In looking at boat ads I see alot of times that they list the numer of hours on the motor. Just curious how many Hr’s is a lot. for those of you who have Hour meters on your motors how many hours do you put on in a year? Thanks in advance for all of you responses.
I checked into this and this is what I found out.
Average weekender about 30 to 60 hrs a year.
A go getter does about 100 hrs a year.
Tournament boat 150 to 300 hrs a year.
On the main motor not the kicker.
I agree with the above post. These are normally the hours we see. The least hours I have seen in three year checks has been 8 hours!! That person just retired and his hours have gone up considerably since then.
No hour meter here, nor do I even want to know, but I think I’ve got about 287,000 hours on my Yamaha. 
It’s not only the hours you want to know. It’s the amount of time ran at a certain rpm. Example, would you rather buy a motor with 100 hours at max rpm or a motor that had 100 hour trolling rpm’s on it?
On my Ranger I have 697 hours. Of those 586 are at below 1000 rpm. With only .6 hours above 5000 rpm.
Easy to see I troll alot. 
I was just looking into a meter today from cabelas good reviews except some posts said the battery didn’t last long and couldn’t be replaced. It was by SenDec, any others out on the market that are good. I have the new F40 yamaha I seen they have a multi metering system for around a 100 bucks. Has anyone ever installed one of these?
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I checked into this and this is what I found out.
Average weekender about 30 to 60 hrs a year.
A go getter does about 100 hrs a year.
Tournament boat 150 to 300 hrs a year.
On the main motor not the kicker.
Thanks. that is the kind of Info. I was looking for.
I think there are some other things to consider as well.
Take the area the person fishes into account. My point is someone who fishes Mille Lacs or big areas like that will most likely put more hours on their motor than someone like me, who fishes a lot of small areas here in Nebraska. I go out a lot, but a lot of areas I fish are only 5-15 minute boat rides, too, just because of the small bodies of water we have here.
Just something else you might think about.
Would it not have something to do with the number of cylinders as well? I’m just thinking. 
When I had my E-Tec winterized last fall they plugged a computer to it and I put a whole 38 hours on it, now the trolling motor is another story!!!!
I would try to stay away from a motor from the south that runs year round
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It’s not only the hours you want to know. It’s the amount of time ran at a certain rpm. Example, would you rather buy a motor with 100 hours at max rpm or a motor that had 100 hour trolling rpm’s on it?
On my Ranger I have 697 hours. Of those 586 are at below 1000 rpm. With only .6 hours above 5000 rpm.
Easy to see I troll alot.
Brian, What motor are you running on this boat?
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