I have been driving big tillers for years and this a great video. We had to custom fab up "stuff" that was sketchy in the past and this looks solid. The reason why we stuck with tillers so long was we run big rivers and go into areas with large boulders spaced tightly together, You had to stand and weave in and around many to get to the good fishing spots, that meant a tiller. We used larger motors to get there quick enough fish, catch trophy's and get back before dark.
Mercury! I grew up on a lake in MN and spent a LOT of time on the water our family was a Johnson/Evinrude family completely then in JR high I had a 10ft GW Invader 2 seat speed boat and I put a 65 Merc on that the only gauge in the boat was a tach for testing props the 65 was a 4 cylinder engine with a short shaft it always ran strong! Now that I am a bit more advanced in life My pontoon has a Merc 4 stroke on it and my fishing boat has a Merc 4 stroke on it and my speed boat has a Supercharged 502 BBC with lots of very nice parts on it and I am running a Merv Bravo 1 with a Merc Sportsman lower unit. I own nothing but Merc now and for a while I was a very devout Yamaha owner not sure how this happened but I will also say I have never been disappointed with a Mercury product!
Joseph Rentie It has power steering. Basically, when you push the handle one way, it turns the pump on and moves the engine that direction. They showed him taking his hands on in the video, so no torque to the driver at all.
that power tiller is impressive. boat tech has come a long way but I have a hard time trusting and depending on so much electronics, especially in a saltwater environment. analog will still be my #1 choice.
Being a superbike owner I've rode with a ball cap backwards, will fly right off at serious speeds. Wearing it the correct way with the bill dip down a little bit guaranteed triple digits without flying off 🤪
Nice tiller but I have to say I'm disappointed at the lack of speed. I use to have a 1966 Checkmate MX-15 paired with a 1983 Johnson 115 with a 21° prop (stock is 19°). Did a radar run at 61mph. Did I hear you guys only hit 47mph?
back around 1980 i ran a tiller steer 50 hp yamaha on a 16ft lund pike with a friction copilot .. it would troll all day long and run ~40mph beautifully ... people thought i was nutz !! this is way cool !! 300hp J.H.C !! no effort @ all !!
@Stevens Marine Talk with your contacts at Mercury and develop a proximity key for the outboard that way if the driver goes overboard, the outboard dies. Otherwise have owners man up with the kill switch.
WOW! I know im goin out for a 300merc tiller handle now! He has a chessie named roscoe just like me! My boy is 11 now! And im on the east coast, south carolina. Great pee dee river to be exact
This 300hp motor costs 8k more than a 700hp hellcat crate motor, they also point vertically and flood the cylinders with oil if you put them on the side.
@@jacksonsalinas7412 on a small boat like 16' or less then tiller is way cheaper and nice to save that extra money. On this boat, I would want a race seat mounted to the very front center of the boat with a steer stick on one side and throttle on the other
Its an aluminum boat. Probably the 25' model Columbia. It has a 101" beam and 82" at the chine. Not a hull for speed. The 300 looks like a good match for that boat.
I ve got a 60 ft x 11 ft steel widebeam barge here in the UK that I liveaboard ( see my vid ) it weighs about 30 tons and has a 52 hp inboard. The speed limit on inland waterways here is about 6 mph , I'd love to bolt that on the back and watch her fly.......................
Install a jack plate trim it up, and let that monster loose, I want to see a rooster tail! My 150 hp optimax will blow that thing away, that motor on that boat wasn’t very impressive! That motor cost way more than that aluminum boat!
Let's throw a yamaha on it and compare it! I just bought a skeeter and it has a 175 yamaha on it. That thing absolutely flys. I also have a bass tracker with a mercury on it. I think I like the yamaha a little more, but the mercury has done good for me for 15 years now. It is only a 40 and it's ran wide open it's entire life.
Hopefully he had a wireless one. But yeah I noticed that too. How cares if he gets injured it's the family down the lake that get's hit by an manned rocket.
I remember last summer I bought my little boys dreamcome true john boat tht i had saved up for long time then buy a used 15hp like new mercury tiller n i thought i had a big motor until i watch this n took me year n half to save up for motor to only get it stolen from me in less then a week broke my kids heart I wish i could afford a new little mercury sux I had saved up for long time n whoever stole it broke my kids heart
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That’s the biggest tiller outboard I have ever seen!😲
I agree... Great!!!
