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Why is it that saltwater guys hate mercury
Posted on 6/18/13 at 1:44 pm
Posted on 6/18/13 at 1:44 pm
but bass guys love them?
I don't get it.
I don't get it.
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Posted on 6/18/13 at 1:45 pm to Boats n Hose
cause they go really fast.
Posted on 6/18/13 at 1:48 pm to Boats n Hose
Ignorance and irrational brand loyalty to something else.
Posted on 6/18/13 at 1:48 pm to Boats n Hose
In my experience, they seem to have a fear of water.
Posted on 6/18/13 at 1:51 pm to Boats n Hose
Mercury makes my pee pee glow in the dark..
Posted on 6/18/13 at 1:52 pm to Boats n Hose
I wanna go fast
Posted on 6/18/13 at 1:53 pm to Boats n Hose
In my experiences they haven't come close to holding up like our yamahammas have. Jmo.
Posted on 6/18/13 at 1:53 pm to Boats n Hose
I have a SW Mercury and have zero complaints about it. It is a carbuerated 1998 150 hp. Always starts, alarm never goes off, always gets me home
Posted on 6/18/13 at 1:53 pm to Boats n Hose
They aren't a big fan of irony from what I hear.
Posted on 6/18/13 at 1:54 pm to Boats n Hose
Fresh water guys like RPMs
Salt water guys like reliability.
Ford guys like comfort
Chevy guys like getting shite done
Salt water guys like reliability.
Ford guys like comfort
Chevy guys like getting shite done
This post was edited on 6/18/13 at 1:56 pm
Posted on 6/18/13 at 1:55 pm to Boats n Hose
I have wondered this as well....until about a year ago, I saw 4 300 Verados on the floor in a buddy's shop- they were almost new. He said they came off of 2 workboats and were already "burned up"....whatever that means.
Claimed the Yamaha reliability was much better in their application
Claimed the Yamaha reliability was much better in their application
Posted on 6/18/13 at 1:59 pm to Boats n Hose
our Yamaha >>>>>>>>>>>> our Mercury
black anchors, mannnn
black anchors, mannnn
Posted on 6/18/13 at 3:04 pm to Boats n Hose
Saltwater (mainly offshore) engines have to be reliable enough to run for 36-48 hours straight while you're 120 miles offshore
Posted on 6/18/13 at 3:28 pm to Boats n Hose
quote:
saltwater guys hate mercury
if it isn't overpriced, and it runs, we like them
stickers don't matter
Posted on 6/18/13 at 5:35 pm to Boats n Hose
Seems like most of the manufacturers prefer Yamaha also. Suzuki is underrated BTW.
Posted on 6/19/13 at 7:47 am to Boats n Hose
Thanks for scaring me with my Merc. Its a 05 Opitimax. Got around 100 hours on it, I guess I didn't run it enough to have problems.
It runs pretty good.
It runs pretty good.
Posted on 6/19/13 at 10:22 am to Boats n Hose
I have never had much trouble with mercury outboards. My grand pa and dad would only use them. Only other outboard i have owned was a tohatsu and that damn thing was near indestructible.
Posted on 6/19/13 at 11:13 am to Boats n Hose
Always heard great things about Yamaha as far as reliability. So imagine my confusion when I kept hearing of my agency having to get motors fixed on their boats. Finally figured out the issue one day when I say exactly what was going on. Fella driving the boat in reverse while dragging for a body and only one blade from the prop was hitting the water at a time and not a drop coming out the pisser
Posted on 6/19/13 at 11:19 am to Boats n Hose
Brand loyalty in boat motors is as bad as it is with truck mfgr. It's always been this way. Years ago, Mercury-Evinrude was the boating equivalent of Ford-Chevy..
Posted on 6/19/13 at 2:00 pm to Boats n Hose
Late bump, but he's my take on it.
Saltwater fishermen need their boats to go longer distances and handle tougher conditions. Freshwater fishmen are generally in a much smaller size of water, and it's not going to be nearly as rough. So it comes down to what engine can handle the pressue the longest? I don't think there is anything wrong with Merc's, although I don't own one, I believe it's more to do with the support we have around to fix the others.
Saltwater fishermen need their boats to go longer distances and handle tougher conditions. Freshwater fishmen are generally in a much smaller size of water, and it's not going to be nearly as rough. So it comes down to what engine can handle the pressue the longest? I don't think there is anything wrong with Merc's, although I don't own one, I believe it's more to do with the support we have around to fix the others.
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