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You are a brave man running a 40+ year old motor out there in winter conditions..
I'd rather run a well maintained 40 yr old motor than a poorly maintained 10 yr old motor.New impeller, if it's been in there for good number of years.Fresh gas mixMaybe a new plugGood to go.
Three guys, one lab, dozen decoys, and a beat to hell eight horse on a sears twelve footer has killed its fair share of greenheads on the rivers the past three years. Granted, we have had to walk it up river a few times, but we get it done. I agree you should test your setup as light as possible then work up to find your limitations.
Quote from: Gamehunter034 on August 11, 2013, 10:27:57 PMQuote from: h2ofowlr on August 11, 2013, 09:56:47 PMThe 10 hp will be fine on that river. We use one all the time with a 9.9. Many guys will use 6hp on up. Just watch the tides, don't over load the boat and you will be fine. The Livingston boats are very stable and will work. That 10 hp should push that boat between 15mph - 22mph possibly faster. The 9.9 pushes us at about 26 mph with no gear.Something must be wrong with my 10 cuz it does not feel like it moves that fast at all Regardless after I do the repair on my 20 I'll feel better running that forsure! And I agree on the tides definitely wanna watch those and take it easy on the low tides. Are you running that 9.9 on an aluminum I take it?Livingston's are fairly heavy. Must have been something wrong with the 9.9 on my old Livingston too then.....I had a 13' Livingston and fished out of it every day in the summers when I was in high school then every weekend while in college. It had a 9.9 Johnson on it until that got stolen off of it, then replaced with a 20 hp Evinrude. The 20 hp was a lot nicer motor to have on there. If it rained a lot and the inside of boat got a lot of water inside, I could get on plane with the 20 hp and pull the plugs and drain the water out; couldn't do that with the 9.9 (except maybe if I was alone).I duck hunted on the Columbia River with one other guy, a lab, and probably 3 dozen decoys.........but I didn't do that when it had the 9.9 hp on it. 20 hp was really good on that boat, the 9.9 was really only ok when I was alone. I really doubt the 10hp will get that boat on plane with 2 people, a lab, and decoys. Now, I don't know anything about the Stilly/Skagit rivers, but I can say that if there is much current at all and if there is much wind and/or rain, I wouldn't want to risk trying it with only a 9.9 (except maybe if you are alone it might be enough motor).It's been over 25 years since I ran that old Livingston with the 9.9, but if my memory serves me right, it was difficult to get on plane with the 9.9 and another guy and a bunch of fishing gear.......
Quote from: h2ofowlr on August 11, 2013, 09:56:47 PMThe 10 hp will be fine on that river. We use one all the time with a 9.9. Many guys will use 6hp on up. Just watch the tides, don't over load the boat and you will be fine. The Livingston boats are very stable and will work. That 10 hp should push that boat between 15mph - 22mph possibly faster. The 9.9 pushes us at about 26 mph with no gear.Something must be wrong with my 10 cuz it does not feel like it moves that fast at all Regardless after I do the repair on my 20 I'll feel better running that forsure! And I agree on the tides definitely wanna watch those and take it easy on the low tides. Are you running that 9.9 on an aluminum I take it?
The 10 hp will be fine on that river. We use one all the time with a 9.9. Many guys will use 6hp on up. Just watch the tides, don't over load the boat and you will be fine. The Livingston boats are very stable and will work. That 10 hp should push that boat between 15mph - 22mph possibly faster. The 9.9 pushes us at about 26 mph with no gear.
