Hey guys. New to the website and have some questions. I will give you the full story and see what you guys think.
Last summer a co-worker bought a bass tracker from a friend at his church. (I believe a 1988-92 model tx17 with a 50 rude on it)
My buddy came to work and told me he bought a bass tracker for 300 bucks. I gave him a hard time because he rarely fishes. Told him he should just sell it to me since i am in a bass club and have owned a couple champions before i got married and had kids. So he asked me what he should do since his friend had left it sit in the shed for two years before that. I told him to drain all the gas and probably should change the impeller. Not taking my advice he drained the gas put a new battery in and took it to a small lake. He said it fired right up and he started driving. About a half mile down the lake he started hearing a loud beeping. He calls and i told him to check the oil. Said everything was good there so I told him to start it and see if it had a pee stream. no stream. I asked if he changed the impeller and he said no so i thought that was his problem. He used the trolling motor back to the ramp and order a lower unit impeller kit. Installed it himself and still had no water coming out.
The other day at work I asked him if he got the boat running yet and he says no I havent had time to mess with it. You should sell it to me i say. Well gimmie 300 bucks thats what I got into it.
So here are my questions after going and taking a look at the boat the other day.
Boat looks real good. Just looks real narrow to me. Is it a decent fishing platform or is it tippy? I would be fishing some small club tournaments out of it on some of the smaller waters. I know its flat so it wont handle rough water to well.
Also the engine. Any chance its just a mud dobber nest? Anyone had an issues with anything like this.
And lastly with the engine working fine what does a boat like this usually sell for? I think i am getting a good deal???!!
thanks fellas.
-Jesse
Last summer a co-worker bought a bass tracker from a friend at his church. (I believe a 1988-92 model tx17 with a 50 rude on it)
My buddy came to work and told me he bought a bass tracker for 300 bucks. I gave him a hard time because he rarely fishes. Told him he should just sell it to me since i am in a bass club and have owned a couple champions before i got married and had kids. So he asked me what he should do since his friend had left it sit in the shed for two years before that. I told him to drain all the gas and probably should change the impeller. Not taking my advice he drained the gas put a new battery in and took it to a small lake. He said it fired right up and he started driving. About a half mile down the lake he started hearing a loud beeping. He calls and i told him to check the oil. Said everything was good there so I told him to start it and see if it had a pee stream. no stream. I asked if he changed the impeller and he said no so i thought that was his problem. He used the trolling motor back to the ramp and order a lower unit impeller kit. Installed it himself and still had no water coming out.
The other day at work I asked him if he got the boat running yet and he says no I havent had time to mess with it. You should sell it to me i say. Well gimmie 300 bucks thats what I got into it.
So here are my questions after going and taking a look at the boat the other day.
Boat looks real good. Just looks real narrow to me. Is it a decent fishing platform or is it tippy? I would be fishing some small club tournaments out of it on some of the smaller waters. I know its flat so it wont handle rough water to well.
Also the engine. Any chance its just a mud dobber nest? Anyone had an issues with anything like this.
And lastly with the engine working fine what does a boat like this usually sell for? I think i am getting a good deal???!!
thanks fellas.
-Jesse