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Boat advice, my boat has had it, almost sank today, time for a new one. I want to take the short shaft 40 off of it and put it on a new welded aluminum. Any suggestions on brand and lenght that will handle a 40, the cheaper, or shall i say the least expensive high quality the better.

Some buddies of mine have a 1650 express with a short transom for short shaft motors. They currently have a Merc sea pro 30 on it. It has an avery blind on it, a trolling motor, gun box 2 batteries...all fixed up. anyway they will take around $4000 for the whole setup. Your motor will work just fine on it and you can sell that sea pro motor for $2000 to $2500. The motor is electric start also. The boat is a 98 model and the trailer is a 99 model...not sure about the motors year model, but it's one of the 2...judging by the year models I would say the boat was purchased new around the end of 98.

I appreciate it but I just want a hull to go with my trailer and moter. Really looking for some advice on a brand of welded aluminum to purchase. The best boat for the price. Lowe, war eagle, tracker, xpress, polar kraft ????? etc. Any advice would be helpful.

check out http://www.godevil.com and click on their seamless all-weld boats...they are some kind of sharp...

judhe jb

war eagle!!!!!!

I hear the war Eagles are good....No Angel on the forum has some boats..give him a shout....

War Eagle

Give Bill a shout over at Mississippi Marine just north of Tupelo. He sells a lot of them and he sells them right. I figured that War Eagles would be excessively expensive, but when it came to similar welded boats, Ms Marine was more than competitive.

Same some money for the express, war eagle you pay a lot for the name, also check out Ed's in Jackson. Gadwall2 has one heck of a sharp boat he got there, very nice with lots of room.

Grizzly Tracker 16 ft, semi V hull .100 all welded hull. I got a 14ft one and wish I had the 16. Good boat I use a 40 hp mariner long shank with a minn-kota power up trim. The trim unit will pay for itself in a year just on gas. Good luck too ya!!!!

Hey Mississipi duck hunter, I got a price of $1650 for a grizzly 1648. Thats just the hull. Like you said, all welded and .100 thick hull. I am very curiouse about your 14ft boat holding your 40hp. I would almost like to split the difference and get a 15footer but the HP rating on it is a 25 I think. Bet your 14 footer with a 40hp will fly. Does the boat ride low in the back with the 40 on it and is it so fast that its dangerouse?

I went with the Tracker Grizzly and it is awsome. It was only 2k for a 1648 with a mudbuddy blind. It will handle your 40hp with ease. I got it from the bass pro shop in Nashville but you should be able to find one locally in the same price range

thanks RNAIL, I just need to get me a blind like the one yall got. You can bet yo booty that I got a tag for my boat trailer now.

Yo, Gad, them boys getting tuff at the landing on Tallahatchie WMA, boys you better have all your stuff in one bag, if you know what I mean. They are checking everything this year, and you better have fire extinguisher and whistle and/or horn too. They ain't playing.

Bates the 25 hp rating is for a tiller handle my is rated up to a 50 with a steering console which is what I have. I havent had any problems with mine as far as low riding or anything. If you do put the minn- kota unit on there you will have too raise the motor on the mount some if you use a steering console.