01-18-2009, 01:08 AM
I have a 16 foot smokercraft for over 30 years and we bought it because it was deep enough to handle any rough water for my two boys and you can get a bunch of people in it .8 or 9 as long as there not as big as me.
A year ago we ran across a great deal ( my son finds the deals then I put up the money ) on a Maxum 18ft, 1999 for $2500. Motor was froze but that was easy to fix with a new motor for $3500 and thats about 4 grand below blue book so now I have to figure out which boat to use. Will probably sell the Maxum next year as there are too many memories in the smokercraft.
I bought a 50HP Merc motor for the smokercraft for $50 bucks on KSL because a guy bought it and could not get it to run and some parts were missing. It cost me $10 for a front cowl on ebay and I fixed some hoses and cleaned out the carbs and it runs great and then put a 4.5 HP Merc I got for free from a guy who did not want it in his garage anymore. gummed up carb on that one as well.
Its amazing what people will give away when they know you can fix a motor. I have had two other small older trolling motors given to me in the last year.
I donated them to family members who want to get a small boat after I fixed them up.
anyway I need to shut up and thing about how to go fishing next week.
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