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redleg3316
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Sat Nov 14, 2009 5:06 pm Posts: 414 Location: MS / were ever da rig floats
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 gatortrax boats
who has one? what are your likes and dislikes of them? would you recommend them?
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Thu Sep 22, 2011 10:46 pm |
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fowlweatherhunter
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Mon Sep 12, 2011 9:01 am Posts: 91
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Thu Sep 22, 2011 11:13 pm |
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SCmudder7071
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Mon Feb 07, 2011 12:10 pm Posts: 3024
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Sponsored? No. Highly favored? Of course they have reverse! Gator trax builds a fine boat. I was going to buy one but no flotation in em so I went with excel. Bud of mine has a 15 footer with hunt deck. Loves it besides one thing. He really wishes he woulda went with a 17 footer with huntdeck
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Fri Sep 23, 2011 4:43 am |
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BayouRunner
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Sun Mar 21, 2010 5:11 pm Posts: 94
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I've got a 1750HD Gator Trax this will be my third season with it. Great boat and easy people to deal with! Oh and you can get all the flotatation you want, just depends on which model you get. No dislikes, I use mine for deer hunting more than duck hunting, also like to catch a few sacalait. It was nice to be able to customize it exactly the way I wanted it. I would buy another but I'm quite satisfied with what I have
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Fri Sep 23, 2011 5:35 am |
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fowlweatherhunter
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Mon Sep 12, 2011 9:01 am Posts: 91
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Fri Sep 23, 2011 5:53 am |
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careybrowning
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Thu Apr 02, 2009 2:30 pm Posts: 183
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You won't find many people who have much bad to say about Gator Trax boats (especially if they've owned one). They build a top quality boat and will customize to your liking. The only thing you get on here is a difference of opinion on whether round chines or square chines is best. Gator Trax builds round chines only. That's the main thing people on here take sides over. Nobody questions whether they are well built.
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Barroll
MMT F.E.
Joined: Fri Jan 15, 2010 10:19 am Posts: 932 Location: Georgia
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Chico80x
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Joined: Tue Aug 11, 2009 10:55 am Posts: 743 Location: Ft. Lauderdale, FL
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I have a 1750HD also and this will be my second season with it. Coming from a Grizzly Tracker to the Gator Trax, the difference between them has been astonishing. The boat is built like a tank and turns like it's on rails. I was able to customize mine exactly to my liking and the thing carries a load perfectly. They're aren't cheap but the quality is there.
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Gator Trax 1750HD With Mud Buddy Black Death 5500
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Fri Sep 23, 2011 9:22 am |
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fowlweatherhunter
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Joined: Mon Sep 12, 2011 9:01 am Posts: 91
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That is a GREAT looking rig! To me, Gator Trax builds the best looking mud boat in the business and the 1750 HD is among the best of them. I almost bought one last season but have now decided to go with something lightweight since the places I am likely to get stuck there won't be anybody to help me. I'm going to start with a boat that two of us can manhandle until I learn my way around better 
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Fri Sep 23, 2011 10:08 am |
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russellm454
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Fri Nov 05, 2010 11:23 pm Posts: 216
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If I were to buy a production rig I would seriously consider Gator Trax. But there are a bunch of good customer builders on this site that can build you one to your specs and much cheaper than what your looking at. Just another thought.
Russ
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Marshwalker
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Tue Sep 20, 2011 1:38 pm Posts: 53 Location: Marrero,LA
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I think the gator trax boats are nice... theres only one thing that really sticks out to me that should be changed and thats the cross member bracing above the deck... I really can't understand, besides it being quicker, why they do that... structuraly it can be place below and produce the same strength.. instead they put it above the deck and it makes a tripping hazard... just my opinion.. i would own one if I didn't know how to build a boat myself..they are nice...just sooooooo much cheaper to build one yourself.. like thousands cheaper (not an exageration)
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Chico80x
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Joined: Tue Aug 11, 2009 10:55 am Posts: 743 Location: Ft. Lauderdale, FL
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I could see how the regular braces could be a problem and that's why I ordered mine with vertical braces. Mine don't angle in to the boat at all and have never been a problem.
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Fri Sep 23, 2011 2:07 pm |
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redleg3316
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Sat Nov 14, 2009 5:06 pm Posts: 414 Location: MS / were ever da rig floats
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Well Ive talked with gatortrax and a few custom builders and Im pretty sure im going the custom route. Now the motor is still up in the air, im thinking of the 45 mag mud buddy but I do like the gatortail..... I know its been beat to hell and back but.... Opinions on the two?
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Barroll
MMT F.E.
