oh yeah they are nice boats for sure. I fished outa one when they first came out. I wanted to buy it from the family when he passed away but they wanted to much for it. It did sell quickly though....
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oh yeah they are nice boats for sure. I fished outa one when they first came out. I wanted to buy it from the family when he passed away but they wanted to much for it. It did sell quickly though....
518vx is wider and has a raised deck.
If you can spend just a tad more look for a 99-03 or 04 518VX. Probably the best ranger boat ever made to this day both for fishability and build quality. Big wide deck, lots of storage, big rod...
No flippin way I’d buy any of the big 3 unless I absolutely had to have a 3/4 ton because of pulling heavy loads or hauling heavy loads. There is no bassboat made that requires a 3/4 ton gas or...
2016 GMC Sierra. 65k engine shot craps. Lifters, cam and cam bearing destroyed. At 100k transmission shot craps. Bought is used and fortunately purchased an extended warranty. That cost me 4k. ...
Don’t get caught up in the hype of newer is better. That boat was built every bit as good as anything made today and will fish every bit as good.
The boat I have now is a 99 518 Ranger. ...
I don’t believe there are any federal or state statutes that mandate by law what HP outboard one can put on a boat. I always thought they were coast guard recommended horsepower limits.
My boats...
When states begin to realize that it’s hurting fish populations I wouldn’t be surprised if some
don’t ban them completely. Kind of like some states made duck hunting illegal using wingers or any...
Whatever you get make sure you get a Toyota. If you go with one of the big 3 you will be very disappointed in the garbage they put out.
save yourself headaches and get a tundra. Loads of power...
Bayliner and the old Cobra boats from back in the day. As far as new ones go, Vexus takes the cake in the fiberglass line. They are just fugly! They remind me of the old Astros as far as a side...
The FDA as far as I know has not found a medicinal purpose
for marijuana.
It’s the liberal doctors that have found medicinal purposes for it. And for those that say the VA meds are crap they...
It’s just a different owner of the brand than it used to be is all. Forrest wood sold ranger in 1987 to Thompson company and in 1991 they sold it to Genmar. Genmar went bankrupt in 2009 and...
You’re going to want something 12 foot wide. My door is 10 foot wide and even though that’s plenty of room for my 518 and was even plenty wide for my 196 champ I once had, backing in after dark it...
Couldn’t give me an E-tech. Maybe a good engine but if you need to resale it’s crap. I’ll take the merc anyway.
weak O line for sure. Defense plays really good when they have to and just ok when they don’t.
Mahomes best passing QB in the league but he doesn’t have any receivers. Yeah we need some...
They seem to hold their resale value very well. I looked at them back in like 2005 or
so. Seemed to be. Very well built with a lot of attention to detail. I’d own one for sure!
They are vacating California to any other state. Plenty of them coming to Kansas as well.
What we NEED and what we WANT are two very different things. Everyone on this site could
do what they do now just fine out of a late model 17-19 foot boat guaranteed. When people
say 125k boat...
Interest rates? Who cares! Must really suck for the common folk. BBC’rs are lucky to be able to pay cash for everything.
Transom all fiberglass from 88 on. Not sure when the rest of the boat went wood free but I know it was after 1999 because my 518 has wood decks.
Sunrise in the winter. Most of the time the best winter crappie bite is over by 10 AM.
Just did every lid on mine. Easy to do. Just make sure you get the hinge back on the way it came off.
EXACTLY!! These young kids fishing with inheritance money, grandparents or parents paying their way make me sick. They wouldn’t have made back in the day. The skill of actually finding fish is...
Y’all can talk all the smack on him you want but he can still out fish anyone on BBC. So he still has that going for him.lol
I guess I feel pretty fortunate. I have a nice military retirement with health care. I’ll have a second state retirement (which won’t even be half of my military retirement a month), and when Im 65...
