I have a 2012 Excel vf4 with diamond city trailer. I am wanting to sell it after duck season is over. What do you think it is worth?

500 dollars. I'll give you 800.


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Depends on what size and condition

.100 or .125? How does the bottom look?

Its a 1751...the hull is .100 gauge and has a couple small dents but nothing major

If it were your boat to sell how much would you ask? Comes with boat, trailer, 2 seats, dual led spotlights, bilge pump, 9 gallon gas tank, and avery blind.

The boat was 8,500 I think and the trailer was 1,250...that's not including the blind, etc.

Holy crap

Because I have a stock motor and with 3 people and all our gear it will not plane out. I'm wanting an 18 foot bayou series xpress.

I've thought about it but I really just wanna get rid of it and get the xpress

That's what we mean, don't get the express.

Besides a custom built boat what would you say is the best boat out there?

Honestly I would say take all the money you are gonna throw at this trade to get rid of the excel and spend it doing a little work on your motor. Upgrade to a 45 with heads or go ahead and add the carb to finish it off and make it a bps 5500 (if its a cdi, get the 4700 rpm coils), and I think you will be more than pleased with the hull you already own. Lots of folks running that boat with comparable loads and a few tricks on the motor and they are plenty satisfied. Even just heads and exhaust may do what you are wanting. Stock briggs heads are notorious for leaking and leaving a considerable amount of power on the table.

Cb just gave some good advice to ya. The other is get a mudmotor hull. The xpress definitely ain't the answer.

Oh, I didn't realize that wasn't one of the mudmotor hulls. Either way the boat will probably work out fine with a few tricks on the motor.

If you are hellbent on getting rid of that boat, do it right this time. IMO, the xpress (whether designed for a mm or not), is another waste of time. Talk to gatortrax if you wanna spend that kinda dough and get a production hull built for your motor. I would be talking to some of the custom builders on this site though. Get a lot more bang for your buck, and they will build em any way you want.

I don't know anyone close to the house that will work on mudmotors

Ship your powerhead to boatdr. Even if you upgrade all the way to a 5500 with coils and pay shipping both ways, probably still gonna cost less than the trade you were trying to make.

If you just want to try heads and exhaust, you can do this on your own. It is very, very, simple to install a new set of heads and an exhaust. If you order from the BoatDr, he will ship you everything you need to complete the install and can walk you through anything you need help with over the phone.