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| Wondering how this boat handles in ruff water ? And if its a dy ride ? Anybody know of any problems with this boat. Thanks, |
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Location: Jackson, Wisconsin 53037 | The Tundra handles rough water excellent. It is the driest boat I have been in.
They did have problems with the transoms a few years ago, but they have fixed the problem. Making the transoms stronger.
It's a great boat, team it up with a Verado, and it will be the best boat you have ever driven. |
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| Go glass and never look back
Ran aluminum (lund, sea nymph, crestliner) for years before wising up and buying a ranger. No I'm not trying to bash, but glass is the way to go in big water.
Aluminum is great for weight, towing, etc., but when it comes to being in the water you wouldn't catch me in aluminum. |
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| There still seems to be some recurring problems with the Tundra's in both the 18's and the 21's. Thing with aluminum is metal work fatigues.....stress. It will fail if you run "big" water. The question is "when?".
Glass under your ass...you won't be sorry. |
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| was thinking of making the change from a 620 to the tundra until I heard from two of their touring pro's...I wont say who told me not to.
But as far as boat goes it stands for Break Out Another Thousand.
Everything breaks, and everything will give you trouble at one time or another.
Drive it like you stole it and you'll pay the fine for doing so.
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| Yes, they will all break if pushed.
as the great Bill Bobber once said "We have more time than money".....so very true. |
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| yes all boats inherently have problems, but not all of them stand behind there product.Do some research before you invest in this boat. |
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Location: Chicago IL. | HAHAHAHA Glass under your ass!!!!! Thats funny. |
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| If you have to put your ass in glass, make sure you get a Ranger. It's the only one with a decent warranty. Glass boats will eventually develope stess cracks everywhere especially the transom. Why do you think the "pros" get a new rig every year?? |
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| Sorry to hear your ranger has stress cracks everywhere. My non-ranger fiberglass boat looks brand new after five years of pounding on Green Bay....and it's paid for hehe. |
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Location: Jackson, Wisconsin 53037 | I would like to hear who the two touring pro's are that told you they are bad boats. I know all of them, but one, and they have not bashed the boat.
As far as standing by their boats, get all the facts about it. There have been a few on W.C. that like to bash the Tundra.
If Tracker is so terrible and such a bad boat, then why do they sell the most aluminum boats in the country?
This is my first year in a Tundra, I have had Lund's, ridden in Rangers, so those are the only two boats I can compare too. The Tundra is the driest and smoothest riding boats of the three. |
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| Have had one for 2 1/2 years and have not had one problem. It is the smoothest driest boat made!! Those that say go with glass just have not rode in a Tundra and it is hard to get them in a Tundra.(why is that) All I am saying is ride in both and you can make your own decision. I did.
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| Shink,
No one is questioning the ride in the Tundra. No one is questioning the fact that ALL boats have problems. No one is questioning your credibility.
BUT ......... Tracker is starting to get a very bad reputation on their customer service, warranty issues and the longevity of the Tundra Hull before it develops problems.
Like someone said before ......... do your homework before buying.
Tracker has a major black eye over what is happening and we've only seen the beginning of it.
Buyer beware. |
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| I ran a team tundra for two years boat bent the second time out went back to the factory and they did a terrible job fixing it. i now run a new 620 and love the boat. the tundra does ride a little better but it is also longer. i would say the ranger is dryer though. some guys have not had any trouble with there boats but most have. my advise buy something else it was the worst two years of fishing for me. |
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| RE: notaranger. What kind of boat glass boat are you refering to? Just courious. |
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| Do your homework before buying ANYTHING! Where did you get that Tracker is getting a very bad reputation on their customer service and that they have a major black eye? That is an easy thing to say isn't it?
I have heard horror stories, literally, about every manufacturer out there. Maybe because Trackers are sold at a remarkably higher percentage rate than any other boat is one reason you hear more bad stories about them. On one site a little bit ago there was a guy screaming and hollering about Tracker's customer service and how they wouldn't help him. After a bunch of back and forth yelling and screaming it was discovered that the boat was well out of warranty. He was saying that Tracker should hep him because the boat is now unsafe. There are a bunch of stories like that and unless you delve into what the truth really is, they get repeated and repeated and then the story is that Tracker's customer service is crap. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure there are legitimate issues with boats the Tracker has not handled well, for some reason or another. But also like I said earlier, I have heard horror stories about all brands. |
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| Or the guy bashing them on both sites when it turns out he dumped his boat off the trailer onto the boat ramp that was a good one. Sometimes it helps to hear the rest of the story, there usually is one. |
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Location: Appleton wi | You guys are silly! Everyone who is somebody knows that "Yarcraft" is the best ride out there!LOL You guys need to CHILL |
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| I find it hard to believe that they sell more aluminum boats then Lund. |
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| We do not necessarily sell more 16 foot fishing boats than Lund (an example). We group our entire tin boat line together when we make statements like this. We are
one of (if not the largest) pontoon boat manufacturers in the nation and we group this line together WE ALSO SELL lots of inexpensive bass rigs down south.
