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1 hour ago, tbone_ said:

Really only 250 hours on 23yo motors?

Yes.  The previous owner was my wife's uncle.  He had a lake house on Travis and the boat hardly left the dock.   He sold the boat to me a few years ago and we've replaced all of the fuel senders, batteries, fluids, etc and it's running great.  The dock fees are eating me up and I want to get a smaller boat.

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1 hour ago, BottleRocket said:

Yes.  The previous owner was my wife's uncle.  He had a lake house on Travis and the boat hardly left the dock.   He sold the boat to me a few years ago and we've replaced all of the fuel senders, batteries, fluids, etc and it's running great.  The dock fees are eating me up and I want to get a smaller boat.

That’s crazy. I have to put at least an hour or 2 per month making a trip to nowhere on my diesel engines just to keep all the moving parts working.

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Well, my old Bennington just turned 20 years old. The interior is getting pretty ratty, the starter went out on the Yamaha at the beginning of last summer, so we basically cancelled our summer weekends. Those starters hardly ever go out, and are really tough to find, so it was late fall before we found one. Now we thought we had a spark plug issue, but now think it is an injector. So time to get rid of it.

Old-Bennington.pngThis is the boat my Dad bought, couldn't get it on the trailer when it was windy, so he just gave it to me.

I called my cousin at Fun N Sun in Hurst, about getting a new tritoon, and to get one comparable to what we have was over $120k new. CHIEF Jr. has always wanted a wake boat. He is a Centurion man. I always told him only a fucking idoit would pay six figures for a damn ski boat. So what is this idoit doing this Thursday? Going to go try and make a deal on this Sumbitch: 

https://www.awsboatstx.com/default.asp?page=xPreOwnedInventoryDetail&id=15925476&p=1&s=(Sort By)&d=D&fr=xPreOwnedInventory

Depreciation was the deciding factor. I'll give my kid credit, he knows how to set the hook. We don't carry a dozen college kids anymore, so really don't need a tritoon. I'm gonna be officing like Cajun soon.

CHIEF

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Well, my old Bennington just turned 20 years old. The interior is getting pretty ratty, the starter went out on the Yamaha at the beginning of last summer, so we basically cancelled our summer weekends. Those starters hardly ever go out, and are really tough to find, so it was late fall before we found one. Now we thought we had a spark plug issue, but now think it is an injector. So time to get rid of it.
Old-Bennington.pngThis is the boat my Dad bought, couldn't get it on the trailer when it was windy, so he just gave it to me.
I called my cousin at Fun N Sun in Hurst, about getting a new tritoon, and to get one comparable to what we have was over $120k new. CHIEF Jr. has always wanted a wake boat. He is a Centurion man. I always told him only a fucking idoit would pay six figures for a damn ski boat. So what is this idoit doing this Thursday? Going to go try and make a deal on this Sumbitch: 
https://www.awsboatstx.com/default.asp?page=xPreOwnedInventoryDetail&id=15925476&p=1&s=(Sort By)&d=D&fr=xPreOwnedInventory
Depreciation was the deciding factor. I'll give my kid credit, he knows how to set the hook. We don't carry a dozen college kids anymore, so really don't need a tritoon. I'm gonna be officing like Cajun soon.
CHIEF

Crazy. The prices are out of control.
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5 minutes ago, Handcruser said:


Crazy. The prices are out of control.

For sure. That is substantially more than I paid for my first house. I'm gonna finance it for as long as possible (20 years) but should be able to pay it off in 4-5 years with a substantial down payment. I'm 57, no way I am having a boat note that I have to pay while drawing social security.

I don't have any write-offs for income tax, they take me to the cleaners annually. No house, property, or vehicle payments. I'm gonna get creative with this toad.

CHIEF

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35 minutes ago, Bert Orange said:

Wait, a Tritoon is $120k now?!?!? Holy shit. I paid $72k for mine 6-7 years ago and thought I was going to have a coronary. 

You can still get a basic one for that. But with nice guts, sound system, cockpit, and the loungers that face the stern, and a 250 or 300 Yamaha/Merc hanging off the back on what is considered the best brands of tritoons (Bennington, Avalon) you are there, easily. 

The biggest problem with pontoon boats, is they are a bitch to put the cover on. We would come back after drinking on the lake, and no one ever wanted to put it on. That has more than likely hastened its demise. Of course, with no real skin in the game, that was bound to happen. I have been reassured that this new boat will get wiped down and covered every time it goes back in the slip. CHIEF Jr. is even ponying up for the slip cradle. Gonna pattern it off the trailer, and have a buddy from work, their lead welder and shop foreman, weld it up. I'll have to haul it on my gooseneck, to the lake, put it on styrofoam or blue plastic barrels and float it into place.

That Bennington has had a dozen kids on it every summer weekend since CHIEF Jr. was sixteen. When they all went off to college, they would come home and spend the summer on it. It has been puked on, puked in, puked under, and puked off of.

CHIEF

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4 hours ago, CHIEF said:

You can still get a basic one for that. But with nice guts, sound system, cockpit, and the loungers that face the stern, and a 250 or 300 Yamaha/Merc hanging off the back on what is considered the best brands of tritoons (Bennington, Avalon) you are there, easily. 

The biggest problem with pontoon boats, is they are a bitch to put the cover on. We would come back after drinking on the lake, and no one ever wanted to put it on. That has more than likely hastened its demise. Of course, with no real skin in the game, that was bound to happen. I have been reassured that this new boat will get wiped down and covered every time it goes back in the slip. CHIEF Jr. is even ponying up for the slip cradle. Gonna pattern it off the trailer, and have a buddy from work, their lead welder and shop foreman, weld it up. I'll have to haul it on my gooseneck, to the lake, put it on styrofoam or blue plastic barrels and float it into place.

That Bennington has had a dozen kids on it every summer weekend since CHIEF Jr. was sixteen. When they all went off to college, they would come home and spend the summer on it. It has been puked on, puked in, puked under, and puked off of.

CHIEF

Fair enough. I have lowly Godfrey aqua with 150 Merc on mine. 

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@troph what was that badass wakesurf board that you bought? In fact, I think it was two of them. Was it one the Chaos boards made in Austin? We are getting boards for the new boat. Bought a $900 Doomswell Kevlar on sale for $550. Got our Ronix bungee rope to save shoulders.

CHIEF

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I had a relationship with the owner of Waterloo then Mañana and got my boards from them. We have three boards - short and long boards and then a little devil of a board with foam grips made for slicing and trickery. Good boards, kinda old school for their standard boards.  Not sure if mañana is still in business or not, their S Lamar shop appears closed. If they are still in business be sure about delivery times. 

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On 6/3/2025 at 4:08 PM, Bert Orange said:

Wait, a Tritoon is $120k now?!?!? Holy shit. I paid $72k for mine 6-7 years ago and thought I was going to have a coronary. 

You can get up over $300k on a 28 foot with twin 450R’s. We were out sea trialing a boat in SWFL and one just absolutely dog walked us in the intercoastal. They were easily running up around 75-80 on a 28 foot tritoon. The salesman was telling us all about them.

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