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Not easily. The steering is different on our motors from that of a 225+ so they can't be routed through a hard rigging tube. Nor does the 150 accept a hard rigging tube, I don't think. Could probably...

the issue with the 18XS/189TRX, at least from what I've seen and on my boat, is there is no rigging tube. It's a rubber boot where the rigging comes out of the hull to the motor. Now, I can come off...

yeah I always get a little water in my bilge. Swamp the rear deck by accident, some might come in the rigging tube, a little here, a little there. It adds up to an inch or two by the end of the day....

Don't hook that trailer up to your truck without going over it with a fine tooth comb. Don't matter what papers you signed, if you don't take delivery of it then it isn't yours. Seriously, take a...

Something like that.

It's turkey season. I love ruffling feathers. :laugh:

It was one thing for some stuff to slip past Triton's QC, but another to have your dealer muck up everything they touched....or didn't touch....

One more item that my lovely worthless dealer screwed up. I've been wondering why I haven't been able to hit max RPM's with my motor, no matter engine height. So, I decided to check my throttle. Yup,...

the Elite 5X was already in the console when I went to look at the boat in the showroom. Whether that was dealer or Triton installed I'm not sure. Regardless, I went from a 5" to a 5" unit in the...

I just call em like I see em. I didn't do that to my boat, and I bought it new. So, either dealer or Triton. The list, for me, is equally long for both.

Found two more issues with my boat. One I know was dealer caused. They installed the electronics and I found they didn't use sealant on the screws for the transom mount transducer. So, yeah. I take...

Only issue with the carpet on my boat is around the seat post holes. It wasn't cut in very good there at all. And below the steering wheel because the helm shaft seal blew and leaked steering fluid...

They're one in the same. Humans built it for the manufacturer. I'd say any defect, that the dealer didn't install, is a manufacturers defect. LakenormanKING the best thing your dealer did was get rid...

And then there are those dealers that simply don't give a rats booty. Like mine, that installed my passenger console which clearly, blatantly obviously, did not have the same same plastic trim...

I'm not following your problem. The switch panels are the same as my 18XS. 4 screws hold the switch panel on. They're easy as hell to get to. I converted my craptacular rocker switches to rotary...

The dealer is the last one to touch the boat before it is turned over to the customer. The dealer rigs it, installs the outboard, electronics, checks functionality (supposedly) and then details it....

What I don't understand is how the dealers allow these issues to leave their lot.

When I worked for a marine dealer that sold Maxum, Bayliner and Gambler every sold boat was gone over at a minimum...

I liked how when I bought my boat I also bought a Triton cover for it. You know, because at the time I stored my boat at a storage lot outside. Figuring in the 4 weeks between purchase and taking...

Either the gel delaminated from the glass, which is a defect, or there was a significant impact which caused the hull to buckle in that area causing the crack. Either way, unless the glass was...

You going to give Triton a call and see what they say? There could be a defect in the hull if it happened during normal use.

Damn, those are some serious cracks. Length cracks either indicate a structural deficiency in those areas or you got some serious air and smacked the water hard. I will say I've had my boat...

My boat had a good amount of growing pains. A ton of QC issues that I easily fixed. Some are still there, like the carpet around the pedestal holes looks like it was cut by Helen Keller. More broken...