Same here. I wonder how much he has to twist to get it up to speed😂
@Dave those also have less power than this motor
I love mine
Yup
This is perfect for my 10ft jon boat
Add huge trim tabs! Better yet- K planes!
make sure to put it on the youtubes!
Dude a 300 would sink a 10 foot john
@@matthewowens455 not if it's four foot wide. Sit in the front to distribute the weight a little better
lol
A 300 hp tiller 😂😂
Never thought I‘d see that
I just saw a 90 horse power tiller On craigslist and I thought that was crazy
Probably to save space for fishermen.
Nor did I
That was my first thought too. Then I saw the dude's mustache. No problem.
Wouldn’t expect anything less with those handle bars.. what a motor
I have been driving big tillers for years and this a great video. We had to custom fab up "stuff" that was sketchy in the past and this looks solid. The reason why we stuck with tillers so long was we run big rivers and go into areas with large boulders spaced tightly together, You had to stand and weave in and around many to get to the good fishing spots, that meant a tiller. We used larger motors to get there quick enough fish, catch trophy's and get back before dark.
5:53 the dog gets so excited about retrieving something "DUDE! Let me grab that! Ahhh I shouldn't, I shouldn't" 😂
no kill switch. a 300 hp tiller. what could go wrong? hold my beer
Trey Wilson 😂😂😂
Trey Wilson, because you can’t just cut out a V8 engine, running at high rpm, kill switches are more for smaller engines
One Piece Trap Remix inp
funny thats the first thing i thought
Meat Grinder!
Smart dog! Knew exactly what they turned back for!
300hp, tiller with power steering! Why, Hell Yea!
Dang thats a big tiller motor
30 years ago probably the biggest tiller was 75 hp and was awhile before it went over a 100!
It sure is... and fun too👌.
@@rodneyerdmann1545 no..... 30 years ago 225s were being tillered.....
@@StevensMarine mr petterson i need to do a fly by in one of these to show u all REAL alumaweld speed lil 225 does almost 70
Mercury! I grew up on a lake in MN and spent a LOT of time on the water our family was a Johnson/Evinrude family completely then in JR high I had a 10ft GW Invader 2 seat speed boat and I put a 65 Merc on that the only gauge in the boat was a tach for testing props the 65 was a 4 cylinder engine with a short shaft it always ran strong! Now that I am a bit more advanced in life My pontoon has a Merc 4 stroke on it and my fishing boat has a Merc 4 stroke on it and my speed boat has a Supercharged 502 BBC with lots of very nice parts on it and I am running a Merv Bravo 1 with a Merc Sportsman lower unit. I own nothing but Merc now and for a while I was a very devout Yamaha owner not sure how this happened but I will also say I have never been disappointed with a Mercury product!
The interesting thing is that I have the EXACT same tiller on a 60hp ct mercury outboard
Crazy on how much boat motor cost. When I looked them up, I was shocked
The tiller handle is a nice touch
WOW! I had no idea that they made outboards that big with a tiller handle!! 0_0
xrayracer1 I was just saying that myself. The torque trying to turn that thing WOT has got to take some muscle!
Joseph Rentie It has power steering. Basically, when you push the handle one way, it turns the pump on and moves the engine that direction. They showed him taking his hands on in the video, so no torque to the driver at all.
And Next Week we will be Testing the
Mercury 400 R Racing
Tiller Stick 🤣🤣🤣
Then after that We’ll be testing the new mercury 600 Verado 😂😂😂
@@Josh-rw8gq LMAOOO
300 horse tiller. Sweets.
The thought of catching snapper and other offshore fish with a outboard makes me smile. Lol
At first I thought he was the dad on orange county choppers. Then his voice reminded me of Joe Exotic.
Now we need a 450 with a tiller
5.6 v8 425 yamaha tiller 🤤
This is absolutely perfect for my 6ft row boat
Why the hell do you have a 300HP motor on an aluminum boat.
Why not
Because I like to party
Ummm!!!!!!!! I think to go faster and have more power. If you aint notice that is not a 14 bass tracker.
