At least with a MM you don't have to worry about trashing your outboard by clogging the water passages with mud making your powerhead overheat. If you get stuck with a MM you at least have the possibility of getting unstuck if you know what your doing. If you have a outboard and get stuck your just plain SOL. I have a winch on my boat along with a couple 10' spud poles I use to get unstuck if I get too shallow. Luckily in NT, most lakes have a good 2' - 4' of silt on the bottom so if there's water you can run in it.

Y'all are forgetting I had a surface drive up until 3 weeks ago. I have run running mud rigs for a long time. If I were to use it for two months of duck and park it for 10 months, I would agree with y'all.

The old saying is one boat won't do it all. I agree with it. I did the mud rigs trying to make them all around and I just had to admit, it was not going to happen. I loved the boat, hated to see it go. With the extras I added, I think it was as close to being all around as possible.

I took it to port oconner. Let me tell you, crossing Espiritu Santos to Pringle Lake, Conti, fifth lake to Panther and back, is a long long way to be holding a tiller. It made me miss the days I would lean back in the leaning post and hold the steering wheel with my big toe, all the while having a cold one. Not standing holding the tiller for an hour.

I just finally admitted, mug rigs are extremely limiting. They are not the ending for all boat problems. Thy one with their own set and I you can admit or see that, I don't know what to tell you.