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New boat welds?

Started by the Ward, July 25, 2018, 05:40:55 PM

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the Ward

Quote from: Bolandstrutters on July 27, 2018, 08:08:36 AM
We have a lot of out of staters come to Missouri to buy these types of boats.  If you are willing to travel, look up Troutt and Sons in St. James Missouri.     Thanks for the info, I will check them out.

the Ward

Thanks everyone for the good info and advice! I would be willing to travel to get a boat, but  if a problem crops up under warranty, there would be no dealer reasonably close to take care of it. But I may have to go this route. There is a  dealer that carries lowe boats not far from me that has several set up with jets for the river. I was checking them out and lowe has a .125 option on their hulls. I haven't heard anything bad about the lowe so I might look into them also. I found a couple of war eagles in Tennessee that were priced pretty good and setup close to what I was looking for, but it's a 10+ hour trip one way. I also was looking at the Lund predator, pretty nice setup, but it's geared more toward fishing with a little bigger casting deck that takes up interior space and it's a lot heavier. One of the main lakes I like to fish has a 20 hp limit so I need to keep boat weight down and probably a 1754 or so size should work ok.   

renegade19

Quote from: the Ward on July 27, 2018, 01:47:08 PM
Thanks everyone for the good info and advice! I would be willing to travel to get a boat, but  if a problem crops up under warranty, there would be no dealer reasonably close to take care of it. But I may have to go this route. There is a  dealer that carries lowe boats not far from me that has several set up with jets for the river. I was checking them out and lowe has a .125 option on their hulls. I haven't heard anything bad about the lowe so I might look into them also. I found a couple of war eagles in Tennessee that were priced pretty good and setup close to what I was looking for, but it's a 10+ hour trip one way. I also was looking at the Lund predator, pretty nice setup, but it's geared more toward fishing with a little bigger casting deck that takes up interior space and it's a lot heavier. One of the main lakes I like to fish has a 20 hp limit so I need to keep boat weight down and probably a 1754 or so size should work ok.
I don't have a clue about their newer boats but I fished out of a 1985 Lowe for darn near 20 years.  Never once did it leak despite my best efforts to destroy it.