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Old 03-25-2013, 12:04 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by djmarchand View Post
If an assistance tower gets 5,000 hours out of a 454 gasser, then a displacement speed trawler should get more, but somehow they don't. Probably because there is no such thing as a displacement speed trawler with a gasser.

Assistance towing is tough duty on an engine: high speed planing to get to the caller, time spent at part throttle washing the silt out from under the grounded boat and light throttle 5 kt towing back to port.

Anectdotal stories says that gassers get 2-3000 hours before replacement.

David
You wouldn't use a 454...you would use a straight six (like a Fort 300 cu in or even smaller) with a high reduction gear I would think.
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