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| G3 1860 with a 65 yamaha jet...Should be able to get up and down my river pretty good in it. Anyone have any input here? I've never looked at river boats before. |
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Location: On the X that marks the mucky spot | Depends on where you're going to go. If you're in an area that has a lot of nasty stuff that could hang you up you may want to go shorter. If you're running a lot of nasty water you may want to look at a roughneck or a riverpro style that has a stronger hull. Also remember jets have about 75% the power that a prop does so an 18' boat with a 65 would really be closer to a 50-. |
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Location: Mayville, WI | From extenisve work hours in a 1960 g3, all the weight is in the back and it will be very light in the bow and sucks in wind (2007 model here). Its a deeper boat and higher gunnel compared to a roughneck, but a 60hp prop pushes our boat great. The layout is ok.
After even more extensive work hours in an 1860 lowe roughneck, i'd chose that any day over the g3. Still a bit bow light, but lower sides and gunnel make it a really nice boat to fish from (after work, of course). The layout is better too and it powers well with a 60hp propped 4-stroke.
Durability is a wash between the two and both can run is some pretty skinny water, slight edge to lowe due to shorter time to plane
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| Muskie Treats - 11/8/2012 7:18 PM
Depends on where you're going to go. If you're in an area that has a lot of nasty stuff that could hang you up you may want to go shorter. If you're running a lot of nasty water you may want to look at a roughneck or a riverpro style that has a stronger hull. Also remember jets have about 75% the power that a prop does so an 18' boat with a 65 would really be closer to a 50-.
It's a 90/65 jet. So 65 is plenty of power for me. I'm assuming the lowes run about the same $ as the g3s? The hull is the same thickness on the lowe as the g3 as well.
Edited by greenstealth 11/9/2012 7:34 AM
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| I have a 2012 16foot G3 center console, tunnel hull/40Yammaha jet. I have some extra weight vs stock, Maxxum bow mount w/2 extra batteries, Power Pole, and onboard charger. It is an insanely fun boat, fish's two very well, runs super skinny water (3-4") at about 25mph top end...a bit faster with one onboard. Floating it draws about 8". Driving it in the skinny rough stuff is the best part of the day.
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Location: Mayville, WI | Correction: use a 1966 g3
Looking new or used?
bturg: did they put forward battery storage in newer models? All battery storage on ours is in the rear. Sounds like a fun rig!
Edited by scmuskies 11/8/2012 9:35 PM
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Location: Kronenwetter, WI | Get one of these! River Pro...insane shallow access.
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=hNP2RURdHVk&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv...
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| "bturg: did they put forward battery storage in newer models? All battery storage on ours is in the rear. Sounds like a fun rig!"
Starting battery is in the rear, Bow mounts are under the center console. |
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| scmuskies - 11/8/2012 8:02 PM
From extenisve work hours in a 1960 g3, all the weight is in the back and it will be very light in the bow and sucks in wind (2007 model here). Its a deeper boat and higher gunnel compared to a roughneck, but a 60hp prop pushes our boat great. The layout is ok.
After even more extensive work hours in an 1860 lowe roughneck, i'd chose that any day over the g3. Still a bit bow light, but lower sides and gunnel make it a really nice boat to fish from (after work, of course). The layout is better too and it powers well with a 60hp propped 4-stroke.
Durability is a wash between the two and both can run is some pretty skinny water, slight edge to lowe due to shorter time to plane
I checked out the 1966, you are right, too much weight in the back. The 1860 had the console moved moved forward and the fuel tank in front of it so it shouldn't be as bad as the 1966 as far as weight distribution.
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| I have a Lowe roughneck 1760 with a 90/65 jet drive tunnel hull, great boat runs shallow as hell, have a 80lb terrova with the 24 v mounted up from under the deck,starting battery n gas tank in back very well balanced,I test drive a g3 to heavy to me, also drove in a river pro that's the cats meow but way to expensive, all depends on what you wanna spend an what your looking for |
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Location: River | I have a 2006 1860 SeaArk Skimmer with a 60/45 Merc. With 2 people plus gear I get around 30mph. The 24V batteries are located under the front casting deck and cranking battery is in the rear. My boat gets on plane very fast and doesnt skip much at all on hard turns. My local river is mostly gravel bottom and I not afraid to run in 4 or 5 inches n spots.
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| Well, I found a 2007 g3 1860 ccj deluxe with the 90/65 with 20 hours on it. The price is a lot easier to swallow than new. I think I'm going to get it. |
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Location: Mayville, WI | That'll be a great rig! |
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Location: IGH Minnesota | My buddy and I started in a Lowe roughneck tunnel with 60/40 merc. This boat cavitated quite bad in very marginal chop and during hard turns to the right.... tried many things to correct the cavitation issue but never fully resolved it.
I bought the 2012 G3 1860 ccj 90/65 last year and it's a dream. The counsel is now forward, the TM batteries are in the front so the back heavy bouncing effect on the older modles has been corrected and I have had zero cavitation issues. I can make quite long runs in just over ankle deep water with this boat and it drafts around 7 inches on the float. 32MPH is the highest speed I've gotten out of this boat.
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| I have a 2007 G3 1860 cc tunnel jet 115/80 Yamaha, no problems, runs in skinny water, priced in my range. Both boat and motor have been problem free. Perfect for 2 or three people. |
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| This a pretty nice boat and there are plenty of videos on U-Tube about them....Plenty of power too!...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdRLf9xAdTc&feature=player_embedded
http://www.sj-x.com/2170.html
Here's another site with more info about their boats.....http://www.compeaus.com/sp_megajon.html....Click the link about boats and have at it.
They have some sharp looking color combinations too.
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Thinking about buying a river boat