Will This Engine Push My Boat?

[@GMAC84]

It's like someone was trying to make the most annoying boat motor possible. Imagine trying to fish early one morning and hearing that thing drive by you.

[@rts3613]

Drive by and drive by and drive by. You can drift faster than that thing.

[@burke6176]

Hahahhaha oh man I'd b rotted and laughing at the same time

[@streetsafari0]

They succeeded.

[@robertraft]

who cares, barges in the harbor are louder than that.

[@stantoups8119]

HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT OF PUTTING YOUR LITTLE MOTER ON A SMALLER JOHN BOAT ? MABY a 10 footer . ( just saying)

[@TrentPierceProjects]

When you order an airboat from wish

[@balsamicvin9935]

lol

[@lethargicstove2024]

Petition to make him paint his John boat

[@jacksonedwards4870]

Fianaly

[@thomasjohnson1664]

Signed

[@notn2u535]

Done

[@cooperleonard6105]

Petition to get him to stop making videos

[@warriorsfan1602]

Signed....from New Zealand lol

[@TheGoodoftheLand]

Usually don't binge watch other youtubers but over the past month I have watched almost all of your videos. Glad to see a new one today! Love the work you do. Keep it up!

[@waynep343]

by the way.. those were used by fire departments to blow into the front of a house on fire after some windows are broken in the sides or back of the house.. it blows the smoke, heat and flames away from the front entrance so the firemen can make access and search much faster.. in multi story buildings they set up vent vans blowing into the first floor stairwells to give positive pressure to the stairwells so any doors above them has air moving out of the stair well ... allowing the fire fighters to go up the stairs without needing to use their air packs.. single blade versions are still available from some companies.. multi blade versions are the norm now.. and there are some creative almost jet engine turbine fan blade type versions that direct air flow out of a ring of slots.. so they get a much higher velocity.. if you set up the exhaust with a long exhaust flex tube.. those come in so handy on super hot days just keeping the air flowing where your working.. think of sanding a hull... no breeze.. start the gas powered fan.. have a nice breeze blowing.. keeping you cooler and blowing the dust away. the air movement can also be used to blow skeeters away from your work area..

[@thomasstubbs2624]

I had to make sure you weren't lying or mistaken. It seems dumb to funnel more oxygen onto the fire. But after some research it looks like this method (PPV) is used to get to the main source of the fire to neutralize. Done wrong and it would do what I was assuming and just make the fire worse.

[@user-op1tq9ur3t]

I think your gonna need a BIGGER FAN! 😆

[@Fireship1]

G James or a smaller boat!

[@RichardAmmo1]

Fireship1 A larger fan and possibly lower it on the transom, so when it is spinning it can push against the water. I don’t know if it will work better or not; but it’s worth a try!

[@lindaharding1548]

@@RichardAmmo1 lol good 1

[@jasonscott5101]

Or a smaller boat

[@dontgetlippy9436]

needs a bigger prop(or more pitch), motor revs way to high which means theres alot of power not being used

[@integr8er66]

Pitch doesn't make you go faster, horsepower does. The engine is not over reving so its not under pitched.

[@danielmcbride4828]

@@integr8er66 pitch will certainly make it go faster I just like on a boat prop I gained nine miles an hour from changing the pitch on my prop

[@integr8er66]

@@danielmcbride4828 then your boat engine was seriously over reving with the first prop. A boat will go its fastest when it runs wide open throttle at the peak of its horsepower curve, if it is running at that point and you add pitch it will fall below that point and go slower, not to mention damage the engine.

[@danielmcbride4828]

@@integr8er66 I'm not sure if the guy added pitch to my boat prop or took pitch away I don't know I know he changed it

[@danielmcbride4828]

@@integr8er66 oh yeah and I change from an aluminum prop to a stainless prop

[@rsz2001]

A fart could push the boat faster.

[@mrnhl3080]

So basically it’s a lawn mower engine with a fan attached.

[@offwithhishead2556]

I think that's the original blade.

[@duckman5849]

Wow how smart you are ! I sure hope you didn't waste money on college

[@darrellcook8253]

And a bludgeon for the air paddle. Bet that prop is eighty percent inefficiant. And too small for six hp.

[@monotheis6889]

Lawnmowers have vertical shafts

[@k33li0]

This would be the right engine for the wheel barrow!

[@WayneTheBoatGuy]

Did that thing really just start right up??? I’ll be dipped. My freakin 5 year old lawn mower doesn’t fire at all if it’s been sitting for a month! What a fun little thing!

[@MsJon52]

brilliant bit of shallow water kit, now try one with a 10hp two stroke and a four blade carbon fan, if you want a faster one that is,

[@handsonwithblg4949]

Well ..... That prop ain't gettin' tangled in weeds . The worlds loudest weedless trolling motor has been found my king . BLG takes the knee .

