flogging dead horses
> > > - stay on topic, stay on thread, punctuate, no
> > 'Ed, thanks, Fred' posts
> > > - Pls add your comments at the TOP, SIGN your
> > posts, and snip away
> > > - Plans: Mr. Philip C. Bolger, P.O. Box 1209,
> > Gloucester, MA, 01930, Fax:
> > (978) 282-1349
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> - stay on topic, stay on thread, punctuate, no 'Ed, thanks, Fred' posts
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I just purchased a B&S 5hp outboard to use on my 17'
square stern canoe. This may seem like a lot of motor
for a canoe, but she is 42" wide, and as stable as a
pontoon boat!
I love this motor! Light weight, easy starting, very
quiet, no mussing with oil mixes, etc., etc. It comes
with a 3 gallon fuel tank, and is available in either
black finish, or "Marshland Camo". Retail price is
$749 for black and $849 for camo.
Website is
http://www.briggsandstratton.com/display/router.asp?docid=76403
The engine is EPA-CARB compliant,for all of us
environmentally concerned types, has electronic
ignition and is warrantied for two years.
Forward/reverse engagement is positive, with no gear
clashing. Any local Briggs lawn and garden dealer can
get it for you. (It took mine two days to come in, and
cost me $995 CDN dollars for the black unit). She
starts first rip every time.
Thanks,Shawn
--- John Spoering <spoering@...> wrote:
Stay connected, organized, and protected. Take the tour:
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square stern canoe. This may seem like a lot of motor
for a canoe, but she is 42" wide, and as stable as a
pontoon boat!
I love this motor! Light weight, easy starting, very
quiet, no mussing with oil mixes, etc., etc. It comes
with a 3 gallon fuel tank, and is available in either
black finish, or "Marshland Camo". Retail price is
$749 for black and $849 for camo.
Website is
http://www.briggsandstratton.com/display/router.asp?docid=76403
The engine is EPA-CARB compliant,for all of us
environmentally concerned types, has electronic
ignition and is warrantied for two years.
Forward/reverse engagement is positive, with no gear
clashing. Any local Briggs lawn and garden dealer can
get it for you. (It took mine two days to come in, and
cost me $995 CDN dollars for the black unit). She
starts first rip every time.
Thanks,Shawn
--- John Spoering <spoering@...> wrote:
> Hi All - -Yahoo! Mail
>
> The stainless model sounds very interesting -
> Anyone know who retails
> these B&S outboards ? ? ?
>
> Aloha - Jack - Florida
> > [Original Message]
> > From: John Cupp <john@...>
> > To: <bolger@yahoogroups.com>
> > Date: 4/1/2005 5:38:50 PM
> > Subject: [bolger] Re: Inexpensive ourboard power!
> >
> >
> >
> > --- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "Chris Stewart"
> <stewtone@m...> wrote:
> > >
> > > --- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "dvd_godsey"
> <dvd_godsey@y...> wrote:
> > > >.
> > > >
> > > > These guys retail for under $400, about the
> same price as a good
> > > > quality, electric trolling unit and less than
> a new 4-stroke
> > > > engine.
> > >
> > > Yes, but the trolling motors are QUIET, and the
> 4-strokes aren't much
> > > worse. I've never used a Stihl auger, so I don't
> know how noisy it
> > is,
> > > but I used to have a Stihl chain saw, and both a
> chain saw and a weed
> > > whacker are so noisy that hearing either on what
> was a nice quiet
> > pond
> > > is all that would be needed to plead justifiable
> homicide.
> > >
> > > Chris Stewart
> >
> > I agree Chris, I have used one of tose machines
> and when you rent one
> > it is mandatory they have to give you hearing
> protection while you use
> > it. I just did an article for duckworks not too
> long ago about the
> > Briggs & Stratton 5 hp outboard. It is quiet and
> I used it to push a
> > big catalina sailboat as an experiment. The enter
> board was down and
> > it would pushit at over 6 + knots a little over
> half throttle. I hung
> > it on my brick and I could plane the Brick with
> it. The onl problem
> > is that unlike Honda and all the other four stroke
> motors it is air
> > cooled and does not have a balance countter
> rotating shaft to stop
> > vibration from the one cylinder. So at full
> throtle it vibrates a
> > little but at any less speed it is a very nice
> motor.
