I have a 14 foot aluminum boat. I had a 40 horse Minnkota transit mounted and it was a piece of junk. Granted it pushed the boat around, but it really strained. And that I believe led to its death. I then got a bow mounted Minnkota and it is a 60 horse. Much better trolling motor, moves the boat around real well. The older 40 kept blowing seals. I had it fixed twice, and finally decided it was no longer worth pumping more dollars into it. Minnkota did nothing to help me with the poor quality motor. Now the new one has so far, been bullet proof. It works great, and really takes me around the lakes.