01-02-2011, 03:28 AM
Just to clear things up, the U shaped line of boats by NFO are all called the Outlaw[]
There is the 6' Escape, 9' Renegade, 10'6" Rampage, & Challenger @ 12' for the frameless. Weight: 24lb up to 45 lb for the 12'er (not bad at all)
To carry these boats is very easy. Stand in the middle of the boat, grab the foot bar and pull the seat up you back to your shoulders. Away you go.
Stretch 23, any metal kinked is going to break. Allot of aluminum frames are aircraft aluminum and they are going to be very hard to kink, bend, break. Plus Aluminum like stainless won't rust.
I hear about cheap steal frames breaking at welds and bending, but I haven't heard of aluminum frames but I guess anything is possible.
Ron, absolutely, you can put a motor on the Renegade. Cpierce came up with the low cost make it at home answer and I have seen it in action on her tube, but you can get an aluminum motor mount that takes a second and three straps to mount.
I had a spare deck from my X5 that I use for rod holders, and deck for Baxter
(motor tilted to come in to shore) Note, the weight of the battery, Baxter, and a Minn Kota Maxum 40 and the boat is still level...no sliding frame.
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There is the 6' Escape, 9' Renegade, 10'6" Rampage, & Challenger @ 12' for the frameless. Weight: 24lb up to 45 lb for the 12'er (not bad at all)
To carry these boats is very easy. Stand in the middle of the boat, grab the foot bar and pull the seat up you back to your shoulders. Away you go.
Stretch 23, any metal kinked is going to break. Allot of aluminum frames are aircraft aluminum and they are going to be very hard to kink, bend, break. Plus Aluminum like stainless won't rust.
I hear about cheap steal frames breaking at welds and bending, but I haven't heard of aluminum frames but I guess anything is possible.
Ron, absolutely, you can put a motor on the Renegade. Cpierce came up with the low cost make it at home answer and I have seen it in action on her tube, but you can get an aluminum motor mount that takes a second and three straps to mount.
I had a spare deck from my X5 that I use for rod holders, and deck for Baxter
(motor tilted to come in to shore) Note, the weight of the battery, Baxter, and a Minn Kota Maxum 40 and the boat is still level...no sliding frame.
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