Pics Of The New Rig 2024
slonezp reply :
00 mod reply :
VERY NICE!! Congrats! Makes me want that Ranger even worse! Thanks!
Jeff
Teal reply :
Wow!! Congrats. That is alot of storage space. That rod box is sick!
tnriverluver reply :
Very nice ride. Way too much skinny water around here for that type boat though. Would be very nice on some of our larger lakes though for sure. Hope it serves you well for many years to come!
A-Jay reply :
Congrats again ~
So do you love that new boat smell or what ?
A-Jay
slonezp reply :
On 3/3/2013 at 5:51 AM, A-Jay said:Congrats again ~
So do you love that new boat smell or what ?
A-Jay
Maybe I can convince you and Dwight to take me fo a tour of Erie one of these days.
You see the snow in the pics 
We have some cooling lakes that have opened for the season. I'm thinking of heading out sometime this week to drive around in circles for the break in period.
Rangerphil reply :
Nice congrats! If you get to go with A-jay and Dwight to Erie don't forget to stop and pick me up!!
slonezp reply :
On 3/3/2013 at 6:54 AM, Rangerphil said:Nice congrats! If you get to go with A-jay and Dwight to Erie don't forget to stop and pick me up!!
There's room for 4 
Jig Man reply :
Nice rig. The top of the aluminum world for sure.
A word on the Opti. When you start it up let it warm to 120° before taking off. Hard take offs with cold heads are Opti nightmares. I always check my smart craft gauge and watch the temp before heading out from the launch. That has given me 10 trouble free years with my duce and a quarter Opti.
topwaterrob reply :
beautiful....
A-Jay reply :
On 3/3/2013 at 6:17 AM, slonezp said:Maybe I can convince you and Dwight to take me fo a tour of Erie one of these days.
You see the snow in the pics
We have some cooling lakes that have opened for the season. I'm thinking of heading out sometime this week to drive around in circles for the break in period.
Who's Dwight ?
A-Jay
Darren. reply :
Seriously nice boat.
ProCrafter reply :
Great Looking Rig!!!!
Fishing Rhino reply :
Enjoy.
pntballty reply :
Very nice looking, congrats man
jhoffman reply :
I wanna talk to you about break in periods on motors. Take this for what its worth, you decide the route you wanna go.
There are two schools of thought
1: Baby it for the break in period per the manufactures instructions.
2: Mototune break in: I did this with my last brand new motor. I did this on my 2007 honda cbr600rr. The theory behind this is that a new motor has crosshatching in the bore from manufacturing. There is only so much time that it has to seat the rings. You basically drive it like you want to from day one. Open it wide up and run really high rpms. Like I said, I did this on my last high performance motor. At 1000 miles I changed over to full synthetic because break in was over. The bike went in for a 15000 mile valve adjustment. Keep in mind this motor ran upwards of 14000 rpms daily. While the valves were severely out and required a lot of adjustment the honda techs commented that "This is the cleanest motor we have ever seen in our shop". Now, I didnt neglect it, even though I ran amsoil I changed it every 3000 miles, well below the recommended 10,000 miles from blackstone labs.
Anyhow, I wanted to throw that out to you. Here is the website http://www.mototuneusa.com/break_in_secrets.htm
Only you can decide if you want to go that route, I know I personally will always go that route after the results I had.
Beautiful boat, I must say I like it better in your pics than the video. I also like how those seats all fold down to walk on.
RyneB reply :
On 3/3/2013 at 5:11 AM, 00 mod said:VERY NICE!! Congrats! Makes me want that Ranger even worse! Thanks!
Jeff
You still havent bought that Ranger yet? You better go get it, you know you need it and want it. Slone got a new rig, now you need one.-boat monkey
slonezp reply :
On 3/3/2013 at 10:11 PM, jhoffman said:I wanna talk to you about break in periods on motors. Take this for what its worth, you decide the route you wanna go.
There are two schools of thought
1: Baby it for the break in period per the manufactures instructions.
2: Mototune break in: I did this with my last brand new motor. I did this on my 2007 honda cbr600rr. The theory behind this is that a new motor has crosshatching in the bore from manufacturing. There is only so much time that it has to seat the rings. You basically drive it like you want to from day one. Open it wide up and run really high rpms. Like I said, I did this on my last high performance motor. At 1000 miles I changed over to full synthetic because break in was over. The bike went in for a 15000 mile valve adjustment. Keep in mind this motor ran upwards of 14000 rpms daily. While the valves were severely out and required a lot of adjustment the honda techs commented that "This is the cleanest motor we have ever seen in our shop". Now, I didnt neglect it, even though I ran amsoil I changed it every 3000 miles, well below the recommended 10,000 miles from blackstone labs.
Anyhow, I wanted to throw that out to you. Here is the website http://www.mototuneusa.com/break_in_secrets.htm
Only you can decide if you want to go that route, I know I personally will always go that route after the results I had.
Beautiful boat, I must say I like it better in your pics than the video. I also like how those seats all fold down to walk on.
The Merc manual is specific in saying they can void warranty if break in is not followed properly. 1st hour run 4000-5400rpms changing speed every 2 minutes and the next 3 hours at same rpms changing speed every 10 minutes.
A-Jay reply :
On 3/3/2013 at 10:43 PM, slonezp said:The Merc manual is specific in saying they can void warranty if break in is not followed properly. 1st hour run 4000-5400rpms changing speed every 2 minutes and the next 3 hours at same rpms changing speed every 10 minutes.
The break-in procedures although necessary do seem a little arduous at best.
The fuel used to complete it is nothing to sneeze at either.
