This is my first surface drive..I've done my research through the forum but still can't find an answer..I would love to buy a GTR or PD..but can't afford one this year..I can get a heck of a deal on a brand new Godevil for $5000..but I am willing to pay an extra $1000-1500 to have trim and neutral with the MB...but I keep hearing these rumors about Godevil being faster than mudbuddy..any truth to this? and if so why?

If you're willing to spend the extra $1500, why not get the ProDrive?

Save your self in the long run!! Save up and get what you really want

Between the two mud buddy

And you can get a brand new mb with all the bells and wistles for 5500 through your dealer

Save some more and get what you want cause you'll be disappointed by gettin what you want cause honestly reverse weather it be instant or fpr is a VERY nice option to have

Don't buy bells and whistles. They break. Maybe not tomorrow but within a year or two. I see it here all the time. If you are far from a service center keep that in mind. GD hands down!

Congrats on starting a mini riot.

As a Go Devil owner, the lack of the Reverse, Clutch and Trim feature has never kept me off the water.

A Go Devil SD is harder to keep in the water if you are constantly hitting underwater objects or running in real shallow hard bottom areas, because the motor is more balanced on the transom, where the others are more back weighted.

If you can spend the extra $1500, get reverse and nuetral, and never have it leave you stranded on the water, this is the way to go.

However, if you want the motor with the least amount of moving parts, get the Go-Devil.

But before I spent my $5000-$6000, I would drive them all and make an informed decision on your own.

You might as well spend the extra money for the Gatortail or PD. If you buy any of the other two, you will have to get a membership at your local spa, to be able to use the reverse feature that they offer.

I have $6100 dollars to spend..no more,period...so what is the pros and cons of getting a Prodrive? I heard since they run literally on the surface..if you get on a stump..your F***ed..but that's hear say.. my buddy has a 36 prodrive on a xpress boat..he couldn't plane out with 3 people and a dog,I was one of the 3 people in the boat..which I know the boat makes everything, so im downing the pro drive!

One of the fastest boats that run with us is a ProDrive boat and motor combo. Has heads and carb, for running a load, but was pretty quick without mods too.

The boat you are putting it on, is more important than the motor brand, when it comes to speed.

Sounds like you need to take a breath, step back from the keyboard, and do some R&D before you spend your money.


I spent my money on Go-Devil for its dependability and the fact that the dealer is 5 minutes from my house.

On a GoDevil, trim is adjusted one time for that days load and you never touch it again, unless the load changes dramatically. It really is as simple as get in, crank up, and go.

My pd will get up easily with that weight

My single GTR

470 hrs same lower unit no problems

My dual GTR's

165 hrs no problems !!

Robin didn't you drive 3 hours one way to get gd to change out your seals!!

The boat will make or break a motor, a true mudboat hull will step three people and a decent load easily.

You can buy a Used PD in really good shape for that price.
If you are a stone age neanderthal that can't replace a trim switch or something every once in a while then GD is the motor for you
If you are like the rest of the world and you can handle maintnence and trust me... trim, neutral, and reverse are VERY nice features well worth it.

People run PD's in stumpfields much worse than anything I imagine you run without missing a lick, and none of that stuff going out is going to leave you stranded to die....

Yes robn my trim switch has gone out once and I've had to replace a relay with a little under 60 hours.. But I promise it took less time to fix that than replace a prop on a gd. As for planing out with a load stock, my stock motor will plane out my factory mod v hull with four people and bow fishig gear.. That pro drive with an express must have been due o weight distribution or drivin error

Boy their is a bunch of people pitching here!! If you want to spend 6100 on something you don't really want then spend it!! Just think that 6100 is worth 6100 now after you purchase something and run it it's not worth 6100 anymore!! A year from now it's worth about half that!! So buy what you want but don't cry in a few month cause you don't have what you wanted in the first place. I've sold a shit load of motors to people who bought on what they was told was the absolute best them after being on the sudd of other brands it just didn't cut the mustard!! Well them they had to make that decision and was now gonna be 14 grand or do deep in a mm!! Good luck

If I give you a can of Rustoleum, how long will that keep you busy?

Everyone on here will have a different opinion as to what motor to get so get what you think is best. I'm going on my third season with a MD Black Death 5500 and have been very happy with it's performance. My buddy just got himself a GD and I personally will never own one from what I saw. They seem like a very crude design and I'd pick any other brand before I would even consider a GD. JMHO

As you can see, everyone has an *sshole, I mean opinion.

If you NEED reverse and neutral, look to GatorTail, Pro-Drive and SOON, MudBuddy.

If you just NEED a basic mudmotor to get you there and back, the Go-Devil will do that.

There are too many opinions on this site for you to make your decision based on comments here.

I know where there's a paddleboat with a surface drive on it. PM for details.

Just go test drive one of each. Put them through the situations you will be goin through and find out what works best/ easiest for you. You will then have the answer to your own question.
From my experience ive had a mud buddy and yea it did what i wanted it to. I put a hundred hours on it and never ha a problem. Hit shit, jumped shit and whatever else and never had a problem but happend to have a chance todrive a prodrive on the river one day and really liked it so my mb is gone and my pd is on the way! Long story short, GO DRIVE THEM ALL!

It really doesn't matter because 99% of the time it is the engine that fails, and they all have the same ones. I just prefer to have neutral trim and reverse

i believe him and guirdy are related...