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Update: The graphs aren’t helping Tuck enough…. 
Probably should have said now Tuck can find himself… no that may not be accurate either. Maybe now Tuck will know where he is!!! (J/K big guy! 
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Thanks for all the nice words I am excited about this rig and all the options that it will provide me for years to come.
Attached is an image of what it looked like when I bought it and the white E-TEC was not for me – not to mention how small that 115 looks on the boat. I am a fan of blue yet bought a used maroon truck and now a boat with no blue on it so adding the blue E-TEC on it toned down the white interior and helps the boat ‘blend’ while on the water…
Trolls down in fwd to just under 2 MPH with a 17 or 18 pitch 4 blade cyclone and 1.6’ish with a 19p high 5. I always use a pair of trolling bags off the bow (even in flat calm) for boat control – wheel or tiller – and that drops me down to 1.1 or so. If I need to go slower, I just drop the vantage as a 36v will go quite a long time.
Performance is unbeliveable – 3 second hole shot with 4 guys, 2 labs, full tackle, gas and livewells and will run 46-47 with a 17 – 18p 4 blade cyclone. By myself with no tackle, empty wells and light on fuel I hit 54 before going into the rev limiter with a 17p 4 blade cyclone going downstream with a slight August current on the Champlin pool of the Mississippi – and was still climbing on speed… 
Hate to say it but that’s faster than I ever got any of my (3) 621/F250’s to go while off the trailer.
I have driven several 620T/F150’s and will say this – do your homework and form your opinion off your own experience, not word of mouth. There was no question for me on what motor I was going to put on my boat but I am a recent E-TEC believer based on experience. I have a F150 on my 22′ pontoon and it does fine there – acutally the hole shot would shock most people. The big sled can hit 40 via gps but I have a 15 pitch prop so with a medium load it will turn 6K RPM’s.
Bob – would love to do that, don’t know if my walleye/bass hands could take a day of that work though 
Lip – how will I recognize you? Will you have a car seat with an umbrella hooked up? Let me know if you want some pointers on how I have done it…
The second image is one of my most memorable days on the water – my 2 year old and Chesney (the fishing lab) re-catching some panfish from her first outing in the tiller.
-ted
