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<blockquote data-quote="shorthairsrus" data-source="post: 209259" data-attributes="member: 219"><p><span style="color: #333333"><em>In talking with guides down in Florida, they were running mostly Yamaha and Suzuki motors. Although, the guys that took us out on the deep water were running Mercs. The 200 hp, 2015 Suzuki had over 1800 hours on it already, and the twin 2015 Merc 150s (all 4-S) had around 1200. They universally disliked the Evinrudes, which I thought was interesting. </em></span><strong><u><span style="color: #ff8c00">In their opinion, ETECs are made for the recreational crowd, not for daily work where you get lots of hours in a short amount of time.</span></u></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Makes the 150-250 hours I put on my outboards a year seem trivial.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong>Wild - - i wouldnt get to worked up on the comment that was made ---if i would of been Allen i would told em - i have had a merc blow up for no reason and seen what those offshore boys would of said. Again -- when trying to see what works best and what a guy can find parts --in poor countrys what they are running -- Yamaha. What does everybody use in US - merc - why because everybody sells them -- doesnt indicate quality though. I am not beating a drum for Etec either ------- Etec -- i imo more driven to what you want to do with the outboard ---- perfect for jobs like pulling, toons. Remember that show bottom feeders -- they used etecs to pull those nets. I know the shop i used -- they had i think minnow guys using them MN -- i asked how many hours on one of em --- the shop owner looked over and said 4k. The motor looked so baked with barnicles and scum on it -- i wouldnt of thought it would run. Shop owner said all they had done was the normals plugs, water pump, filters - nothing on the computer report. </p><p></p><p>With any outboard -- not running them and our shty weather / winter and a ANTI FREEDOM LAW OF FORCING ETHANOL DOWN ONES FUEL PIPE is more of an issue than hours. You really do not know when you pull up to a pump if the sign is correct or not -- i wonder how many times they dump in the E fuel in the no E tank. </p><p></p><p>NDGF - had a boat on the MO with an etec - I didnt even look at the last warden that checked me what he had. The only reason i remember that MO one is that i asked him how it had been - he said no issues.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shorthairsrus, post: 209259, member: 219"] [COLOR=#333333][I]In talking with guides down in Florida, they were running mostly Yamaha and Suzuki motors. Although, the guys that took us out on the deep water were running Mercs. The 200 hp, 2015 Suzuki had over 1800 hours on it already, and the twin 2015 Merc 150s (all 4-S) had around 1200. They universally disliked the Evinrudes, which I thought was interesting. [/I][/COLOR][B][U][COLOR=#ff8c00]In their opinion, ETECs are made for the recreational crowd, not for daily work where you get lots of hours in a short amount of time.[/COLOR][/U] Makes the 150-250 hours I put on my outboards a year seem trivial. [/B]Wild - - i wouldnt get to worked up on the comment that was made ---if i would of been Allen i would told em - i have had a merc blow up for no reason and seen what those offshore boys would of said. Again -- when trying to see what works best and what a guy can find parts --in poor countrys what they are running -- Yamaha. What does everybody use in US - merc - why because everybody sells them -- doesnt indicate quality though. I am not beating a drum for Etec either ------- Etec -- i imo more driven to what you want to do with the outboard ---- perfect for jobs like pulling, toons. Remember that show bottom feeders -- they used etecs to pull those nets. I know the shop i used -- they had i think minnow guys using them MN -- i asked how many hours on one of em --- the shop owner looked over and said 4k. The motor looked so baked with barnicles and scum on it -- i wouldnt of thought it would run. Shop owner said all they had done was the normals plugs, water pump, filters - nothing on the computer report. With any outboard -- not running them and our shty weather / winter and a ANTI FREEDOM LAW OF FORCING ETHANOL DOWN ONES FUEL PIPE is more of an issue than hours. You really do not know when you pull up to a pump if the sign is correct or not -- i wonder how many times they dump in the E fuel in the no E tank. NDGF - had a boat on the MO with an etec - I didnt even look at the last warden that checked me what he had. The only reason i remember that MO one is that i asked him how it had been - he said no issues. [/QUOTE]
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