Express H18PFC vs War Eagle Predator

War-eagle I looked at both your talking about if it were not for my back. The War-Eagle would have been my boat. Almost bought the first one made. LOL Was even down to going to Memphis and testing it out.
I bought a Lund best boat I have ever owned. But I still feel the War-Eagle was or is still the best factory Crappie boat. Also I owned a 2072-LDSV and a 754-LDV War-Eagle I sold to buy the new boat. Still like the War-Eagle.
If I had a question they always was there to call or E-Mail to find out the answer. I can't say that about Lund. As I have had a few issues that were never covered or did Lund even try to take care of them.
Good luck in the boat search.
Pete

I own a Tracker Pro 175 and if anything ever happens to it I WILL be gettin a War Eagle to replace it. Kent Driscol is a rep for them and they do offer best factory service I have ever heard of..

My WarEagle is a 2003 model and came with a 2 year warranty. About 6 months ago I noticed a few broken welds and called the factory. Within an hour John Ward called me back and had me bring the boat back to the factory. He had the entire boat gone through and every weld that looked suspect was rewelded. They even put in some extra bracing in the front. All of this was at no cost and they never once batted an eye. I will never buy another brand of boat for that reason. It is something that you just don't hardly see these day's.

I have been looking at the Predator but I also want to check out the new Excel but I think 1 of those will be my next boat.

One thing the Excell has over the WE is the hull is rated for much more hp.

Thanks guys, Ive had a War Eagle before I bought my G3 and it was a JAM UP boat, thats why Im leaning towards the 861. As far as Excel, I didnt know they were going to build a crappie boat, they make some good boats to run mud motors on though

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Originally Posted by BigKyd

One thing the Excell has over the WE is the hull is rated for much more hp.

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True but why would you want over 115 HP on a crappie boat? I run a 115 Yamaha 4 stroke on my G3 and its plenty fast, 65 mph by GPS......I really don't like to get over 50 or 55 in it.

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Originally Posted by duckkiller

Thanks guys, Ive had a War Eagle before I bought my G3 and it was a JAM UP boat, thats why Im leaning towards the 861. As far as Excel, I didnt know they were going to build a crappie boat, they make some good boats to run mud motors on though

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Here it is killer, it's a good looking boat.
http://www.crappie.com/crappie/main-...ck-design.html

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Originally Posted by G-3 Fisherman

True but why would you want over 115 HP on a crappie boat? I run a 115 Yamaha 4 stroke on my G3 and its plenty fast, 65 mph by GPS......I really don't like to get over 50 or 55 in it.

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That is really fast. I am good to get mid 40's out of my 115 rude. What size is your G3?

18 and a half ft. Its a G3 Eagle 185.