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Looking at used jon and v-hull aluminum boats - 10 to 12 ft. Anything special I should watch out for?
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<blockquote data-quote="airshot" data-source="post: 502814" data-attributes="member: 1183"><p>Depending on what your gonna do with it, how much load your gonna carry !! For lite duty use, most any will do, but as the task becomes more heavy duty, quality becomes a serious factor...along with quality comes higher weight capacity, higher hp capacity and heavier materials. Unless the boat is a much older model, most no longer use wood seats, but the transoms are pretty easy to replace if needed. As far as looking at used aluminum boats...heavy oxidised aluminum will be weaker, look for damage like a crease or missing rivets, but rhose missing are not hard to replace. Look for corrosion, heavy corrosion...walk away !</p><p>And of course price, while new ones are crazy expensive, used ones should not be, just a few years back they were less than half or a third the price they are now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="airshot, post: 502814, member: 1183"] Depending on what your gonna do with it, how much load your gonna carry !! For lite duty use, most any will do, but as the task becomes more heavy duty, quality becomes a serious factor...along with quality comes higher weight capacity, higher hp capacity and heavier materials. Unless the boat is a much older model, most no longer use wood seats, but the transoms are pretty easy to replace if needed. As far as looking at used aluminum boats...heavy oxidised aluminum will be weaker, look for damage like a crease or missing rivets, but rhose missing are not hard to replace. Look for corrosion, heavy corrosion...walk away ! And of course price, while new ones are crazy expensive, used ones should not be, just a few years back they were less than half or a third the price they are now. [/QUOTE]
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