> >
> > They cameout with their three HP electric motor
> and it works about the
> > same as the five hp gas engine but no vibration
> and about the same
> > noise level. I talked with the design engineer on
> the outboad projects
> > and they are about to introduce a stainless model
> for salt water for
> > the gas engine. I use it on the lake on a
> fourteen foot glass boat and
> > rigged a throtel and steering for it with gear
> shift so I can drive
> > behind the steering wheel and with my wife and I
> it barley planes at
> > about 8 knots but it is a old heavy glass boat.
> On a diablo it would
> > haul butt. The day I took the reading with my GPS
> it was real choppy
> > also.
> >
> > When they come out with the stainles model for the
> ocean I'll buy one
> > for a pusher for my boat I am buildng when I sail
> to mexico each
> > winter. If it can push one of those big catalina
> high freboard heavy
> > fiberglass boats it should push around a nice
> wooden boat with no
> > problem
> >
> > John C.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Bolger rules!!!
> > - no cursing, flaming, trolling, spamming, or
> flogging dead horses
> > - stay on topic, stay on thread, punctuate, no
> 'Ed, thanks, Fred' posts
> > - Pls add your comments at the TOP, SIGN your
> posts, and snip away
> > - Plans: Mr. Philip C. Bolger, P.O. Box 1209,
> Gloucester, MA, 01930, Fax:
> (978) 282-1349
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> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
Stay connected, organized, and protected. Take the tour:
http://tour.mail.yahoo.com/mailtour.html
Our local lawnmower shop carries them. I suppose any B&S authorized
agent could get one.
Doug
agent could get one.
Doug
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "John Spoering" <spoering@e...> wrote:
> The stainless model sounds very interesting - Anyone know who
> retails these B&S outboards ? ? ?
Hi All - -
The stainless model sounds very interesting - Anyone know who retails
these B&S outboards ? ? ?
Aloha - Jack - Florida
The stainless model sounds very interesting - Anyone know who retails
these B&S outboards ? ? ?
Aloha - Jack - Florida
> [Original Message](978) 282-1349
> From: John Cupp <john@...>
> To: <bolger@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: 4/1/2005 5:38:50 PM
> Subject: [bolger] Re: Inexpensive ourboard power!
>
>
>
> --- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "Chris Stewart" <stewtone@m...> wrote:
> >
> > --- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "dvd_godsey" <dvd_godsey@y...> wrote:
> > >.
> > >
> > > These guys retail for under $400, about the same price as a good
> > > quality, electric trolling unit and less than a new 4-stroke
> > > engine.
> >
> > Yes, but the trolling motors are QUIET, and the 4-strokes aren't much
> > worse. I've never used a Stihl auger, so I don't know how noisy it
> is,
> > but I used to have a Stihl chain saw, and both a chain saw and a weed
> > whacker are so noisy that hearing either on what was a nice quiet
> pond
> > is all that would be needed to plead justifiable homicide.
> >
> > Chris Stewart
>
> I agree Chris, I have used one of tose machines and when you rent one
> it is mandatory they have to give you hearing protection while you use
> it. I just did an article for duckworks not too long ago about the
> Briggs & Stratton 5 hp outboard. It is quiet and I used it to push a
> big catalina sailboat as an experiment. The enter board was down and
> it would pushit at over 6 + knots a little over half throttle. I hung
> it on my brick and I could plane the Brick with it. The onl problem
> is that unlike Honda and all the other four stroke motors it is air
> cooled and does not have a balance countter rotating shaft to stop
> vibration from the one cylinder. So at full throtle it vibrates a
> little but at any less speed it is a very nice motor.
>
> They cameout with their three HP electric motor and it works about the
> same as the five hp gas engine but no vibration and about the same
> noise level. I talked with the design engineer on the outboad projects
> and they are about to introduce a stainless model for salt water for
> the gas engine. I use it on the lake on a fourteen foot glass boat and
> rigged a throtel and steering for it with gear shift so I can drive
> behind the steering wheel and with my wife and I it barley planes at
> about 8 knots but it is a old heavy glass boat. On a diablo it would
> haul butt. The day I took the reading with my GPS it was real choppy
> also.
