Thoughts on a stratos boat

[cheese]

Hi guys I found a 95 22ft stratos boat for sale, it's a v6 outboard,200 Johnson cuddy, it does not have a trailer,he is lookin for 5500 or best reasonable offer no low balers.im wondering if these are good boats n does that sound reasonable for the price any info very much appreciated thanks.

[MCF]

In the mid 90's the OMC and Mercury Marine bought up a bunch of boat companies. Stratos had originally started out by making bass boats and once the company was bought there was a mixing across boat lines, so I think the bigger Stratos boats were made by some other company with a Stratos label. Do your research on line, to see if there are any issues out there, having a survey done is a good idea to check out the stringers and transom etc. $5500 seems like a very fair price.

[machzrcr]

price seems a little high,  you could buy a ranger from same era  with similar motor and a trailer for same price.  or even  a newer bass boat too!  not sure on the price of a bass boat trailer but they are different that a standard roller trailer,  they use a bunk system  boards with carpet on them  and most are drive on drive off ( dont have to but that is the easiest way) so by the time you get a nice trailer you could buy a newer boat.  cousin just sold his  90s ranger with trailer and 225  for 4k and boat was clean!    

 

http://rochester.craigslist.org/boa/5231121896.html

 

http://ithaca.craigslist.org/boa/5209197260.html

 

 just a couple examples.     but if you found  a cheap trailer may be worth it but up to you if you wanted that hassle!    

[cheese]

Thanks for the replies I will look into it