He's a fishing guide that's a lot of clients/weight to pack around
@@hankschrader149 I agree! I asked the question why, it did not make sense until he talked about hauling 18 people.
that power tiller is impressive. boat tech has come a long way but I have a hard time trusting and depending on so much electronics, especially in a saltwater environment. analog will still be my #1 choice.
Wouahhhh....super ! I love it ! I love Mercury outboard ! 👀👍
Should we need a permit or boatercard for the texas state to operate a 250 hp above boat?
That's crazy!! Stick steering would be fun with that beast
1:32 - West Linn Oregon? Aka where Chael Sonnen is from?
Do they make that Mercury 300 with a 15" shaft? I need one on my Alumacraft 1436-LT... LOL
Being a superbike owner I've rode with a ball cap backwards, will fly right off at serious speeds. Wearing it the correct way with the bill dip down a little bit guaranteed triple digits without flying off 🤪
How much you asking for it? This motor is perfect for my tracker 1448 Jon boat!
Is the motor mounted in the center of the transom? It looks like it's mounted closer to the starboard side of the boat. Maybe it's the camera angle?
Nice tiller but I have to say I'm disappointed at the lack of speed. I use to have a 1966 Checkmate MX-15 paired with a 1983 Johnson 115 with a 21° prop (stock is 19°). Did a radar run at 61mph. Did I hear you guys only hit 47mph?
Surprised its a tiller but doesn't have pull-start 😂
you would never be able to pull that thing over, well without a decompression valve.
@@lHlEIDLEBAUGH Oh really.. 😜
@@lHlEIDLEBAUGH Hold my fingers after it kicks back
Funny thing is they come with a emergency pull rope under the hood. 😆 damn’d if ya ever have to use it.
That's a pretty epic mustache.
The hulk
back around 1980 i ran a tiller steer 50 hp yamaha on a 16ft lund pike with a friction copilot .. it would troll all day long and run ~40mph beautifully ... people thought i was nutz !! this is way cool !! 300hp J.H.C !! no effort @ all !!
The reaction of that reporter when he said 2800hrs run time is hilarious hahaha
@Stevens Marine
Talk with your contacts at Mercury and develop a proximity key for the outboard that way if the driver goes overboard, the outboard dies. Otherwise have owners man up with the kill switch.
WOW! I know im goin out for a 300merc tiller handle now! He has a chessie named roscoe just like me! My boy is 11 now! And im on the east coast, south carolina. Great pee dee river to be exact
Using the lanyard?
The way they got a smaller tiller on the back.
Dad outboard showing son outboard how to be like him.
Im IN LOVE with these Mercury V8s, I wanna swap one into a car so bad
This 300hp motor costs 8k more than a 700hp hellcat crate motor, they also point vertically and flood the cylinders with oil if you put them on the side.
Extrenal 12 liter jerrycan! 👍🏽😂
300 tiller on an aluminum boat! Hell yeah!
I never imagined you can paddle steer a big motor like that
Good cap recovery!!!
wow listen to that pump run for the steering , bet it draws some serious power
Can't believe you got 300hp tiller control!
How did you Get a tiller on this monster?
Великолепная лодка с прекрасным двигателем! Круто!
Never knew Mercury made a tiller engine that big, good lord.
THEY DON'T IT'S A THIRD PARTY CUSTOM SET-UP...!
I’m not sure but I think you can get a tiller for a 400R Verado
You can ask Mercury/Yamaha to make your outboard into a tiller outboard even if it’s got a lot of HP, it will cost you a little more though
the whole combo is cool
At the beginning of the video, you mentioned that the engine was run with as opposed to propeller. Was it a Mercury jet?
Nice specs for the inline on the rotary girder on the Merc
You need to prop that with G3 connected.
You haven't broken in a boat or outboard until you lose a hat!
300hp tiller thats badass
I really want a boat like that I cant stand a damn steering wheel
Ana Gray much more deck space and less wiring
@@jacksonsalinas7412 on a small boat like 16' or less then tiller is way cheaper and nice to save that extra money.
