Would you..
...carry 4 or 5 gallons of gasoline in a Berg long run fuel tank (boat gas tank) in the basement of a TC? In a plastic tub? With an old style closable vent on the tank cap? I haven't done it yet, but...
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TxGearhead wrote:Geewizard wrote:
No advice on gas tanks for you. (I use steel NATO cans in carriers mounted on the back wall of the camper).
BUT.....this is the first time I've seen another Go-Devil 35hp Surface Drive owner on this forum. I had one for quite a few years in Alaska and loved it. I had mine on a Lowe 18x48 jon boat with a roll bar.
I wanted one for years. Tried to buy a long tail from a co-worker duck hunting buddy but he wasn't interested in selling. So I bought a new one. I originally had a 23 HP longtail. But after bouncing off the docks and fighting it to get back on trailer, I sold it and bought the new 35HP surface drive. I don't know how much longer I'll keep it though. I got it to get back to duck hunting and chasing redfish in the marsh with my son. Now he has 2 babies and is working a lot of hours. I'm a bit tired of the "workout" operating it all day anyway! LOL I'm thinking just for me an outboard would work fine. I'm looking at Alweld tunnel with maybe a 40-50HP. I want something for relatively shallow water that is a bit too shallow for my bay boat.
Did you run yours with a rock guard? My perception is Alaska has rocky rivers.
I started with an 18hp longtail then went to a 23hp longtail and then bought one of the first 35hp Surface Drives, all on my 18x48 Lowe jon boat. I didn't have the rock guard on any of them. I ran my Go-Devil in the Chena, Tanana, Yukon, and Wood rivers near Fairbanks, and on the North Slope, the Sagavanirktok/Ivishak rivers. The last two had rocks but they weren't much of a problem. The Interior AK rivers were mostly silt and gravel.