>
> When they come out with the stainles model for the ocean I'll buy one
> for a pusher for my boat I am buildng when I sail to mexico each
> winter. If it can push one of those big catalina high freboard heavy
> fiberglass boats it should push around a nice wooden boat with no
> problem
>
> John C.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Bolger rules!!!
> - no cursing, flaming, trolling, spamming, or flogging dead horses
> - stay on topic, stay on thread, punctuate, no 'Ed, thanks, Fred' posts
> - Pls add your comments at the TOP, SIGN your posts, and snip away
> - Plans: Mr. Philip C. Bolger, P.O. Box 1209, Gloucester, MA, 01930, Fax:
> - Unsubscribe:bolger-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
> - Open discussion:bolger_coffee_lounge-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
John Cupp wrote:
exhorbitant. I need a small motor for my little Freedom. Clyde
>John, I'm glad to hear about the stainless model Briggs. Hope it is not
> --- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "Chris Stewart" <stewtone@m...> wrote:
> >
exhorbitant. I need a small motor for my little Freedom. Clyde
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "Chris Stewart" <stewtone@m...> wrote:
it is mandatory they have to give you hearing protection while you use
it. I just did an article for duckworks not too long ago about the
Briggs & Stratton 5 hp outboard. It is quiet and I used it to push a
big catalina sailboat as an experiment. The enter board was down and
it would pushit at over 6 + knots a little over half throttle. I hung
it on my brick and I could plane the Brick with it. The onl problem
is that unlike Honda and all the other four stroke motors it is air
cooled and does not have a balance countter rotating shaft to stop
vibration from the one cylinder. So at full throtle it vibrates a
little but at any less speed it is a very nice motor.
They cameout with their three HP electric motor and it works about the
same as the five hp gas engine but no vibration and about the same
noise level. I talked with the design engineer on the outboad projects
and they are about to introduce a stainless model for salt water for
the gas engine. I use it on the lake on a fourteen foot glass boat and
rigged a throtel and steering for it with gear shift so I can drive
behind the steering wheel and with my wife and I it barley planes at
about 8 knots but it is a old heavy glass boat. On a diablo it would
haul butt. The day I took the reading with my GPS it was real choppy
also.
When they come out with the stainles model for the ocean I'll buy one
for a pusher for my boat I am buildng when I sail to mexico each
winter. If it can push one of those big catalina high freboard heavy
fiberglass boats it should push around a nice wooden boat with no
problem
John C.
>is,
> --- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "dvd_godsey" <dvd_godsey@y...> wrote:
> >.
> >
> > These guys retail for under $400, about the same price as a good
> > quality, electric trolling unit and less than a new 4-stroke
> > engine.
>
> Yes, but the trolling motors are QUIET, and the 4-strokes aren't much
> worse. I've never used a Stihl auger, so I don't know how noisy it
> but I used to have a Stihl chain saw, and both a chain saw and a weedpond
> whacker are so noisy that hearing either on what was a nice quiet
> is all that would be needed to plead justifiable homicide.I agree Chris, I have used one of tose machines and when you rent one
>
> Chris Stewart
it is mandatory they have to give you hearing protection while you use
it. I just did an article for duckworks not too long ago about the
Briggs & Stratton 5 hp outboard. It is quiet and I used it to push a
big catalina sailboat as an experiment. The enter board was down and
it would pushit at over 6 + knots a little over half throttle. I hung
it on my brick and I could plane the Brick with it. The onl problem
is that unlike Honda and all the other four stroke motors it is air
cooled and does not have a balance countter rotating shaft to stop
vibration from the one cylinder. So at full throtle it vibrates a
little but at any less speed it is a very nice motor.
They cameout with their three HP electric motor and it works about the
same as the five hp gas engine but no vibration and about the same
noise level. I talked with the design engineer on the outboad projects
and they are about to introduce a stainless model for salt water for
the gas engine. I use it on the lake on a fourteen foot glass boat and
rigged a throtel and steering for it with gear shift so I can drive
behind the steering wheel and with my wife and I it barley planes at
about 8 knots but it is a old heavy glass boat. On a diablo it would
haul butt. The day I took the reading with my GPS it was real choppy
also.
