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TCESOX |
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Posts: 1191 | Just saw on the news, that Alumacraft is laying off 68 workers due to declining boat sales and supply issues. Started making aluminum boats in the '40s. | ||
rpike |
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Posts: 289 Location: Minneapolis | Bummer. I hope it's temporary. Lots of fish came over the gunnels of my Navigator 165. To say nothing of the 18' canoe my parents had. | ||
TCESOX |
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Posts: 1191 | Paper said they still have 200+ employees, and trimming from two shifts to one, so still making boats. | ||
North of 8 |
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Since so many new boats are financed, wonder if rising interest rates impacted sales. | |||
TCESOX |
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Posts: 1191 | North of 8 - 9/26/2023 3:39 PM Since so many new boats are financed, wonder if rising interest rates impacted sales. Probably to a certain degree, but you also had to expect a lull after the buying frenzy of the pandemic. | ||
upnortdave |
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Posts: 668 Location: mercer wi | Or maybe 4 years ago a 185 competitor fully loaded was only 35k now its 60k. I know because I priced them. It's a shame | ||
kjgmh |
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Posts: 1082 Location: Hayward, WI | Alumacraft was pushing boats on their dealers the past 2 years. Dealer inventory is at all time high. Dealers are not ordering more boats and this is what happens. | ||
gregk9 |
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Posts: 790 Location: North Central IL USA | What goes up, must come down.... | ||
JKahler |
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Posts: 1284 Location: WI | upnortdave - 9/27/2023 3:06 AM Or maybe 4 years ago a 185 competitor fully loaded was only 35k now its 60k. I know because I priced them. It's a shame I paid 27500 for a 185 tiller in 2019. This past winter I saw one at a boat show for 43k, everything was identical. Ridiculous. | ||
BustedTip |
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Posts: 18 | I really regret not going bigger when i got mine in early mid 2020. The 205 is just a long lost dream now. | ||
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