I got mine at Academy sports and outdoors. for $999.00 The nearest Alumacraft dealer wanted $1400.00 for it.
On the Academy website they list the 1540 and have a pic of a 1540 (the boat with a standard rear bench and not the boat with the rear bench with the extended floatation deck).........When I was on the Alumacraft Website I noticed that thier is no such thing as the 1540...It gets better though....Although they list a 1542 on thier website, the stupid computer sketch they use to depict it is not the actual model. The sketch is of the same thing that Academy sports has a pic of. An older 1540.
I was at the local Alumacraft dealer www.bigboysplaytoys.com and saw that the 1542 did in fact exist, and that it was similar in design to the tracker 1542 with the rear bench design. I believe the Alumacraft is a better boat becuause of the .073 Aluminum used the the construction and the ribs go up the sides of the hull. The tracker uses .053 Alum and the ribs only are on the floor.
With this info I went to Academy sports and made them take me in the back to see the so called 1540. Sure enough it was the one I saw that the dealer...A 1542 and not the one on thier picture or the one on the Alumacraft website. You can check my build here....
https://www.tinboats.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=17299&hilit=swamp+sled