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Petrus,

The Suzuki 140A weighs 407 pounds for the 25" shaft model which is what the Outrage 18' uses.

Personally, I would not use my brand new expensive, large hp engine, to troll all day long.
Why put all those hours on a large motor just for trolling?
That is another nice thing about having a trolling motor.
The second is having an emergency backup to get home with or at least maybe out of harms way.