Leslie Judson Jones
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Shopping for a truckmount is very similar to shopping for a boat. Most truckmounts use the same major components; same blowers, pumps, and engines for the most part. Boats are built in a similar fashion. Most of them use similar major components like Mercruiser outdrives and Chevrolet engines. Basically the difference between one boat and another is the hull construction.
Here we have an example of two boats that are identical. Boat A costs $22,000. It is constructed of aluminum, has a Mercruiser outdrive and a Mercruiser engine. Boat A has to deal with electrolysis due to the aluminum construction. Boat A also fatigues easy due to the aluminum construction.
BOAT A
Boat B costs $24,000, but it costs $3,000 more to manufacture than Boat A, because Boat B is made out of thick, heavy-gauge stainless steel. The manufacturers of Boat B are charging only $2,000 more than Boat A, but it costs $3,000 more to manufacture, so they are making $1,000 dollars less profit than the manufacturers of Boat A. Boat B has the exact same major components as Boat A; the Mercruiser outdrive and the same Mercruiser engine. Boat B will last forever because it does not develop electrolysis and it does not fail due to fatigue. You can actually take a .22 caliber rifle and shoot Boat B and the bullet will not penetrate the hull, so if you are attacked by pirates on the high seas, your chances are better with Boat B.
BOAT B
Boat B does have some other advantages. The designers of Boat B are the patent holders and the original designers of the Boat. Boat A is a copy of Boat B. Boat B has another advantage over Boat A. It uses more common parts than Boat A that can be found at Home Depot and Lowes. Plus, Boat B is the only boat manufacturer that has boats that have lasted over 30 years, trouble-free.
Do you guys remember the movie Jaws? Remember how the shark rammed the side of the boat and caused it to start leaking? Even though the boat in the movie Jaws was made out of wood, I think the shark would have caused a leak in an aluminum hull boat too, since aluminum is really thin and aluminum boats are made with pop rivets. Now picture yourself in Boat B with the thick, 11 gauge stainless steel hull; that shark could have rammed that boat until it killed itself and the boat would have been fine.
Being stranded with a broken down truckmount is kind of like being stranded at sea with a boat while in shark-infested waters. With boat B, at least you don’t have to worry about the boat leaking. Besides, with Boat B you are less likely to have a breakdown in the first place because of its simple, well thought out design. If for some strange reason, you do happen to have a breakdown while 200 miles off shore in shark-infested waters with Boat B, at least you can pull out your spare common parts that you keep in the galley. With Boat B you can afford to carry a lot of spare parts because you can find them locally and they are a lot less expensive because they are not proprietary. So when your starter fails on Boat B, you can call Les Jones and he will give you step by step instructions on how to change it out yourself. Now you can motor on back home safely.
However if you are in Boat A in those same shark-infested waters where Jaws lurks and you have a breakdown 200 miles offshore, your ass is in deep trouble because you don’t have any spare parts and when you call the manufacturer of Boat A in desperate need of help, they will say to you, “Don’t worry about those Damned sharks, just get to paddling and when you finally make it in, bring your Boat to the marina, and we will get your special one-of-a-kind $2,000 part put in by our highly-skilled, and highly-trained technician who has a lot of certification patches on his shirt. It may cost you several thousand dollars more, but at least it is done by a professional. You know it requires a lot of special training to learn how to properly switch out those starters.
The moral of the story is if you are going to take your boat into shark-infested waters, it might be worth that extra $2,000 to have the peace of mind that comes with an original design stainless steel hull. In a lot of cases, saving $2,000 can cost you a lot more in the long run.
Here we have an example of two boats that are identical. Boat A costs $22,000. It is constructed of aluminum, has a Mercruiser outdrive and a Mercruiser engine. Boat A has to deal with electrolysis due to the aluminum construction. Boat A also fatigues easy due to the aluminum construction.
BOAT A
Boat B costs $24,000, but it costs $3,000 more to manufacture than Boat A, because Boat B is made out of thick, heavy-gauge stainless steel. The manufacturers of Boat B are charging only $2,000 more than Boat A, but it costs $3,000 more to manufacture, so they are making $1,000 dollars less profit than the manufacturers of Boat A. Boat B has the exact same major components as Boat A; the Mercruiser outdrive and the same Mercruiser engine. Boat B will last forever because it does not develop electrolysis and it does not fail due to fatigue. You can actually take a .22 caliber rifle and shoot Boat B and the bullet will not penetrate the hull, so if you are attacked by pirates on the high seas, your chances are better with Boat B.
BOAT B
Boat B does have some other advantages. The designers of Boat B are the patent holders and the original designers of the Boat. Boat A is a copy of Boat B. Boat B has another advantage over Boat A. It uses more common parts than Boat A that can be found at Home Depot and Lowes. Plus, Boat B is the only boat manufacturer that has boats that have lasted over 30 years, trouble-free.
Do you guys remember the movie Jaws? Remember how the shark rammed the side of the boat and caused it to start leaking? Even though the boat in the movie Jaws was made out of wood, I think the shark would have caused a leak in an aluminum hull boat too, since aluminum is really thin and aluminum boats are made with pop rivets. Now picture yourself in Boat B with the thick, 11 gauge stainless steel hull; that shark could have rammed that boat until it killed itself and the boat would have been fine.
Being stranded with a broken down truckmount is kind of like being stranded at sea with a boat while in shark-infested waters. With boat B, at least you don’t have to worry about the boat leaking. Besides, with Boat B you are less likely to have a breakdown in the first place because of its simple, well thought out design. If for some strange reason, you do happen to have a breakdown while 200 miles off shore in shark-infested waters with Boat B, at least you can pull out your spare common parts that you keep in the galley. With Boat B you can afford to carry a lot of spare parts because you can find them locally and they are a lot less expensive because they are not proprietary. So when your starter fails on Boat B, you can call Les Jones and he will give you step by step instructions on how to change it out yourself. Now you can motor on back home safely.
However if you are in Boat A in those same shark-infested waters where Jaws lurks and you have a breakdown 200 miles offshore, your ass is in deep trouble because you don’t have any spare parts and when you call the manufacturer of Boat A in desperate need of help, they will say to you, “Don’t worry about those Damned sharks, just get to paddling and when you finally make it in, bring your Boat to the marina, and we will get your special one-of-a-kind $2,000 part put in by our highly-skilled, and highly-trained technician who has a lot of certification patches on his shirt. It may cost you several thousand dollars more, but at least it is done by a professional. You know it requires a lot of special training to learn how to properly switch out those starters.
The moral of the story is if you are going to take your boat into shark-infested waters, it might be worth that extra $2,000 to have the peace of mind that comes with an original design stainless steel hull. In a lot of cases, saving $2,000 can cost you a lot more in the long run.
