Cummins Diesel

[Anonymous]

I can't find any pricing for a cummins diesel. I am going to do a repower on my 26' stalker and would like to consider a diesel for the job. From reading posts in here it seams for part and service cummins is the way to go but before i go to far I like to get a ball park idea of what a diesel that is comparable to the 5.7 cursader gas is going to set me back so i can see if it's in my buget.

[flcaptainbill]

Not sure if anyone here has tried one or not but John Deer has a Marine Diesel Line. I ran a tug that had 2 of the 210HPs in it and they were great. In the three years that I ran the boat we never had any problems with them. We even ran it out of fuel more than once :? and had no problems getting it started again. Added fuel and turned them over and they started.

Bill R

[Anonymous]

13k complete with gear. http://www.hsmarine.com/

[Anonymous]

brand new 270 hp cummins with only 75 hrs. Located in north carolina 11,000 Call brian 252-441-2281

[Mistress]

Find any Cummins distributor. From what I've been told you can get a REAL marine Cummins for 10-13k

http://www.cummins.com/cmi/content.jsp?siteId=1&langId=1033&menuId=6&overviewId=41&menuIndex=8

[Hav'nfun]

John Deere diesels are extraordinary engines. However, they are low rpm engines requiring a large prop to make them work. Not suitable for our planing hull boats. If I were to sell the wife and house, purchase a trawler for world cruising, I would demand a Deere powerplant. For our hulls, I think the best engine would be Cummins QSB.

Tom

[flcaptainbill]

I also worked on a (31' I think) Island Hopper that had a 300hp John Deer and it would get up and go.

Bill R.

[Anonymous]

wait till you see the new cummins qsb 6.7

[Anonymous]

you can buy 240 yanmars for around $18,000 THAT motor was desinged to take the place of a 454 chev.

[Anonymous]

you can always shop around for new engines.... but there is not much of a mark up in them.

There is a great yanmar and perkins engine guy in Ft.Lauderdale FL
Mark is name and he is at Complete Yacht Service 954-462-6977
the parts dept is wounderful too.

[Anonymous]

i am in the process of buying a29 ft shamrock w/diesel and the boat would only go 17 mph @3500 rpm is this normal or is there abigger prop or different angle prop to get more speed?

[FL_Panhandler]

Shamrock 29 / 17 knots max at 3500rpm? Something is wrong there. Wrong engine, wrong prop, 10 sacks of oysters growing on the bottom, mechanical problem, something. What is the engine model / prop size / etc.
(Don't buy without figuring this one out, needless to say.)