My 1998 681vs was crack free when I sold it after 10 years.
January 24, 2014 at 9:31 am
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January 24, 2014 at 9:44 am #1382586
my 98 692 is stress crack free! (with 80% of its life on leech and mille lacs)…… now, i know of 619’s with stress cracks, and alot of them on three different boats. guess they dont make them like they use to!
January 24, 2014 at 9:51 am #1382592Not a Ranger, but my Tuffy is 11 years old and is crack free.
January 24, 2014 at 9:55 am #1382596My 5 year old Alumacraft Trophy has no cracks
January 24, 2014 at 10:18 am #1382618My 2008 621 is also crack free.
January 24, 2014 at 10:56 am #1382637You guys must be the lucky ones with the rangers so far so keep doing what your doing! The ones I have been in have had it as well as the Ranger I owned did. There is also a huge difference in a gel coat crack and a stress crack.
January 24, 2014 at 11:09 am #1382644My 05 620 is crack free. Lots of days pounding big waves on mille lacs.
Wallster ><((((>January 24, 2014 at 11:39 am #1382663
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There is also a huge difference in a gel coat crack and a stress crack.
True. But a crack is a crack and you know one when you see it! And there aint no “Buffin’ it out”
-J.
January 24, 2014 at 12:23 pm #1382687Quote:
My 05 620 is crack free. Lots of days pounding big waves on mille lacs.
Wallster ><((((>
Crack free? What are all those glass pipes in your glove box for then????
January 24, 2014 at 1:22 pm #1382706I have a ’98 681vs and there isn’t a crack on it.
January 24, 2014 at 1:28 pm #1382712I’ll add that I had a ’99 Tuffy that I sold last year when I got the 681. There wasn’t a crack in the gel on that boat either after an awful lot of hours on all kinds of water.
On my Ranger I tore through the keel guard a couple months ago breaking ice, then got ice between the hull and the trailer bunks at the end of the day and had to tow it home that way (only 20 minutes or so). Not my finest hour. I wouldn’t recommend putting your boat through a day like that but I can say that the gel is still in perfect shape.
January 24, 2014 at 2:55 pm #1382759No cracks on my 620T.
January 24, 2014 at 3:15 pm #1382768I had a few on the bow and 2 going side to side on the top cap near the windscreens of my 620.
Bought the boat with em’ and they never got any worse in the 3 years I ran the boat.
Pete
January 24, 2014 at 4:07 pm #1382783I have a 94 690 with 1 or 2 couple inch gel coat cracks. It is seriousely built like a tank. 20 years old and sparkles that could blind the iPad generation coming up.
January 24, 2014 at 4:21 pm #1382786I have no cracks in the new boat 14 model beat the hell out of her on LOW. can’t say the same for the Skeeter guys I know. I hear lots of issues on skeeters and I know I am Swearing on this site to say that. Nothing against them but i has been an issue.
January 24, 2014 at 5:18 pm #1382807Nothing on my Grady White!
January 24, 2014 at 8:06 pm #1382840Got cracks on my 1989 396 ranger sorry to burst the bubble. I do drive it like I stole it.
January 25, 2014 at 12:08 am #1382863Had gel coat crack on my 2000 619 on the rear right corner and had it redone in the first 2 years of owning it.12 more years and none since and I fish a lot all over.
January 25, 2014 at 12:19 am #1382864Quote:
I have no cracks in the new boat 14 model beat the hell out of her on LOW. can’t say the same for the Skeeter guys I know. I hear lots of issues on skeeters and I know I am Swearing on this site to say that. Nothing against them but i has been an issue.
It is an issue,Ranger has it figured out. I have a skeeter and seem to notice a different crack every time I return from a trip
Prob go a different route on my next ride.History seems to be repeating itself……..January 27, 2014 at 8:41 am #1383476I have a 2006 619 and have some. When you guys say cracks can you feel them with your finger nail? I can’t get to my boat till spring. If some one would take a picture that would be cool.
Thanks
February 2, 2014 at 12:27 pm #1385227Quote:
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I have no cracks in the new boat 14 model beat the hell out of her on LOW. can’t say the same for the Skeeter guys I know. I hear lots of issues on skeeters and I know I am Swearing on this site to say that. Nothing against them but i has been an issue.
It is an issue,Ranger has it figured out. I have a skeeter and seem to notice a different crack every time I return from a trip
Prob go a different route on my next ride.History seems to be repeating itself……..
Sauger, this is the first I have heard of your concerns, I dont know if you bought the boat new or used and or the age of the boat, but happy to see if we can be of any assistance to ya. You have my # !
February 25, 2014 at 7:55 pm #13916852007 619 and all good.
May 27, 2014 at 4:03 am #1412343ive had a couple on my 13 620 ranger. first ones were on the rear corners where the fiberglass runs behind the live wells. both sides cracked. Gel coat cracks. fixed under warranty. and now on the passenger side coming out from under the windshield running straight down the sides of the boat i have 2 more that have just formed.
i have yet to even have the boat in anything really rough. motor has 98 hours on it as of now.
Gary
March 29, 2015 at 8:04 pm #152865788 Ranger 680t no stress cracks and there wasn’t a hole drilled in her until I put on the trolling motor and some grab rails. Hurt to do it but needed to be done. Nothing harder than drilling into a boat! I even found this sticker for the date it was built. Kind of a neat thing to find.
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