When they come out with the stainles model for the ocean I'll buy one
for a pusher for my boat I am buildng when I sail to mexico each
winter. If it can push one of those big catalina high freboard heavy
fiberglass boats it should push around a nice wooden boat with no
problem
John C.
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "Chris Stewart" <stewtone@m...> wrote:
it is mandatory they have to give you hearing protection while you use
it. I just did an article for duckworks not too long ago about the
Briggs & Stratton 5 hp outboard. It is quiet and I used it to push a
big catalina sailboat as an experiment. The enter board was down and
it would pushit at over 6 + knots a little over half throttle. I hung
it on my brick and I could plane the Brick with it. The onl problem
is that unlike Honda and all the other four stroke motors it is air
cooled and does not have a balance countter rotating shaft to stop
vibration from the one cylinder. So at full throtle it vibrates a
little but at any less speed it is a very nice motor.
They cameout with their three HP electric motor and it works about the
same as the five hp gas engine but no vibration and about the same
noise level. I talked with the design engineer on the outboad projects
and they are about to introduce a stainless model for salt water for
the gas engine. I use it on the lake on a fourteen foot glass boat and
rigged a throtel and steering for it with gear shift so I can drive
behind the steering wheel and with my wife and I it barley planes at
about 8 knots but it is a old heavy glass boat. On a diablo it would
haul butt. The day I took the reading with my GPS it was real choppy
also.
When they come out with the stainles model for the ocean I'll buy one
for a pusher for my boat I am buildng when I sail to mexico each
winter. If it can push one of those big catalina high freboard heavy
fiberglass boats it should push around a nice wooden boat with no
problem
John C.
>is,
> --- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "dvd_godsey" <dvd_godsey@y...> wrote:
> >.
> >
> > These guys retail for under $400, about the same price as a good
> > quality, electric trolling unit and less than a new 4-stroke
> > engine.
>
> Yes, but the trolling motors are QUIET, and the 4-strokes aren't much
> worse. I've never used a Stihl auger, so I don't know how noisy it
> but I used to have a Stihl chain saw, and both a chain saw and a weedpond
> whacker are so noisy that hearing either on what was a nice quiet
> is all that would be needed to plead justifiable homicide.I agree Chris, I have used one of tose machines and when you rent one
>
> Chris Stewart
it is mandatory they have to give you hearing protection while you use
it. I just did an article for duckworks not too long ago about the
Briggs & Stratton 5 hp outboard. It is quiet and I used it to push a
big catalina sailboat as an experiment. The enter board was down and
it would pushit at over 6 + knots a little over half throttle. I hung
it on my brick and I could plane the Brick with it. The onl problem
is that unlike Honda and all the other four stroke motors it is air
cooled and does not have a balance countter rotating shaft to stop
vibration from the one cylinder. So at full throtle it vibrates a
little but at any less speed it is a very nice motor.
They cameout with their three HP electric motor and it works about the
same as the five hp gas engine but no vibration and about the same
noise level. I talked with the design engineer on the outboad projects
and they are about to introduce a stainless model for salt water for
the gas engine. I use it on the lake on a fourteen foot glass boat and
rigged a throtel and steering for it with gear shift so I can drive
behind the steering wheel and with my wife and I it barley planes at
about 8 knots but it is a old heavy glass boat. On a diablo it would
haul butt. The day I took the reading with my GPS it was real choppy
also.
When they come out with the stainles model for the ocean I'll buy one
for a pusher for my boat I am buildng when I sail to mexico each
winter. If it can push one of those big catalina high freboard heavy
fiberglass boats it should push around a nice wooden boat with no
problem
John C.
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "dvd_godsey" <dvd_godsey@y...> wrote:
worse. I've never used a Stihl auger, so I don't know how noisy it is,
but I used to have a Stihl chain saw, and both a chain saw and a weed
whacker are so noisy that hearing either on what was a nice quiet pond
is all that would be needed to plead justifiable homicide.
Chris Stewart
>.Yes, but the trolling motors are QUIET, and the 4-strokes aren't much
>
> These guys retail for under $400, about the same price as a good
> quality, electric trolling unit and less than a new 4-stroke
> engine.
worse. I've never used a Stihl auger, so I don't know how noisy it is,
but I used to have a Stihl chain saw, and both a chain saw and a weed
whacker are so noisy that hearing either on what was a nice quiet pond
is all that would be needed to plead justifiable homicide.
