Hours

lawdog2131 · Posted: Mar 09, 2009 6:38 pm Post subject: Hours

For starters let me begin by saying that I am not mechanically inclined. With that being said how many hours would be too many hours on a boat motor? I've seen some good deals in my area and alot of the major differnces are the amount of hours.

Zach2orJack · Soul Rider Joined: 14 Aug 2008 Posts: 255 City: Haleyville

It depends. I've been shopping boats for the last three or four months. Do you want something that will have good resale value or something that is cheap. If it was well maintained the motor can last for 2000 hours or more. I'm not an expert but I have read a lot about them lately. Very Happy

sandm · Outlaw Joined: 12 Jan 2008 Posts: 141

I, personally would rather buy a 4 year old boat with 200 hrs than one with 25. all the rubber seals and gaskets need to be used or they dry up and leak. as long as the prior owner takes care of it, 2-3000 hrs should be good. when we were shopping, boat location can dictate hours useage as well. southern owned boats typically had more hours than northern boats, but we found out west, 100 hrs/yr seemed to be the average that we saw.

there are also all kinds of tricks to keep them down. as a noob, we didn't learn until our 3rd time out to always turn off the motor every time you stop to do something. we left it idling the first 2 times and over the course of a year, the time can add up.