Joined: Fri Jan 15, 2010 10:19 am Posts: 932 Location: Georgia
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deltaduckmaster
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Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:07 pm Posts: 16608
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 gatortrax boats
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Fri Sep 23, 2011 2:58 pm |
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redleg3316
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deltaduckmaster
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 gatortrax boats
The 17x50 with 35 mb
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Fri Sep 23, 2011 3:00 pm |
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redleg3316
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Joined: Sat Nov 14, 2009 5:06 pm Posts: 414 Location: MS / were ever da rig floats
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I dont run in the same stuff as yall. I will prolly never see a mud flat, just dense vegitation and stumps. Although from what I can tell most of the time its not the arrow its the Indian.
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deltaduckmaster
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Fri Sep 23, 2011 3:11 pm |
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redleg3316
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Joined: Sat Nov 14, 2009 5:06 pm Posts: 414 Location: MS / were ever da rig floats
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DuckHunterF250
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Tue Jun 29, 2010 8:32 pm Posts: 1801 Location: atlanta texas
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Fri Sep 23, 2011 3:15 pm |
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deltaduckmaster
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 gatortrax boats
Well were we run one won't follow the other!! Don't get pissy you ask for a comparison between the two!!
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Fri Sep 23, 2011 3:19 pm |
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deltaduckmaster
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Fri Sep 23, 2011 3:22 pm |
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redleg3316
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Joined: Sat Nov 14, 2009 5:06 pm Posts: 414 Location: MS / were ever da rig floats
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Fri Sep 23, 2011 3:26 pm |
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deltaduckmaster
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They are nice boats but are heavy as shit!! Go do a search and compare speeds on equal size boats !! I have a 17x50 with a stock motor deep water 30.8 ! Go find you a G trax with a stock 35 and compare
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Fri Sep 23, 2011 3:30 pm |
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redleg3316
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Joined: Sat Nov 14, 2009 5:06 pm Posts: 414 Location: MS / were ever da rig floats
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Im going with a custom build, just need a motor to match. Im torn on the GTR and the Mud buddy.
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Fri Sep 23, 2011 3:40 pm |
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deltaduckmaster
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 gatortrax boats
Well I Bren at this for the last 6 years attended 90% of the rides that has bin put on and ran with all the as you put it chiefs on the tiller!! None has ever compared!!
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Fri Sep 23, 2011 3:43 pm |
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deltaduckmaster
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Their is no replacement for reverse ......
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Fri Sep 23, 2011 3:43 pm |
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redleg3316
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Joined: Sat Nov 14, 2009 5:06 pm Posts: 414 Location: MS / were ever da rig floats
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Fri Sep 23, 2011 3:46 pm |
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deltaduckmaster
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Dude same motor same mods !!
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Fri Sep 23, 2011 3:47 pm |
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Chico80x
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Joined: Tue Aug 11, 2009 10:55 am Posts: 743 Location: Ft. Lauderdale, FL
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Fri Sep 23, 2011 4:14 pm |
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whistlingwings
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Joined: Thu Mar 25, 2010 3:07 am Posts: 676 Location: Stuck in the marsh, LA
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Fri Sep 23, 2011 4:32 pm |
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highpockets
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Joined: Fri Mar 05, 2010 9:28 pm Posts: 50
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Fri Sep 23, 2011 8:19 pm |
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whistlingwings
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Joined: Thu Mar 25, 2010 3:07 am Posts: 676 Location: Stuck in the marsh, LA
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Fri Sep 23, 2011 8:38 pm |
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Migrator
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Sun Apr 17, 2011 2:29 pm Posts: 3227 Location: Black River, MS
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Hey Redleg, you get you one of the square chine boats and whatever motor you want and when you see a red-faced fat man at the local hotspot near you this season in a Gator trax / Mud buddy...you may as well back out of that square. Try to run w/ my round chine and you will have to let off or bounce that bitch off a cypress tree. I ain't telling you what I heard, I'm tellin you what I know!!! 
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Fri Sep 23, 2011 9:41 pm |
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cb5331
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Joined: Fri Dec 18, 2009 8:10 pm Posts: 16915 Location: Rowlett, TX
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Fri Sep 23, 2011 9:45 pm |
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redleg3316
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Joined: Sat Nov 14, 2009 5:06 pm Posts: 414 Location: MS / were ever da rig floats
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Im going with a double chined 1848 with a GTR stage 1.
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cb5331
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Joined: Fri Dec 18, 2009 8:10 pm Posts: 16915 Location: Rowlett, TX
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Double chined?
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Fri Sep 23, 2011 9:48 pm |
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meterman3
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Mon Dec 21, 2009 6:25 pm Posts: 1407
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might want to check the warrantys i dont know for sure but mb has 1 on their hot motors and i dont think gtr does if you modd it .
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Fri Sep 23, 2011 9:53 pm |
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redleg3316
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Joined: Sat Nov 14, 2009 5:06 pm Posts: 414 Location: MS / were ever da rig floats
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double tapered. sorry
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