Chris Stewart
I acquired the new Stihl, Model BT45 one man auger for my employer
about a year ago. As part of my more recent mastications on a home
built boat (Bolger or Selway-Fisher), I have been thinking about
auxilary power and horrified by the prices for motors.
Then, in a sudden flash about the obvious, it occurred to me, "Gee,
I wonder if the Stihl would do the job?" followed immediately by a
"Duh" and "Yes". Picture a weed-whacker with gear box and hard
shaft.
These guys retail for under $400, about the same price as a good
quality, electric trolling unit and less than a new 4-stroke
engine.
Here is why I will probably go this way:
1. They are incredibly light, a guy can set one in a yoke for use
and stow it as needed. I can pick it up with one-hand and put it on
my shoulder, even the gals lug it around with no problem. The
handle mount is a perfect spot for a yoke.
2. No more motor hanging off the stern and uglying-up your nice
sailboat.
3. It has two forward speeds, neutral and reverse. The higher 2nd
gear is too fast for augering but ideal for boat use.
3. The coarse-threaded, standard shaft means you can put whatever
length needed to suit your application. Solid bar stock would make
it prop heavy but aluminum pipe should do the job. Pinning the shaft
would keep it from unthreading itself if you struck an object while
in reverse.
4. Centrifigal clutch is another plus except it
doesn't turn when idling. Locking up the clutch would solve this
but I like the safety feature.
5. Small enough to pack-up and take home so it doesn't grow legs and
walk off your boat.
The tank is rather small so you wouln't want to use it for extended
periods as tho' it were a real outboard but for maneuvering, it
should be ideal. You could even hand-hold it over the side, mid-
hull, to move laterally. Take it forward and, BINGO, instant bow-
thruster.
Google on "Stihl and auger" for more info or visit a local Stihl
dealer. Call dealers first, not too many places keep them on-
hand.
One last note, you can also use it as an auger to set posts for that
new boat building shop! What a concept. There are two, very minor
maintenance issues to be aware of, interested parties can inquire
via posting or email.
I'll answer questions that come my way, the auger and I are fast
friends since it gets a lot of use.
Dave Godsey, Nehalem, OR
about a year ago. As part of my more recent mastications on a home
built boat (Bolger or Selway-Fisher), I have been thinking about
auxilary power and horrified by the prices for motors.
Then, in a sudden flash about the obvious, it occurred to me, "Gee,
I wonder if the Stihl would do the job?" followed immediately by a
"Duh" and "Yes". Picture a weed-whacker with gear box and hard
shaft.
These guys retail for under $400, about the same price as a good
quality, electric trolling unit and less than a new 4-stroke
engine.
Here is why I will probably go this way:
1. They are incredibly light, a guy can set one in a yoke for use
and stow it as needed. I can pick it up with one-hand and put it on
my shoulder, even the gals lug it around with no problem. The
handle mount is a perfect spot for a yoke.
2. No more motor hanging off the stern and uglying-up your nice
sailboat.
3. It has two forward speeds, neutral and reverse. The higher 2nd
gear is too fast for augering but ideal for boat use.
3. The coarse-threaded, standard shaft means you can put whatever
length needed to suit your application. Solid bar stock would make
it prop heavy but aluminum pipe should do the job. Pinning the shaft
would keep it from unthreading itself if you struck an object while
in reverse.
4. Centrifigal clutch is another plus except it
doesn't turn when idling. Locking up the clutch would solve this
but I like the safety feature.
5. Small enough to pack-up and take home so it doesn't grow legs and
walk off your boat.
The tank is rather small so you wouln't want to use it for extended
periods as tho' it were a real outboard but for maneuvering, it
should be ideal. You could even hand-hold it over the side, mid-
hull, to move laterally. Take it forward and, BINGO, instant bow-
thruster.
Google on "Stihl and auger" for more info or visit a local Stihl
dealer. Call dealers first, not too many places keep them on-
hand.
One last note, you can also use it as an auger to set posts for that
new boat building shop! What a concept. There are two, very minor
maintenance issues to be aware of, interested parties can inquire
via posting or email.
I'll answer questions that come my way, the auger and I are fast
friends since it gets a lot of use.
Dave Godsey, Nehalem, OR