2 man bass boat for sale or trade
arbarnhart
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"arbarnhart" <arbar...@aol.com> wrote in message
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> I have one of these little two man bass boats:
>
> http://www.2manbassboats.com/tracker.html
>
> in perfect condition. It has been on the water very few times. I have a
> small electric trolling motor and battery that I will include and I will
> deliver it to your house or pond or whatever in the local area.
>
> I want to trade it for a tandem flatwater canoe or sell it outright for
> $450.
>
> ** PLEASE reply by email (arbar...@aol.com) only - I will not keep
> checking the newsgroup for follow up posts.
>
> Please provide an email address in your reply that I can use (I got one
> interested response earlier with a bad reply to address).
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> Longer narrative - please read before emailing questions or offers.
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> I bought this boat to fish at a specific lake where we have property, but
> now we have that property on the market so I brought the boat back to my
> house in Cary. I use it to fish and it is a fine fishing boat, but it
> weights 120 lbs and is a little heavy for me to load by myself. It can be
> car topped, but it's easiest to haul it in the back of a pick up. I
usually
> use a little utility trailer to haul it. So I want something lighter. But
it
> currently works for me; it just isn't as convenient as I would like. This
> means that I am a motivated trader, but not a motivated seller. I will not
> come down at all on the price if you want to buy it, because I would need
to
> go buy a canoe. However, I am more flexible on trading. If you have a
canoe
> that is not in top shape and are hestitating to contact me because you
think
> it isn't worth as much as my boat, battery and engine, please contact me
> anyway.
>
> In the interest of continued domestic happiness, no money can come out of
my
> bank account to facilitate a transaction. But if you have a boat that you
> would be interested in trading but you feel is worth more than mine,
please
> contact me anyway. I have some other boating/fishing related items I would
> rather keep but might throw in if I have to.
>
> Some additional info on the boat - It has a live well (which can be used
as
> a cooler or storage), a long storage compartment, two nice swivel seats
and
> the bow has a slight point so that it rides well in the water if you put
> enough engine on it to push it around a little fast (many of the 2 man
boats
> do not). It can take an engine of up to 5 HP (many of the 2 man boats are
> limited to 3 HP). The trolling motor I am including does not make it go
that
> fast (don't want to mislead anyone). As I said, it is a fine fishing boat,
> and if I get a canoe I will probably question my logic on more than one
> occasion. It is registered and has the numbers on it. This is more of a
pain
> than you might realize. The hulls on these boats are made of a plastic
that
> almost nothing will stick to. I had to sand the area where the numbers go,
> then "paint" it with heavy duty white marine cement, then put the numbers
> and sticker on. It is registered through 2003 and boat registrations
> transfer as part of a sale. I have the paperwork.
>
> For price comparison, try this site:
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> http://store.yahoo.com/1stdirect/minibassboats.html
>
> You will see some that are cheaper than $466. Click on one of them and add
a
> trolling motor and shipping. Then keep in mind you have to pay
registration
> and buy a battery. And finally, look at the features to compare apples to
> apples. The boat I have is 8'11" x 4', has a live well, tackle storage
> compartment, is prewired for trolling motor (that means you can put the
> battery at the other end of the boat to distribute weight better), can
> handle an engine of up to 5 HP and has carrying handles. The cheap boats
at
> the top of the page, which will still cost you more than mine rigged up
and
> delivered, are smaller and do not have these features. So you can spend a
> couple of hundred dollars extra and have a boat show up at your house in a
> couple of weeks with some assembly required or you can save some money and
> go fishing tomorrow.
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