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Why is it that saltwater guys hate mercury

Posted on 6/18/13 at 1:44 pm
Posted by Boats n Hose
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Member since Apr 2011
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Posted on 6/18/13 at 1:44 pm
but bass guys love them?

I don't get it.

Posted by Chad504boy
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Posted on 6/18/13 at 1:45 pm to
cause they go really fast.
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
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Posted on 6/18/13 at 1:48 pm to
Ignorance and irrational brand loyalty to something else.
Posted by brass2mouth
NOLA
Member since Jul 2007
19939 posts
Posted on 6/18/13 at 1:48 pm to
In my experience, they seem to have a fear of water.
Posted by Ole Geauxt
KnowLa.
Member since Dec 2007
50880 posts
Posted on 6/18/13 at 1:51 pm to
Mercury makes my pee pee glow in the dark..
Posted by KingRanch
The Ranch
Member since Mar 2012
61642 posts
Posted on 6/18/13 at 1:52 pm to
I wanna go fast
Posted by JAB528
The Mexican Ocean
Member since Jun 2012
16870 posts
Posted on 6/18/13 at 1:53 pm to
In my experiences they haven't come close to holding up like our yamahammas have. Jmo.
Posted by Motorboat
At the camp
Member since Oct 2007
23069 posts
Posted on 6/18/13 at 1:53 pm to
I have a SW Mercury and have zero complaints about it. It is a carbuerated 1998 150 hp. Always starts, alarm never goes off, always gets me home
Posted by drbaseball
Member since May 2013
389 posts
Posted on 6/18/13 at 1:53 pm to
They aren't a big fan of irony from what I hear.
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
Here
Member since Jan 2011
67273 posts
Posted on 6/18/13 at 1:54 pm to
Fresh water guys like RPMs

Salt water guys like reliability.

Ford guys like comfort

Chevy guys like getting shite done
This post was edited on 6/18/13 at 1:56 pm
Posted by subMOA
Komatipoort
Member since Jan 2010
1786 posts
Posted on 6/18/13 at 1:55 pm to
I have wondered this as well....until about a year ago, I saw 4 300 Verados on the floor in a buddy's shop- they were almost new. He said they came off of 2 workboats and were already "burned up"....whatever that means.

Claimed the Yamaha reliability was much better in their application
Posted by GreatLakesTiger24
One State Solution
Member since May 2012
56692 posts
Posted on 6/18/13 at 1:59 pm to
our Yamaha >>>>>>>>>>>> our Mercury

black anchors, mannnn
Posted by mylsuhat
Mandeville, LA
Member since Mar 2008
49071 posts
Posted on 6/18/13 at 3:04 pm to
Saltwater (mainly offshore) engines have to be reliable enough to run for 36-48 hours straight while you're 120 miles offshore
Posted by hardhead
stinky bayou
Member since Jun 2009
5746 posts
Posted on 6/18/13 at 3:28 pm to
quote:

saltwater guys hate mercury


if it isn't overpriced, and it runs, we like them

stickers don't matter
Posted by LSUlefty
Youngsville, LA
Member since Dec 2007
26967 posts
Posted on 6/18/13 at 5:35 pm to
Seems like most of the manufacturers prefer Yamaha also. Suzuki is underrated BTW.
Posted by Tiger 79
The Original Tiger 79
Member since Nov 2007
38279 posts
Posted on 6/19/13 at 7:47 am to
Thanks for scaring me with my Merc. Its a 05 Opitimax. Got around 100 hours on it, I guess I didn't run it enough to have problems.

It runs pretty good.
Posted by bayoudude
Member since Dec 2007
25256 posts
Posted on 6/19/13 at 10:22 am to
I have never had much trouble with mercury outboards. My grand pa and dad would only use them. Only other outboard i have owned was a tohatsu and that damn thing was near indestructible.
Posted by FelicianaTigerfan
Comanche County
Member since Aug 2009
26059 posts
Posted on 6/19/13 at 11:13 am to
Always heard great things about Yamaha as far as reliability. So imagine my confusion when I kept hearing of my agency having to get motors fixed on their boats. Finally figured out the issue one day when I say exactly what was going on. Fella driving the boat in reverse while dragging for a body and only one blade from the prop was hitting the water at a time and not a drop coming out the pisser
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
268678 posts
Posted on 6/19/13 at 11:19 am to
Brand loyalty in boat motors is as bad as it is with truck mfgr. It's always been this way. Years ago, Mercury-Evinrude was the boating equivalent of Ford-Chevy..
Posted by CajunFootball
Jackson, Mississippi
Member since Oct 2010
19432 posts
Posted on 6/19/13 at 2:00 pm to
Late bump, but he's my take on it.

Saltwater fishermen need their boats to go longer distances and handle tougher conditions. Freshwater fishmen are generally in a much smaller size of water, and it's not going to be nearly as rough. So it comes down to what engine can handle the pressue the longest? I don't think there is anything wrong with Merc's, although I don't own one, I believe it's more to do with the support we have around to fix the others.
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