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centxhunter
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Location: Austin, TX
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 Pro Drive 36 experiences? Looking at a lightly used motor, any comments or gotchas to look for? 2007 motor, manual reverse.
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Salad Shoota
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Pro Drive 36 experiences? Love mine!!
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centxhunter
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Re: Pro Drive 36 experiences? Anything specific I should check out?
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Bayoublackhunter
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Re: Pro Drive 36 experiences? i drove one today and my hand was killing me from holding the twist throttle, other than that i would run through some lillys ,
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Bayoublackhunter
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Re: Pro Drive 36 experiences? i drove one today and my hand was killing me from holding the twist throttle, other than that i would run through some lillys ,
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centxhunter
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Location: Austin, TX
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Re: Pro Drive 36 experiences? On one of the threads we were discussing a boat with a hunt deck with a PD. Someone claimed the PD tiller kicks badly when it hits something. Has that been an issue?
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Salad Shoota
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Pro Drive 36 experiences? Crybabies!! It just takes a man to hold the tiller. Lol. Just about a year with mine and had no troubles with it when hitting submerged logs. Just don't get comfy with your leg under the tiller, learned that the hard way.
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take'emgator
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Re: Pro Drive 36 experiences? He's right all other motors have free floating handles except pro drive, just keep legs clear and you'll be fine
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centxhunter
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Re: Pro Drive 36 experiences? Can you change the twist throttle to a lever? I think the reverse feature offsets the fixed tiller issue. Sho don't want to break a leg though...
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whytry85
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Re: Pro Drive 36 experiences?
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OwenDickeson
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Re: Pro Drive 36 experiences? Only people with little girl hands have problems with the twist throttle.
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take'emgator
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Re: Pro Drive 36 experiences?
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Bayoublackhunter
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Re: Re: Pro Drive 36 experiences?
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Short On Cache
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Re: Pro Drive 36 experiences?
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tchredneck
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Re: Pro Drive 36 experiences? pussies- compared to the rest its closest thing to driving a outboard.
if yall bitching about that I can go bust out the old school 35 go devil longtail
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bullsprig
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Re: Pro Drive 36 experiences? Same opinion here. PD will be closest to driving an outboard. Very easy on long runs. IMO no need to switch to a squeaze throttle. The twist grip makes it a lot easier to run at half or 3/4 throttle. I recommend it.
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Truckman
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Re: Pro Drive 36 experiences? I've had mine for a over a year and haven't had any issues. Rverse is fun too.
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scatters boy 316
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Re: Pro Drive 36 experiences? real easy driving motor but there is a learning curve if you run stumps. i am used to floating handleas and the first tme that motor flipped up and the tiller felt like it broke my leg and learned to sit with my legs facing the front of the boat. other then that its all good
p.s. it is very fun to plane the boat out in reverse
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duckduckboom
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Re: Pro Drive 36 experiences? there is only one way to run it. LIKE YO STOLE IT. The tiller will only hit you leg once before you figure out how to stand to avoid it. the twist throttle just takes a little while to get used to it. At first your hand will cramp but it will pass
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idabilly
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Re: Pro Drive 36 experiences? Have owned MB motors with floating handle and now have a PD. A floating handle can also whack your leg pretty bad if you hit underwater obstacles. Either way, keep your leg(s) out from under the tiller.
I originally had my PD on a low transom boat. Standing / driving I had to stoop over a bit to drive. After converting to a high transom boat and PD I find stand-up driving comfortable.
I originally had my PD on a hunt deck boat and had to use a tiller extension. Took it off when I went to a standard hull.
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