03-21-2006, 01:31 AM
The boat I would like to have is a Triton TR21X but is not in my budget at this point in life. My last boat was a 15' Tidecraft not your top quality boat and lack alot of what i look for but had what you needed. I just purchased a Triton TR186. I have only took it out once to see how it ran and fine tune it to suit me. It has everthing I want in a bass boat plus some. The only thing that is missing is that extra three feet that the tr21 has. My boss has a ranger 520vx (I believe) It is a nice boat but it comes with the hefty price tag. My fishing partner has had two nitro's and one ranger since I have known him all very nice boats. I was with him when he traded one of the nitros in and they check the transom over good for cracks and did not find any on his boat which supprised the tech. I don't know if this is common problem with nitro or all boats. The most improtant thing to me is no wood in the boat. Which is one of the major factors why I purchased a triton.