Hey Clay, I'll bet if you do a search on used long tail mud motors such as GoDevil, you can probably find one for just a couple hundred $. They are direct drive gas operated air cooled setups. You can change the angle so that you are only hitting the surface and spray water for 20 feet across the pond, or drop it down and let it circulate water.

My boat has a surface drive motor on it with a huge prop. On high idle with half the prop in the water it'll really chew up some water. I dont have an aerator yet, so I've had to use it a couple times recently on my 1/4 acre pond. I usually let it run on top for an hour and aerate the surface then trim it down to circulate the whole pond for a few minutes. I can just stir the top or the entire water column depending on how deep I trim it.

Last edited by Mike Whatley; 06/11/18 09:13 AM.
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