How well will this do?

[airborne_angler]

I have a Motorguide HVT 3000 Trolling motor(30 lb thrust). How well will it move my 10 ft flatbottom aluminum Jon boat? I havent personally used it yet,but my cousin said when he used it it worked well.

[Daniel My Brother]

It doesn't take much to move a 10 foot jon. I think you'll be surprised how fast that little motor pushes you.

[NEBassMan]

that thing will get you going just fine.  plenty of power

[burleytog]

Very very well.  I speak from experience (well, with a 12' jon).

[fireandice]

Hold on to your hat.  That thing should fly!  We use a motor similar to that in a 12 foot jon boat with two fisherman and all our gear.

[Guest avid]

No problemo.

[Fish Chris]

I used to fish out of my 12 ft aluminum. It wasn't the lightest, thinnest 12ft'er, but come on... it was only a 12 ft aluminum.

Now I go through / tear up a new trolling motor pretty much ever year. So each time, I would get a bigger, higher thust t-motor. The last few I had bought were 55 lb (as I didn't want to go to 24V for more thrust)..... yet "everybody" was faster than me, even in MUCH heavier boats, and sometimes with less lbs of thrust ! I always figured it had to do with the way my boat sat in the water, and the amount of drag produced (BTW, my old boat was always the slowest with a 9.9hp gas motor too.... but, for a 12ft'er, it was VERY stable, so maybe that was the tradeoff).

Anyway, when buying a t-motor for my new 14ft aluminum, which is probably 2 to 3 times as heavy (carpeted, double decking and all, plus heavier motor) I was concerned as to whether the "same" 55lbs of thrust would be enough ? ....but still, I didn't want to have to go to 24V.

So anyway, I ended up going with the Minn-Kota 55.... and guess what ??? I swear it pulls my boat which weighs a LOT more, WAY faster ! 50% faster ? Plus, because of less drag, I have not been able to kill one of my deep cycles in 1 day yet ! In fact, last week I used one battery all 3 days !

So my point is, the speed that your T-motor pulls your boat, has a lot more to do with the drag on that particular boat, than it does the lbs of thrust of your t-motor, and / or the weight of your boat.

Just some food for thought.

Peace,

Fish