I am a great fan of Scotty in general but went with the Ace - Brutus plus 40. Our primary use is for crab fishing where we use 2 large heavy commercial style traps that with a load of Crab in them can go over 50lbs each and which we leave in the water all summer. The ace allows us to get the trap much higher out of the water so that there is a lot less lifting of the trap and combined with the much longer boom helps keep the trap out farther away from the hull which decreases the potential for surface damage to the boat. If anything I would like the puller higher and the boom longer. Ideally the very large trap would be raised flat above the side of the boat, then pivoted on the mount to turn in and the trap lowered onto the back corner of the boat. We may look into an extension for the Scotty pivot mount and see if we can get the trap even higher out of the water so there is no lifting except to toss it back in empty. I do wish the Ace had a little more power and was faster pulling up the heavy traps.