Thank you all for the reply

I wish I was closer to SBC, but I’m up in NW MN

Still haven’t decided. As much as I like the ridge line design I think I am going to opt away from them and leaning towards an aluminum 8×16 v front. I took the family and we went and sat in some similar sized houses and for the dual purpose I’m looking at, these were a little on the small size. If I were looking for a strictly day house for myself I’d have bought one, but the flexibility in buying a 8×16 shell seems to be my best route.
Now with that said I’m still undecided on what brand Im going with. I lay wake hours upon hours at night thinking dreaming and planning layouts. I go back and forth between steel vs aluminum vs galvanized. I have talked with numerous owners of each type of house and they all have pros and cons. So basically what I’ve determined is there really is no right or wrong answers or best house out there. I’m in no hurry to jump in to a house,so I’ll continue the debate in my head till I finally get sick of arguing with myself and go with a brand “whatever ” house!

Those look intriguing as well

Ya the weight was a concern of mine as well, but with the limited amount of over the road travel I did think it would be to much of an issue unless I went will a toy hauler type. is your yetti a toy hauler as well? I was contemplating putting a ramp in the back ,again, for the 1 or 2 times a year I might take the wheeler with some where else. Is you 6.5×12 with a 3′ v making it a 15′?how is the inside set up? Do you have cook stove tv benches or anything? How many ppl do you fish in it? Mind sharing a pic of the way you have yours set up? Thx

Thx for the reply- yes I should have included a price range- looking around $1000-$1300. Are the GEN 2 touch a good unit? I found some on sale for 699 plus a 100 rebate

Thx guys- after a long battle I finally got the right combination, if you remove the 6 screws that hold the flip up back rest and get the back rest out of the way it gives you the extra room to flip the tank on end and twist it out, then it slid right out- guess you just need to be smarter then the oil tank

Thx for the response- that’s what I was looking for!

I’m in NW MN- I went to the nearest powersports store (30 miles away) and they were all out of yamalube but had Mercury oil, they guy told me ” ya it will work it’s all the same — no problem” .

Ha ya kind of a dumb question I guess -I figured that would be the answer I got- just figured I’d ask since my luck with boats has been rather bad the past few years and didn’t want to have something stupid happen with my new boat on the first weekend of use!!

Thanks for all the replies- I ended up going with the wx1880 with the 200,,, only had it out a few times but so far I am impressed with the performance