You can buy any Crestliner or Lund with any motor that the dealer has a motor agreement with. It just might cost more than a Merc. Boat dealers use to buy motors from the motor company and boats from boat companies. Today all boat companies buy the motors and package them together.
If you buy a boat without a motor a dealer has to pay 5% more for the boat. He also has to pay more for the motor. Once the motor companies started sell motors to boat companies dealers don’t get the discounts that boat companies get on the motors so if they buy a single motor they pay ALOT MORE for it than if they get it with a boat.

I have a four door 05 chev. It has a 5 1/2 ft box. I can still tote my 14′ duck boat in it with a flag on the back. I have not found any time when I needed a larger box with the exception of hauling goose decoys and then I could use a 20′ box.

I always mix 10 cups of pickeling salt with 5 cups of sugar and about 25 cups of water. Mix it until it is all disolved and then soke it in the brine for 24 to 36 hours. I also agree with skining the catfish first. I also sprinkle a little brown sugar over the fish when I smoke it. Keep it on a medium heat in your smoker for 5-6 hours or until done.

With the comment of who loses….I think that we all lose if a dealer can not afford to stay in buisness. I think that sometimes the ONLY thing many of us think about is just what we ahve to pay for things. We need to ensure that a boat dealership makes enough profit on a sale to be able to service it after we own it. With todays rising prices that dealers have to pay for the products they sell and a depressed market due to rising cost the consumers have to pay for everything from fuel to food, it is harder and harder for a dealership to make a profit. As consumers we need to understand that we want them to be profitable so they will be around to take care of us. That is the mindset of Brunswick, who owns Lund. The more dealers tht they have the more competitive it gets and a small dealership can sell a boat for half the profit that a larger one can, however they have a difficult time offering the same level of service. I think Lund and every other boat company wants to have long term dealers and that is what they are trying to accomplish.

Crystal Pierz Marine is closing Hastings, Clear lLake Ia, and Albert Lea. Rumor has it that they will also be closing Shokopee.

Try West Marine.