Building Your Own Home Built Mud Motor on a Budget
If you've ever spent a morning staring at a shallow, weed-choked backwater and wishing you could get your boat back there, you've probably realized a home built mud motor is the way to go. Standard outboards are great for the open lake, but the second you hit that thick vegetation or those hidden mud flats, a traditional prop is basically just a very expensive weed-wacker that doesn't work. The problem is that brand-name mud motors can cost as much as a used truck. For most of us, that's just not in the cards, which is why the DIY route has become so popular lately. ...