[@BricoleurTV]

Nice one! Have a similar setup but a larger 30hp two-stroke with pushes me on water and ice winter-time far north of where you are.

[@Fireship1]

I’d bet someone who has an antique boat motor collection would love to add that to their collection. It looks super rare.

[@rogerroger7734]

I’d say she needs a little bit more pitch.

[@integr8er66]

Pitch doesn't make you go faster, horsepower does. The engine is not over reving so its not under pitched.

[@rogerroger7734]

integr8er66 On our lobster boats if you change pitch it makes a difference in speed.

[@johnnyf99music74]

yes.. perhaps.. we would need to know the HP curve of that engine (in relation to rpm) once armed with that data, he would need to find a pitch to keep him in the optimal power rpm.

[@rogerroger7734]

johnnyf99 Music she needs more pitch man. You can hear the thing crying

[@LoonLager]

You can flip the head on the trolling motor with one screw to turn it from a transom mount to a bow mount

[@ThatBoatGuy]

too lazy lol

[@Krstn_Hkstr]

ThatBoatGuy noo, please try it out! that would be so freaking fun to see..

[@adamr9215]

Karsten Hoekstra Really? A screwdriver and 45 seconds. It would be the shortest and most boring video he has ever made.

[@Krstn_Hkstr]

@@adamr9215 have you ever seen a video from him that was boring? I certainly not

[@adamr9215]

Karsten Hoekstra True, but that is because he hasn’t made a video about flipping the head on the trolling motor.

[@moleisrich1]

Not everything you drag home is a winner lol. Funny stuff.

[@CTCLures]

That motor is actually moving the boat perfectly. We use that setup on a stand on the bow for our flounder giging boats

[@benliverseed8998]

That's one loud push mower motor if I ever heard one. It could double as a garage fan on real hot days, maybe it's preferred use?

[@westroop6342]

Man. You are an inspiration. I'm 42 years old. Been messing with small OBs since I was 5. You give me inspiration like crazy. Good job

[@jontrudell9755]

Put that motor on a FLAT BACK CANOE!!! thT we be a cool video bro!

[@born2soon]

How about adding a shroud? It loses a lot of thrust in it's wash.

[@TPoirier]

This thing reminds me of my first outboard, more noise than power! Still a sweet buy though!

[@marklaas4475]

Love how all his boats he fixes up but then the ole jon boat is just chilling like gimme a fresh paint 🤣🤣

[@diggerdoug4733]

That got me to thinking..... With a centrifugal clutch, and a bigger prop.... I think that could actually make a neat little "blow boat" But then, a bigger engine, bigger prop, cage, and steering rutters...... Oooooooo..... the ideas are flowing for my John boat out back!

[@blakeray476]

Fuel line is supposed to run through the block on these engines

[@williamalley4976]

all I can say is glad that's your $100 bucks. LOL

[@brycealkins1529]

Do a restoration on the jon boat l

[@deeplyclosetedindividual]

maybe jet boat conversion

[@kust112]

Your videos are just super entertaining. I could watch you fix boats for all day long. Keep up the great work!

[@axelbender8849]

Seams like something colinfurz would make for his living room lol

[@lotarrrrr]

This engine is hilarious. Loud, slow and just a bad idea in general. I want one!!!

[@mdv2043]

That motor is not ment to be the main motor on a boat. That is a flounder or gigging motor. Made to raise main motor and slow go throw extream shallow water at night to gig flounder under lights.

[@jamesb1221222]

Look at giant scale model airplane propellers, they'd probably work much better.

[@sirjustis]

If your ac ever goes out at the house! Then you’ve got a solution :)

[@bmsfx]

That motor sound and speed made me think of some grandmother driving their car at full rpms with clutch half down lol..

[@nicstr28]

I'd look for a diff prop. I wouldnt give up on it. Then you could a better/quieter exhaust. I grew up in airboats... nothing cooler

[@redzmvt]

Bow fishers use these on the Mississippi river for nighttime use.Fan pusher allows you to navigate slow through weeds and such.Does not spook fish.Worth about 800 bucks or so to the right person.But not strong enough to move a boat on snow/ice.

[@jordanlittle5391]

portable gas powered fan when working on a boat keep you cooler

[@tennesseehomesteader6175]

That setup would get a lot of "bless your hearts" here in Tennessee

[@CSJiGSaW08]

Do another vid with different props with more blades and different prop angles. That motor looks like its heavy duty for a better prop.

[@BornAgainBoating]

A commercial-grade leaf blower lol love spark plug on the top lol

[@Coneshot]

Had a guy a few years back with one of these on a jon boat out every weekend.. outboard type just like this but with a slightly larger fan. That one would get him up on a plane, so I imagine it had a bit larger motor as well. like a poor mans airboat.

