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| Will outnumber aluminum in our market here
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Location: WI | Aluminum boats are to tough and more reasonably priced to go away. |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Nope |
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| I have owned them both. Nice LUND is every bit the boat of a Tuffy or Ranger---cheaper--Lighter--Just as good of resale based on the MSRP pricing. Now that I have had a quality Aluminum--I will never go back to Glass--at least no plans to anyway. |
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Location: oswego, il | Not unless they become cheaper than aluminum. |
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| They won't out number, but they will still ride better and have less issues with wind:-) |
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| It's too bad the tracker hydro formed aluminum was more or less a failure. If an AL boat company could get it to work they really would have the best of both worlds. |
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Location: Tennessee | 'glass in general have priced themselves out of the market here. and average joe isn't probably so caught up on features, ride, etc as much as he is price. |
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Location: Almond, WI | I'd own glass if it wasn't twice as heavy (requiring a bigger tow vehicle) and twice as expensive, those factors trump everything else. |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Not even close to 'twice as heavy'. In many cases, the aluminum weighs as much and some weigh even more than a comparable glass boat, and the price is also not even close to twice as much if you have similar engine, features, beam, depth, and length.
For example, the 20.5' class Alumacraft weighs more than the 20'5' class Larson. |
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Location: Minneapolis, MN | Currently I fish out of an Alumacraft Classic 165 that is 16'4" long and has an 82" beam. What would be a comparable glass boat if one exists? |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Larson 1650 maybe? About 1100 pounds. Alumacraft Competitor, a comparable ride, weighs 1050. a Tuffy 1700, which is 16'10", weighs 1100. Your Classic is 868. Don't know of a fiberglass boat that compares to that build. |
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Location: Minneapolis, MN | Didn't know if there would be anything similar but just thought I'd ask since people kept saying to go glass when I asked if there was any way to keep the Classic from being a kite. |
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