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<blockquote data-quote="Ranchero50" data-source="post: 353891" data-attributes="member: 1523"><p>The only downside so far has been picking up trash or maybe the rear deck doghouse. My doghouse isn't huge with the horizontal shaft engine and axial pump. I think a lot of the 'problem' was the original ski power plant was expensive and the Tracker I/B jet was not very popular (again, cost a good bit more vs. an outboard) and the engine did not perform well. The tracker was a vertical shaft centrifugal pump which made it taller and that doghouse was a PITA to fish around.</p><p></p><p>Picking up trash is just something you have to deal with. A potato chip bag will stop a jet dead if the impeller can't get to it. Weed beds suck at idle but I can blast over them at speed and not pick anything up except water. A short rake or just design your hull so you can reach under the transom and pull the clumps out. O/B jet guys have the same problems only they can tilt the engine up to clear it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ranchero50, post: 353891, member: 1523"] The only downside so far has been picking up trash or maybe the rear deck doghouse. My doghouse isn't huge with the horizontal shaft engine and axial pump. I think a lot of the 'problem' was the original ski power plant was expensive and the Tracker I/B jet was not very popular (again, cost a good bit more vs. an outboard) and the engine did not perform well. The tracker was a vertical shaft centrifugal pump which made it taller and that doghouse was a PITA to fish around. Picking up trash is just something you have to deal with. A potato chip bag will stop a jet dead if the impeller can't get to it. Weed beds suck at idle but I can blast over them at speed and not pick anything up except water. A short rake or just design your hull so you can reach under the transom and pull the clumps out. O/B jet guys have the same problems only they can tilt the engine up to clear it. [/QUOTE]
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