I’ve got a 26′ Playcraft Powertoon which is a tritoon that has the 350 mag 300hp chevy i/o. Absolutely love it. Easily pulls kids on tubes and skiing although doesn’t turn on a dime like a ski boat. Top speed around 55mph with very light load. Have had 12 adults on it able to cruise at 40 mph while grilling steak kabobs (had to prove I could). Have owned many boats and this by far handles the roughest water the easiest. Only problem is trying to dock or load in higher winds the thing isn’t very aerodynamic! My dad has a 22′ Manitou tritoon with 150 merc 4 stroke and its an amazing boat too just tops out around 35 mph which is still hauling the mail for a tooner. For a family/pleasure boat i will never own anything different. Depending on what condition you want I bought mine fairly used for under 15k but interior was a little worn. Just had seats redone this winter and with new flooring and all will still be well under 20k invested.

There’s a guy selling those ht polar fire augers down here in Iowa too. Thought they’d have to be pretty cheap made but had a buddy buy one and it looks pretty much identical to an Eskimo that our local fleet farm sells. He took it to south Dakota with us over new years and I was fairly impressed. I have a strikemaster lazer mag and bet it didn’t take him more than a couple seconds longer to get through 8″ than me. Starts easy and seems to run pretty good. Like said before if on a budget don’t count them out…

Not sure if this applies or not but my dad used to have a piece of PVC pipe that was around 18 inches long attached to his 9.9 handle to extend it. He put a 6″ cut lengthwise so he could spread it over the motors handle and used a couple hose clamps to hold it on. Used it on his Jon boat when he put the duck blind on so he could reach it when standing up. Left it on when we took blind off so didn’t have to twist when using normally.

Not sure if you have Theisens farm stores up that way but that’s where I bought a big sheet of lexan to build a windshield for my ranger. Wanna say it was just under a $100.

Where are you located? Would be interested in 788 possibly.

I am a GM mechanic and wanted to chime in on my experience with our factory power folding steps that are very similar to these. If you are like many outdoorsmen and travel off the beaten path make very sure you wash your truck regularly and you will need to lube all the pivot points very regularly. We have seen quite a few come in inoperative and found that some or al the vot points are seized. The vehicles look to be either gravel travelers or just plain neglected after all the road salt after our State of Iowa road crews pour their brine or salt down. They are very cool looking but after working on them I will take my regular ol tube steps any day! Maybe this brand will be better but they sure look the same so if you do go this route I would suggest you make sure to do some preventative maintenance before you have issues.