Weed Eater Outboard Motor
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"It works as good as an electric trolling motor and didn't cost much to put together," says Terrell Webster, McAllen, Texas, who used parts from several old weed trimmers to make an outboard motor that he mounts on his 12-ft. "john" boat.
Webster used the straight shaft off a McCulloch weed trimmer and mounted the power head off a Ryan weed trimmer at one end and a Ryan cutterhead at the other. Then he attached a Minn-Kota propeller (designed for an electric trolling motor) to the cutterhead. He uses a C-clamp, that's bolted to the shaft with a pivoting bracket, to mount the motor on the boat. The makeshift outboard pivots up and down on the mounting bracket like an oar in an oarlock.
"The only part I bought was the propeller for $20. I removed the string head from the Ryan cutter head and replaced it with the propeller by drilling out the propeller hub. I used a straight shaft instead of a curved shaft so the propeller would run straight. I control my speed by raising or lowering the propeller."
Contact FARM SHOW Followup, Terrell Webster, 6104 N. 31st St. McAllen, Texas 78504 (ph 210 687-4061).
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Weed Eater Outboard Motor CROPS Weed Control 18-1-6 "It works as good as an electric trolling motor and didn't cost much to put together," says Terrell Webster, McAllen, Texas, who used parts from several old weed trimmers to make an outboard motor that he mounts on his 12-ft. "john" boat.
Webster used the straight shaft off a McCulloch weed trimmer and mounted the power head off a Ryan weed trimmer at one end and a Ryan cutterhead at the other. Then he attached a Minn-Kota propeller (designed for an electric trolling motor) to the cutterhead. He uses a C-clamp, that's bolted to the shaft with a pivoting bracket, to mount the motor on the boat. The makeshift outboard pivots up and down on the mounting bracket like an oar in an oarlock.
"The only part I bought was the propeller for $20. I removed the string head from the Ryan cutter head and replaced it with the propeller by drilling out the propeller hub. I used a straight shaft instead of a curved shaft so the propeller would run straight. I control my speed by raising or lowering the propeller."
Contact FARM SHOW Followup,
Terrell Webster, 6104 N. 31st Si, McAllen, Texas 78504 (ph 210 687-4061).
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