Some of you midwesterners have no clus how large tracker really is and how many smaller boat and trailer manufacturers have been bought out by Tracker. Go down south in Arkansas and Missouri and you will see a tracker plant for boats or trailers or a Tracker dealer on every major intersection. (kind of like your taverans in Wisconsin  )
One last observation. Many people think that boat companies sell thousands and thousands of different model boats each year. If you only knew. It's a lot smaller tan you think. |
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Location: Rhinelander | Tracker actually has been the largest boat builder by numbers in North America several model years in recent history, and one year I believe they were listed as the largest in the world; they may still be, I no longer pay much attention to those stats.
Yes, they have some warranty issues, just like all the other builders. Let's look at a parallel example; Mercury Outboards. Mercury has the lion's share of the market here in the central US, and as a result, more folks run Mercury than any other brand. In fact, what would one get for Power if one buys a Tracker? If one of the Mercury models develops a problem, far more consumers will experience that trouble than Yamaha or Suzuki owners mkight with a similar problem, for example.
I have heard great customer service stories from Tracker owners, the opposite, and the middle ground. As with anything the negative reporters, especially if they are posting where they can be obnoxious and anonymous, are by far the loudest and most prolific and those happy with the product pretty quiet; that seems to be the nature of the beast. I see dozens of Trackers every month on the water, and talk to many of the owners regularly. My personal observation is that most are happy. Ask everyone you see what they think of the tow vehicle they own, and you'll get a similar response AND similar customer service stories.
All in all, the Tundra is a good boat. Ride it, compare features and benefits and price, and decide based upon an educated and PERSONALLY unbiased position gained from accurate information from informed sources.
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Location: Jackson, Wisconsin 53037 | Excellent post, Steve!!! |
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| Tracker boats are very popular in the south with bass and crappie fishermen. I believe they are the largest selling boat because they make a lower priced product. Most of their packages are underpowered to keep the price low for the guy who fishes 6 times a year. I bought one for duck hunting because it was several hundred dollars less than the others. It is not made all that well though, but for duck hunting and river fishing it's fine. In my opinion they are in the same catagory as Bayliner. |
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Location: Jackson, Wisconsin 53037 | There isn't any boat manufacturer or dealership out there that max's out the boat's motor. They all underpower the motor to make the price more attractive.
As far as being comparable to a bayliner, I have been in a lund the last 4 years. The fit and finish of my tracker are comparable, if not better than the lunds. Plus the ride is way better.
On every lund I owned the (PLASTIC) console cracked. |
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| Mr. Shink,
Name one other manufacture that sells boat, motor and trailer packages with under bsized motor and trailer like Tracker. Inquisitives need to know? |
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| Dealers will order packages that way. But it is the dealers choice to do so, not the boat builder. |
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| What engine an individual gets on a boat is entirely up to that individual. Tracker lists the performance specs for each boat and motor combination that they sell so its no secret how fast the boat is going to be. Besides that, one mans useless underpowered fishing boat is another mans ultimate dream fishing machine. Its all a matter of opinion. |
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Location: Lincoln Park, Mi | No Tracker bash. Just my story. You make your own decision
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/paint2k/dtc/MyTundraNightmare.htm |
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| Funny.
I posted this last night and it was promptly removed. Hope your posts last a bit longer so that anyone condsidering this boat may have the facts to make an informed decision.
I thought this site was supposed to provide unbiased information on walleye boats, expecially when a saftey issue like this is involved.
apparently this is not the case... |
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Location: Rhinelander | Fred G, and Terror,
This case is, by all accounts, not a 'common' occurence and cetainly not representative of the norm in that product by any measure. I get around a bit, and talk to more boat owners than most, fiding most owners very happy with the Tundra. Terroreys isn't, for what appears from his side of the story to be good reason with that particular boat.
This issue is a personal back/forth between an owner with serious warranty issues and Tracker Marine, and doesn't belong here for obvious reasons including our general posting permissions. I don't have the time or inclination to call the manufacturer and consumer for an affadavit every time an argument between an owner and builder is posted to get the complete facts, and anything published here, folks, is legally considered to be OutdoorsFIRST's responsibility, opinion, and belief, NOT the poster's. Look it up. Google Internet Law, and search the various segments that might apply. I just saw a debate on Fox News between some of the top legal minds out there in Internet Liability and Law on moderated AND unmoderated message boards and even blogs, and according to those folks one can expect test prosecutions coming in the near future on several fronts, some mirroring this one. They said the free-for- all- train wreck-say whatever one wishes times are coming to a close, and fairly soon at that. I'd prefer to be at the FLW championship providing the best coverage we can than sitting in a hearing room trying to explain our posting permissions to an examiner, but that's me.
I can locate similar occurences with almost any brand out there; almost to the T with things broken on the rig in transit, repairs not being what is expected, delays in repair and return, etc. That includes Ranger, Skeeter, Tuffy, Warrior, Lund, all of them, defective boats get built, and warranty nightmares do happen. In fact, some builders require the boat be de-rigged completely by the dealer before shipping to the factory for hull repairs BECAUSE things might (and probably will) be damaged in shipping, storage, and the repair process.
This is an issue between an owner and the factory, and needs to be be resolved between the parties. |
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