On this boat, I would want a race seat mounted to the very front center of the boat with a steer stick on one side and throttle on the other
I have a 09 300 verado. Xl. If I was to hit 5700 rpm I would be doing close to 68 to 70. 25 pitch. That boat must have a ton of drag
Its an aluminum boat. Probably the 25' model Columbia. It has a 101" beam and 82" at the chine. Not a hull for speed. The 300 looks like a good match for that boat.
Said they are running a 19 pitch. That would plane that boat if it was filled to the gunnel with lead.
or you just have a light boat lol
I ve got a 60 ft x 11 ft steel widebeam barge here in the UK that I liveaboard ( see my vid ) it weighs about 30 tons and has a 52 hp inboard. The speed limit on inland waterways here is about 6 mph , I'd love to bolt that on the back and watch her fly.......................
Install a jack plate trim it up, and let that monster loose, I want to see a rooster tail! My 150 hp optimax will blow that thing away, that motor on that boat wasn’t very impressive! That motor cost way more than that aluminum boat!
You might want to research the cost of those high end aluminum boats not saying it's more than the 300 but I am sure it's up there
Put your 150 on this boat and I bet you barely do 25mph
Awesome... Now take it around the corner at Blue Creek
No kill switch and it has cruise control . You can take your hand off of the throttle. That’s perfect
Not a safe bunch.
We call him captain Ron OVERKILL holy cow WTF what do you pull it with an 18 wheeler WOW
Let's throw a yamaha on it and compare it! I just bought a skeeter and it has a 175 yamaha on it. That thing absolutely flys. I also have a bass tracker with a mercury on it. I think I like the yamaha a little more, but the mercury has done good for me for 15 years now. It is only a 40 and it's ran wide open it's entire life.
Yamahas v6 300 would get left behind the Merc 300 V8. The V8 has way more torque.
In my boat, if you loose your hat it's gone.
Seems like we have a tough guy here...
Sounds good. Why take a minute and turn around for a friend when you can just fuck him over and show your real colors...
Also, that's littering which is causing our beautiful waterways and other natural areas to become damaged!
now Merc making a 450r engine too ?
thats the most insane tiller i've ever seen
What size is that boat ?
Great boat and motor. I agree with the kill switch comments, and I wouldn't allow a passenger to ride sitting on the gunwale.
Best guide around!
Why would you want a 300 tiller? Just for the extra room in the boat from not having a console?
What’s the little motor for?
Is that 9.9 the trolling motor?😂
Where is the kill cord!!! No excuse and a marine professional onboard aswell. Shame !!!
On a giant tiller and a narrow river too lol
Hopefully he had a wireless one. But yeah I noticed that too. How cares if he gets injured it's the family down the lake that get's hit by an manned rocket.
@@underbubbles agree. Up to them on there life and safety but don't put others at risk or the coastguard who will be the ones trying to stop it
Snow flake
@@timdejoris6604 not snow flake, just not stupid
Thats a monster!
Who in the hell is driving? That was hilarious!!! Sit down Captain Ron!!!
The dog want to catch the hat lol
Такая мощность, да на румпеле? Это супер👌
Found this kinda intersting .also come on now Roscoe great dog name!
i would have slapped 2 of those 300 mercs on the back of that tub!!!
I have a feeling that it is not only the hat that is going to fly of
What is the handle on the rear port side?
I didn't see anyone wearing a kill switch ...
By the time they hit the end of the tether theyd be dead anyway.
Don't worry, man has a mercury hoodie on.
You got your hat on backwards 😏
No tether?
You know shit is about to get real when the hats go.on backwards.. Lmfao and it still didnt help
No lanyard?
Gas tank? In hull?
I remember last summer I bought my little boys dreamcome true john boat tht i had saved up for long time then buy a used 15hp like new mercury tiller n i thought i had a big motor until i watch this n took me year n half to save up for motor to only get it stolen from me in less then a week broke my kids heart I wish i could afford a new little mercury sux I had saved up for long time n whoever stole it broke my kids heart
What kind of seat is that?
I would like a quote for one of those rigged on my canoe
Well at least you didn't lose the motor like the other guys did on another channel.
How fast?
Recommend for people starting kayaking at ages from 5 to 15 than upgrade after that
You’re the man.
Only in America! 👍
Holy shit it’s controlled by a tiller?
Rien à dire .. c'est du bon produit 👍...