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Video on how they're made. Kinda neat

Damn right just quality through and thru. I have a 73, a 75, a 82 and 92 solid boats that you can count on to deliver. Mb

They certainly seem to hold value here in the upper Midwest.

How do they compare to Alumacraft?

Both have riveted hulls. Both are well made kinda depends on what dealer you want to do business with. Mb

There are design features unique to both brands. You have to figure out what makes the most sense for you. Alumacraft has a few model lines and they have tiller, sport, and single console options for each. Lund has a larger variety of models from around $5k to over $120k. Lund likes to use the XS flip up seating in its windshield and side console models. Alumacraft seems to value a more fixed and larger rear casting deck. You just have to figure out what options are more attractive to you.

Well said Gooch. Mb

Had an Alumacraft - and it never caused a lick of trouble. Good boats, if, like Gooch said, the features fit what you want.

Back in the 70's and early 80's Alumacraft in their aluminum fishing boats used what they called a stretch form hull design. A left half and right half riveted along the bottom from rear to front with an over and under lap of the sides. Naturally the transom end was single seperate sheet riveted to the sides. I've had 3 a 14' fd model and 2 16' yukon models all stretch form designs with aqua trays. None of them presented a maintence challenge and all handled well on the water smooth or rough.
Lunds of comparative size and style fishing boats were a 3 piece design a left and right sides as well as a 1 piece bottom. The bottom of the sides were riveted to the top edge of the.bottom piece with an overlap of the sheet metal. Splash guards, 1 piece keels ,gunnels,rear corners, bow plates added extra strength to both brands. Naturally aluminum bench seats provided side to side str. Alumacraft had a polished aluminum bench top and Lund covered their bench top with marine plywood. Both brands had flotation foam in their seats. I like both brands i only have 1 16ft Yukon Alumacraft left but a s-14 & (2) s-16' lund fish boats. Either brand both simple to maintain and with the right outboard zip around lakes and rivers ok. Mb

You can get either in welded versions as well, I have both brands as well.

Were I buying these days, which I’m considering, I’d look at Alumacraft. I got word the Alumacraft boat division is up for sale by its parent company and dealerships have been told to cut a full 50% off face price to try and reduce outstanding inventory. I was told there were right around 2000 units sitting in the manufacturing yard with no dealerships taking them.

Osky

Wow sad news. State of the economy i suppose plus Brunswick owns just about all the other brands.

I've caught a ton of fish out of either of those brands, love them both. Doesn't surprise me that boats aren't selling when many folks are struggling to buy bread.

Jake has a Pike 16, it's a good boat

+ 14' deep & wide, with a 25hp Suzuki

Although we haven't had it on the water for almost 2 years (medical problems) we do love our 17 foot Impact XS

Beauty boat Mick.

How is that vinyl flooring? I get the why but I'm old school - love me some carpet under bare feet while fishing in the summer. We do have times where we fished with slush in the river/ice out looking for walleyes where the vinyl might get slick/frozen?

I can’t speak for the ice issue but I’ve had many boats with carpet. This years boat is a Lund Alaskan with vinyl. Working great.
Next years boat build and the pontoon build are both getting Nexan aluminum flooring. Going to be interesting to see how that feels and holds up.

Great floaters guys!

Osky

We owned a little 16 foot Smokercraft before the Lund, and it had carpet trough out. You're right, carpet feels really good on bare feet in the summer. However, it's not easy to get the fish blood out of. The vinyl is warm, not soft, but easy to clean. It's a trade off. We do a lot of early season fishing in the high country, you're not fishing without your boots and insulated overalls on.

Taylor Park the same week.

Cool video Teal. Thanks for posting.
As said above I hope BRP finds a good buyer for the Alumacraft brand. Combination of economy, trouble with the big evinrude motors, and maybe too much money spent on that rear waterline motor they were trying to push. All together were tough to weather.

Bow design and rough water displacement I think has always been most important to buyers.

Not much of a cheerful season ahead for a lot of folks near St. Peter MN.

Osky

My Alaskan 1800 just under 19 feet long, I’ve put a hydrolic jack plate on it so I can run super shallow.



Currently I have 2 live scopes in her… one up front, and one in the back (like a guide would have).

Walleye, Catfish, Spoonbill, transportation for duck hunting…