I have never heard of this make of boats . Boat has 125 gauge aluminum sides and 190 bottom . price sounds good but a lot of the early all welds had no flexibility and came apart .
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I have never heard of this make of boats . Boat has 125 gauge aluminum sides and 190 bottom . price sounds good but a lot of the early all welds had no flexibility and came apart .
Coach, I would think by now that most of those problems are gone. About all these folks have figured out the processes for building all welded boats. That's not to say you couldn't have a problem but you just don't hear of it much anymore.
Where did you find the info? Is it the Nova Pro Weld?
Never heard of them
I did a search looking for them and found some posts on a boat made by a company called the Nova Pro-Weld. But couldn't find anything recent. That's why I was asking where he found info. Pictures I found looked like a nice boat.
will see the boat (so far just pictures ) next week . like you said ,most problems worked out but this is a 2001 boat . Was told LOWE bought them out .
The bracing is where the strength comes from but is sounds like a heavy built boat.
What alloy is also just as important as the thickness.....all aluminum is not the same. BRM can tell you all about it.
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Why not go look at it and inspect the welds or carry an aluminum welder person with you to inspect it? That should give you enough info to make an informed decision. BTW, i would think that you could re weld it, if it cracks. Just my 2cents.
Most boats are built with 5052 aluminum whether it's 80-100, or 125 gauge. There are a few company's, usually duck boat companies that use harder aluminum. Those are made from 5086 aluminum. The alloys used are magnesium, and or Chromium. The 5086 is much harder, and it isn't as flexible making it difficult to shape and bend.
5052 aluminium alloy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
5086 aluminium alloy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia