Hello, new to this forum and I have a motor question. I have a 14ft tracker sportsman jon and I want to run a go devil or any mud motor on it. Is this possible w/ the size of my boat? I saw the go devil 16hp vanguard and don't know if this would work or not. Any input is much appreciated.

Do it! Prolly gonna tear it up, but it'll work.

Prolly not, depends how hard you run it. A couple pieces of bracing will really help a lot for holding the transom together. The bottom won't last long if you run a lot of stumps. It will be a decent little package though. I know several guys with similar rigs that are pretty happy. The 16 is a workhorse.

Pretty much every boat I've seen a 16 on ran about 15 empty. 10-12 loaded down.

If your just running mud, don't worry bout the bottom. You can use products like steel flex or frog spit to help it slide over mud and veggies a little better...

it will plow at around ten mph with you a buddy and a load...

thats a small slow rig if you cross open water for any distance

We plowed across open water at 11mph with three big dudes, one lil fugger, and gear in a 1542...It was fun

You can also put a short tail on that- MB sells 18 and 23hp shorts

http://www.mudbuddy.com/Mini%20HD%20Lite.htm

The weight between a 16 and 23 is not much so if you think the boat and you can handle it, get a 23.