stubones99
Guru
I had a dock neighbor with constant complaints about getting his Volvo engines serviced, cost and availability of spare parts, etc. It was about all we talked about, so I've walked away from several interesting boats just because of his bad experience.
On the other hand, I see tons of Volvo trucks on the highway and very few on the side of the road so there must be a difference between marine Volvo engines and what are moving freight down the highways today.
Sabre seems to promote Volvo engines, and will under duress, install a cummins engine instead. Both Volvo IPS and Cummins + Zeus drives are pod drives so they are similar, with the only major difference being IPS has forward facing contra-rotating props, and the ZF Zeus drive has single props facing backward.
Many of the used Sabre boats are now Volvo powered, ranging from 2014 or newer. Is that safe to buy a newer Volvo engine and would it have similar cost of operation to a Cummins at the same horsepower range?
On the other hand, I see tons of Volvo trucks on the highway and very few on the side of the road so there must be a difference between marine Volvo engines and what are moving freight down the highways today.
Sabre seems to promote Volvo engines, and will under duress, install a cummins engine instead. Both Volvo IPS and Cummins + Zeus drives are pod drives so they are similar, with the only major difference being IPS has forward facing contra-rotating props, and the ZF Zeus drive has single props facing backward.
Many of the used Sabre boats are now Volvo powered, ranging from 2014 or newer. Is that safe to buy a newer Volvo engine and would it have similar cost of operation to a Cummins at the same horsepower range?