Selling my 2005 Tracker PT175

When I bought this boat in 2012 it had 100 hours on the 50 hp Mercury and brand new carpet. I have recently added an on board charger, 2 new batteries, bilge pump, winch, straps, trailer tire and spare. Wheel bearings packed in May of 2015. Always kept inside and used only gas w/o ethanol. Replaced steering cables and SS prop. Two 10' Stay Put Poles, 6 rod holders, Motorguide 54 TM. It is as clean as you will find I think and everything on it works well. It runs at all speeds really smoothly except for idling which it does not do well. I loved this boat until I recently bought Ernest Patty's legendary Lund. Last trip out in the Tracker Dennis and I caught 215 crappie and went thru a 3 hour rain delay brought on by 4' rollers on oologah so I'm passing her along with good memories. PM me for a price- I think that is the c.c rule.

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Clean looking rig....I think. Had to put the lap top on the ground and stand on my head to look at it.

Lol Dennis! Even my wife couldn't get that dang boat right side up- we think Ledge has affected the site with a weird virus!

Lol Craig! Thanks for your help!

Bet it will sell better right side up! Lol

Hope so. Missed my chance today when a guy drove an hour to see it- got out of his truck and threw a tape measure across the beam, shook his head and said it was too wide to fit in his 72" boat slip. Not sure who regretted that more, him or me! I felt bad about his drive so I marked up his lake map with some ideas about where to catch fish. He loves crappie but can't find em and I remember how that feels! So I'm looking for a boat narrower if anyone knows where I can rent one.

Wow, that's a pretty narrow slip. Normally 10' wide is about the narrowest I've seen. Most marinas have 12' wide (and wider). I usually have a little pucker power going on pulling my 8'6" pontoon boat into our 10' wide slip -- not a lot of room for error. So what are you going to do about a boat after you sell yours? Hopefully you aren't giving up on crappie fishing.

His buddy told me on the phone that he had rented a very narrow slip on Spavinaw but it just didn't register until he pulled out that tape! I'm only selling mine because I bought a Lund in July and now I need to finance a new TM to go on it. So as for crappie fishing- I'm just getting started Toon!

Wow, a Lund! Very nice! I was told Todd Huckabee lives down in our area in Arrowhead Estates on Eufaula. If that's true, we see his Lund parked by his house when we are out on a golf cart ride through the development. Looks like a really nice boat.

Ernest had his boat on Lake Louisville in Texas. That is a long haul, but he had it rigged out nicely.

I sold the boat so maybe the mods will want to remove this thread? Felt a little sad watching it pull out but then I turned around and looked at all the room now around the Lund and felt better! Just got a lot easier backing into my shop.

And Toon- I think Todd has a couple of Rangers so I'm thinking some other genius may be your neighbor. You can't miss the one Ranger that is wrapped with his name and pics of crappie etc..

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Originally Posted by Crappie ciller

I sold the boat so maybe the mods will want to remove this thread? Felt a little sad watching it pull out but then I turned around and looked at all the room now around the Lund and felt better! Just got a lot easier backing into my shop.

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They say the happiest days of a boat owners life is the day they bought it, and the day they sold it.

Ha ha! True enuf.

The way I heard it was: "What is the 2nd happiest day in a fisherman's life? The day he buys his first boat. What is the happiest?? The day he sells it."
Fortunately for me that has not been true. I loved every boat I owned over my 70 years and wish I had kept one in particular.