I think a good way to encourage the consumer to complete the break-in properly, as well as being a nice promotional selling point, would be to include a gas card with sufficient funds to pay for the breaking-in as part of the Dealer Prep package.
A-Jay
roadwarrior reply :
BEE-U-TEE-FULL!
Triton21 reply :
Nice ride, enjoy it.
Redlinerobert reply :
A beauty for sure! Congratulations!
jhoffman reply :
Theres not a big motor manufacturer on this planet that writes anything in their manual other than their baby it method, thats why the mototune is controversal. Its your choice, you are the owner, I just wanted to inform you of the flip side of the coin that manufacturers dont tell you about. It worked for me and I personally will continue to do it, if you dont want to, thats ok with me. However at least look at the site and read through the results before you decide for good.
jhoffman reply :
Their version almost sounds like a mototune
trailer reply :
On 3/3/2013 at 11:15 PM, A-Jay said:The break-in procedures although necessary do seem a little arduous at best.
The fuel used to complete it is nothing to sneeze at either.
I think a good way to encourage the consumer to complete the break-in properly, as well as being a nice promotional selling point, would be to include a gas card with sufficient funds to pay for the breaking-in as part of the Dealer Prep package.
A-Jay
Arduous is right. I am currently in the break-in period on a 60hp 4 stroke Mercury and the whole time I'm on the lake I'm alternating rpms.
senile1 reply :
That's a beautiful rig. I'm sure you will get many years of enjoyment out of her.
Nitrofreak reply :
Nice, very very nice !!!
You have worked long and hard for her I am sure, I hope it brings as much joy and excitement as it does on this day for many many years Sloan.
Congrats !!!
moguy1973 reply :
What's a boat like that set someone back? $40k?
slonezp reply :
On 3/6/2013 at 4:00 AM, moguy1973 said:What's a boat like that set someone back? $40k?
They start at 35k with a 150 and single console, and I'm sure could top 60-65k fully loaded with a kicker motor. Minus the electronics 45k, but I got quotes as high as 52k. I gues I'm fortunate that Lunds are quite popular around here and I had many dealers to shop and compare pricing.
moguy1973 reply :
On 3/6/2013 at 6:22 AM, slonezp said:They start at 35k with a 150 and single console, and I'm sure could top 60-65k fully loaded with a kicker motor. Minus the electronics 45k, but I got quotes as high as 52k. I gues I'm fortunate that Lunds are quite popular around here and I had many dealers to shop and compare pricing.
Must have an understandable significant other...More power to ya...I could only be so lucky although she's hinted that once the little one isn't so little a nice deep-v fish-n-ski could be in our future...
slonezp reply :
On 3/6/2013 at 6:26 AM, moguy1973 said:Must have an understandable significant other...More power to ya...I could only be so lucky although she's hinted that once the little one isn't so little a nice deep-v fish-n-ski could be in our future...
Funny you bring that up. While at the boat dealer talking with the owner and listening to her tell me it's a stupid idea I said to her "You don't want to marry me. It's my money and I'll spend it how I want." Mind you we've been together 18 years. When I picked up the boat, I went alone and the owner brought up my that conversation.from earlier in the week. Apparently in all his years in business, I was the first person he's seen, who ever said that to his woman. Right or wrong, it's my money. Her issue is me fishing on Lake Michigan. She knows I'll be out there more often now that I have a bigger boat. She's just a little paranoid l'lI head out fishing one day and won't come back. Part of that is my fault. I pay attention to all the boating/fishing accidents on the waters I fish and tell her about them. There are more fatalities on my home lake, caused by intoxicated boaters, than on the Chicago lakefront caused by the weather. Her perception of the risk is skewed by the vastness of Lake Michigan.
RyneB reply :
At least you had the balls to bring your lady. I just showed up at our house with a boat, wife was very surprised. It was the boat monkeys fault though.
Teal reply :
Wow, guys. My wife went one step further than yalls. A few years ago, i looked at a boat here in town that was owned by a very respected bass fisherman. The 1996 Javelin 400TE was still in near perpect conditition and had a 200 Johnson that was immaculant and ran great. He wanted 7500. He was trying to sell it fast because his wife was really sick and needed money. I drove it twice with the guy but i couldnt quite bite on it no matter how good the deal was.
I came home one day a few weeks later and my wife called and asked me to meet her in town... short story.. i passed her on the road pulling that boat. Not only did she buy it, she took him talked him down to 5000. (5200 after taxes tag and title fees) no to mention this was the day before my birthday.
Thats the story of my baby...and my wife too. Lol
fstr385 reply :
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Jealous!
Bankbeater reply :
That is one nice looking boat.
jignfule reply :
On 3/6/2013 at 9:46 AM, fstr385 said:<------
Jealous!
X2
scrutch reply :
On 3/6/2013 at 9:34 AM, Teal said:Wow, guys. My wife went one step further than yalls. A few years ago, i looked at a boat here in town that was owned by a very respected bass fisherman. The 1996 Javelin 400TE was still in near perpect conditition and had a 200 Johnson that was immaculant and ran great. He wanted 7500. He was trying to sell it fast because his wife was really sick and needed money. I drove it twice with the guy but i couldnt quite bite on it no matter how good the deal was.I came home one day a few weeks later and my wife called and asked me to meet her in town... short story.. i passed her on the road pulling that boat. Not only did she buy it, she took him talked him down to 5000. (5200 after taxes tag and title fees) no to mention this was the day before my birthday.
Thats the story of my baby...and my wife too. Lol
She said to you before all that "It's YOUR money and I will spend it how I want!" 
You got yourself a keeper there!
BassThumb reply :
Very nice! I would love to have that rod storage.
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