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Post How Do You Run Your Motor?
To/from the camp. To the the blind. While your scouting. Just riding around.
Do u keep it wide open all the time, 3/4 throttle, just barely on plane?

My motor will turn up to 4300(CDI) with just about any load, but I find myself running about 4000-4100 most times. I keep it around 3700 when I'm just cruising around. About 80% of the time it's at 4000 r better.

A friend of mine keeps his Mudbuddy WFO wherever he goes for however long it takes.

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Run mime WFO except when I get to the camp and just cruisin around the bayous. Its about a 30 minute run to the camp and its wide open the whole time. Its a lawnmower motor, thats how they cut grass. ;)

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wtfo!! even when trailering

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Post Re: How Do You Run Your Motor?
I normally run my mower a little below WOT

I run my mudmotor right around about WTFO all the time, but it rarely spins above 3900 with my loads.
If I am crusing and just enjoying the ride I will let off to where it will barely stay on step.

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Ten, your camp down the river? My camp is about a mile up the avoca island cutoff from the river n a lil location on the right. About 10 miles from the landing.

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TP is in then pen. Right across from avoca. They have like 6000 acres


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We have like 600. 6000 is a good bit.

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600 is one section. They have 10. They been having the lease for ever.


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If it ain't WFO it ain't running.
Drive it like you stole it that's all!

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WFO and don't even trailer it. I just chew up twenty miles of asphault to the boat ramp.


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Run dat bitch hard till it blows!

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mine blew lol


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I run mines with white nuckles.

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Standing to the right hand side of the boat, tiller in my left hand and a Bud Light in my right.

Hope this helps, and hopefully you get the hang of it soon!!

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2 speeds --- stop and go


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I try to keep it at around 3400 or so!! I am a true believer if you baby it it will last forever!!

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^ HA!


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The faster you run the less hours you have on your motor. So I my theory on
Paper run it WTFO

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Like Elton John running towards a piano bench full of dildos.

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Post Re: How Do You Run Your Motor?
I'm glad someone else was wondering this. I have never had a mud motor before and I have been wondering the same thing. I was told to drive it like I stole it, so when I first took it out for a ride I had a 4 or 5 mile run where i ran it pretty hard. Then i was told I had a breakin period where I didn't need to run it that hard till I got some more hours on it. So now I have just under 10 hrs on it and I'm running it at wot a little but mainly staying between 3400 and 3800 hoping that those first few miles at wot didn't hurt anything. How many hours do I need to have on it to run the hell out of it with out doing damage?

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10 then change your oil and run in like you stole it

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Wide freaking open....the only time I don't is when wait a second its always wide open unless im at a blind turn in the bayou I slow a little the on it again.

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When you buy a lawn mower do you cut the grass with it half throttle!! Hello!!

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DDM...
I can't answer your lawnmower question. A lawnmower doesn't fit my hands. I've tried!!! Just isn't for me. LMAo


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Not with the new house...

Please see front yard ... LOL

NO GRASS!!! Anywhere!!

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Post Re: How Do You Run Your Motor?
its a lawnmower engine. air cooled. they are designed to run wot. especially when under a load.

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Us old fukers just take out time!I normally run it about 3700!

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its not that you cant run slow or low rpms with these motors. you can, but they were designed to run more efficient and better cooling at wot.

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Im hitting the rev limit all day, even in netural, casue I like the way it sounds.... Even in reverse im on the rev limit!!

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