Alaskan Sea-Duction
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Hey TF what are the opinion on the 30hp Tohatsu fuel injection dinghy engine?
Isn't every outboard smaller than a 30, except for Honda, made at a Tohatsu factory? Tohatsu makes lots of them and their T. branded motors are cheaper than the other-branded.
If it was my $$$. Yamaha 2 stroke are very hard to beat and just about anything else after that.
I bought a 30 hp Tohatsu 4-stroke in 2015, mounted to an aluminum hulled 12-foot AB RIB. I bought the package from NW Inflatables in Portland. The engine has run flawlessly since new, and I've run the tar out of it. I highly recommend the boat, the motor, and the dealer.
Regards,
Pete
30 hp Tohatsu 4-stroke is a Honda
Tohatsus' are the cheapest outboard there is in Australia and still have the lowest sales of any outboard here ??? Yamaha I No 1
Just saying
I don't know which is better. But sales # do not always reflect quality. When I was younger I had a friend who's family was in the cheese business. They made and imported the stuff. You could buy the same cheese wrapped in their label or the supermarkets label. You bet the markets brand sold ten to one. A lot of what people buy is based on perceptions not all scientifically verifiable a little like politics. Yamaha has great marketing and a big head start on Tahatsu.Tohatsus' are the cheapest outboard there is in Australia and still have the lowest sales of any outboard here ??? Yamaha I No 1
Just saying
Thanks everyone for the input I requested.
We settled on a Walker Bay Generation 340 with a 40hp Honda.
How things change. In 2000, OMC was the leading manufacturer with about a third of the outboard market.
Our 1998 Johnson 2-stroke was made by Suzuki... so outsourcing had already started by then...
-Chris
Some Suzuki 4 strokes were made by Honda