look at the tohatsu 9.8's they are a great motor and are a lot cheaper, got a leftover last year, 4 stroke 9.8 long shaft, electric start and power trim, tiller for 2500 off of ebay,
I have a 2014 9.8 tohatsu with the electric start and trim. when I am in the front of the boat all i can hear in the tell tale going into the water not the motor running. I had a 2 stroke 9.9 johnson but the mixing, extra tank and fumes were just too annoying, my dad has a 20 that he has had for 3-4 years and he loves it.
I have a set of mepps casting spoons for sale. most of them have never seen the water. $15 and if you would want it shipped it would be an extra $5 thanks
this is a minn kota v2 power drive that came on my boat when I bought (2015) it is a 48" shaft and is a 55pd motor I have used this maybe 6 times and looks like new. Looking to upgrade and seeing if anyone would be interested in it (still on the boat). $ 450 obo and is located in spencerport
I actually owned a starcraft super fisherman before I bought this, I hated the angled side boxes for a few reasons first the seats get in the way of opening them, you have to have the seats at just the right angles to open it, second the one time I fished in the rain everything in there got wet (thought they were water tight) and the next weekend everything had mildew on them. I also have more floor space than I had in the super fisherman even with the side boxes, beam is 99" compared to 86" on the starcraft, plus the starcrafts sides were 8" wide where the polarkrafts are only 4".
As far as the price I was compareing the tracker targa to mine becuase they are similarly priced and equiped, I think that they make a smaller version of mine in the 20's price range that is similar to yours (mine is actually 18ft). and that this may be an option for anyone who is looking at a tracker.
They are made in the USA in Syracuse, IN
Have you guys looked at the newer polarkrafts?
I looked last year at lund, tracker, crestliner, polarkraft, lowe and starcraft / starweld. And I got it down to tracker, crestliner, and polarkraft (due to price and size) after looking on line for problems I eliminated tracker, then I looked at a 1750 crestliner, and a 179 frontier from polarkraft, the polar craft was wider (99in) and had lots of storage, (2 side storage boxes, 1 rear box and one front box along with a 10 rod storage box in the front) has a livewell in the rear that can hold a 5-6 big salmon or a bunch of walleyes (have to keep count on the walleye even after getting my limit one day, it looked like it was only 1/8 full) and a small one in the front that has a bait bucket in it. I bought it with a lot of extras and a yamaha 115 and it wast 30K with tax (less that the traker terga 18 I was looking at for 33K)
I'd do it, but i am in Rochester. unless you wanted to come out this far.
Look on ebay for one. they are usally cheaper that way, and get one that already has the safty chains
I bought a barn a couple of years ago form DIY pole barns, they are out of state, they ship the barn to you and they have a good group of guys that built mine (no tax) 24 X 32 12ft sides two 10ft garage doors and a entrance door. for under 10 built. (no floor). you can go on there site and build what you want and then get a quote.
my new polar craft dose not have a fuse panel either, It is set up with resetable fuses right under the switches. when I wired my depthfinder and downriggers I place in line fuses next to the battery so I can get to them.