[@cecilkoselke7878]

Hey, boast guy! Take a close look at that prop! Take that thing off, and flip it over. It's on backwards, and the trailing edge is cutting the air first. Try it again, it should increase thrust by 300%. Let us see it again!

[@eriknulty6392]

Way bigger motor and way larger/more aggressive prop

[@davescheer5038]

The neighbors are pissed you went and blew all the mosquitos into their yard ! What's next weed wacker long shaft mud slinger motor ? 🤔👍🏼.

[@azice01]

After watching his videos, I really think he got real understanding neighbors. Here in NYC, even if I run my car engine a few minutes, I get complaints.... This man runs loud outboard motors all day, no issue at all.

[@alburvarraaa2711]

Man!! I remember in my younger days my family would go to Florida to visit family and we would come back with a lot of cool kick ass shit! This is cool!!

[@waynep343]

one more thing.. and its probably sold and long gone.. when you hear the squeaks while retracting the pull start rope.. need to take off the blower housing and add a few drops of 20W or something thin like that.. 10W30 will do.. to the end of the square drive one way clutch shank.. you will see a small hole there. inside that hole is a felt washer. that lubes the extended end of the crankshaft that spins inside the square drive starter pull shank.. when it gets totally dry it squeals and will actually eject the rope from the pull starter. its about 5 minutes and 3 bolts to do this..

[@daylencrews19]

we really wanna know about all the 1st gen dodges in the driveway recently

[@ThatBoatGuy]

I might make a video on them. First gen 12v

[@daylencrews19]

@@ThatBoatGuy you should

[@hambirgerman]

Question I just submerged my motor early last month! I’m wondering if it’s salvageable. After Goethe motor out of the water I rinsed it and tried starting it which it did turnover but I seal at the top slipped out and dumped oil all over my driveway. And I haven’t touch it since any thing would be helpful. (I’m no mechanic either) thanks in advance. And I love watching you bring these old motors to life!!

[@WillsSmallEngines]

Coolest boat engine I've ever seen

[@gem7107]

I've never seen such a thing... crazy.

[@ed2335]

I'd spin it around get some cool breeze. Make great yard fan too.

[@Reaperof941]

Been watching him for a while he dose good work wish I could find and afford a boat like he dose

[@funsharx]

I almost bought that! Coolest thing for sale on marketplace I’ve seen in a while. You’d get more speed with a smaller Jon boat and could probably look into a better prop for it. Something lighter, better pitch, maybe even a three blade. Might not even be one available but there’s more potential in this I think

[@JeffWinter1]

You got yourself an awesome fan for the workshop! 😁😂. Try it on a square stern canoe.

[@YYCRCFabricationz]

It was groovy seeing you try it out on your boat, not that it was terribly good & I doubt they used much lighter boats in that motor's day. It jut has me thinking that maybe guys did something else or ran it on a different style boat to make it worthwhile running such a motor. It's very cool in any case & I at least think you might have a bit if a treasure on your hands & should restore the motor...just what I would do...but it thanks for sharing it with us, a great video!

[@brocluno01]

Cool pick-up for the weeds and the lilies. Just like with a boat prop, the condition of the prop will make a difference ... Airfoil instead of hydrofoil, but all the principals apply. Clean leading edges, smooth blade surfaces, crisp break-away on the trailing edge, etc. I'll bet that some reconditioning at an aero-prop shop would help ... If you'all have one arojnd teh area, maybe they could give you some pointers so you could do it yourself :)

[@christophernicolini3440]

Yes. Change the pitch and put side skirts on and she will move. Throw a industrial exhaust fan on as well.

[@kenk3102]

...BoatGuy.....very entertaining...thanks for posting........looks to me like that gas tank is blocking a lot of the input air to the prop...I would make a bracket and place it in front of the motor.... and, like others have said, maybe a streamlined carbon fiber prop with more pitch... :)

[@sterlingrecicar9339]

Hey on your trolling motor you can turn the shaft around by taking off the cover on the top and undo a bolt or on the outside on the shaft you can take out a screw and twist it around.

[@lotuscampbell8660]

This would be super cool on a kayak or canoe!!

[@FourDollaRacing]

It's like watching paint dry! Yes, use the fan to accelerate drying paint... 😁

[@RichieRouge206]

The performance was very underwhelming but fun to watch nonetheless. Unless its an airboat, stick with outboards 🤪

[@BigSteve34]

Well that was technically an airboat

[@GixxerKris]

That thing has a better chance of pushing a fart out of the room than it does a boat😂

[@paulhaines5755]

If that fan blade was a little smaller and it was under the motor and under the water connected by a shaft and some kind of "under"-unit housing and a gear box that thing would probably work pretty good!

[@gregoryfortenberry741]

It’s for use in the costal backwaters, gigging flounder and sheepshead, you can slowly work the shoreline and stop just by sticking a gig pole in water long enough to stick a flatty

[@bayoumike544]

looks like the same principal as a Dragonfly Airdrive Outboard. Yes it was a real thing

[@capt.stubby245]

That is a shallow prop. Get a prop that has way more trim and it should push you at 15 give or take.

[@keithbachand2251]

Totally agree a different prop would totally get that boat to 15mph or so easy.

[@DustinApple]

absolutely not. way to much boat for 5hp. he would need 35+HP and 60" of prop under a 1.69:1 reduction to get that to "mini airboat" status. small pusher fans were made to replace the need for troller batteries and motors. typically used in open flats for gigging a small fan can push a big boat a steady 2mph without slowing down through light vegetation unlike a trolling motor.

[@MudMotorsMax]

No way that could push that boat 15 mph my friend the engine is not powerful enough the blades are not big enough not near enough torque

[@MudMotorsMax]

@@DustinApple thanks you nail on the head

[@MudMotorsMax]

@@DustinApple a 22 horsepower V-twin barely pushes a 12 foot jon boat to 18 miles per hour and that's with no gear in the boat check out north star hovercraft

[@jaynedoe1959]

How awesome is that? A boat motor that can mow your lawn! (& as a bonus it looks SUPER DANGEROUS too) Now lets see some real fun. Put on your roller skates & strap that thing to your back! ...or at least put it on a tiny little teensy weensy dinghy or surfboard or something? C`mon, risk your life to entertain me! (LOL, sorry, sometimes I just can`t help myself. I hope you find my comments amusing) I really do enjoy your vids. You do good work.

[@ready4sea301]

I recommend sticking with the electric trolling motor vice the fan...

[@Corvette_pilot]

Stick it down in the water and I bet it would fly! For a second! lol 😂

[@eldonmarchyshyn4929]

Wow powerful look at how much it blows the tree branches around when he has it running on the stand!!!!

[@BoatFreak06]

I’ve got one exactally like it in my shop, just a little bigger

[@shawndoran2879]

This would work perfect on an "aerosled"

[@mixter7x7]

yes - air against air will push your boat, but not as efficiently as water against water propulsion ( see " density " ) for the exact same way and reason that cars are more fuel efficient than boats. medium density.

[@KayakDIY]

For a hundred bucks put it on a kayak! If you don’t have one maybe can try it on one of mine. I have several kayaks. I’m right in Cape Coral.

[@bertlbarm4374]

double the size of the prop could help

[@bottycarmods]

you blew away the hurricane with that thing lol

[@texassportingclays7996]

Maybe put the prop in the water...LOL Joking...cool project!

[@chaseminatrea1866]

That setup is for floundering at night, I have one on my boat and it works great!

[@thebiggsfix6987]

Saw that on market place looked like something i would build good job man keep it up

[@999benhonda]

Needs a much larger diameter blade...probably a little higher pitch as well. Motor seemed to have no trouble spinning that one, so it could probably handle a bigger prop

[@kimdailey6881]

What a great find! Sure, it is underpowered, loud and cumbersome but the theory is sound. Thank you for this one.

[@dildoshwaggons]

The fish will definitely be hearing you come in in that

[@kj-yb7ie]

Loos like prop is on backwards. Or its a tractor and not a pusher.

[@walldog1457]

You need a rudder on the back of the fan like an airboat.

[@bobbleheadlova]

THIS GUYS CONTENT IS RELENTLESS! I LOVE IT!

[@pacman73c1]

I bet you neighbors love you 😂😎

[@opposetraffic2597]

That is badass! Pure Americana🇺🇸.....👍

[@Pickleriiiiiick]

That's a super happy air cooled engine

[@ronalds2080]

That's what you needed on your wheel Barrow boat. Lol

[@OpenCarryUSMC]

That prop looks like it’s a chopped down propeller with basically no twist. Not much more than a couple of clubs beating the air. Put on a prop with some “bite” and it would likely get you moving well.

[@Private5739]

Quick question: is this KZbin channel your full time job or is this a side thing?

[@waynep343]

take the cover off the front.... tilt the flywheel straight up... put a few drops of oil in the middle of the starter drive clutch square shaft.. there is a tiny hole in the end.. with that much squeaking.. its going to seize and eject the starter rope eventually..

[@SaltyBoysFishing]

That’s pretty interesting never thought of that

[@user-qr6zh9ev8k]

HHHEEEYYYY!!! How’s your hearing. Rig a sail up and face that thing forward. Awesome 😎 video

[@paulmeijer6163]

That is the craziest pedestal fan I've every seen

[@bomguy999999]

Dude, buy another walk around and redo it. Loved those!!!!

[@jagtan13]

I know i've watched this before but upon rewatching it, i noticed that propeller may be backwards. The cupped, cambered side should be facing away from the motor. The thicker part of the blade should be leading the thinner. I'm not to sure as there are no real clear sideview of the blade profile