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Re: Expensive 'Toons!
smclear, no offense taken, I can see how you could misread that.
I have had something to do with welding about 90,000 pontoons boats over the last 21 years so I know a bit about them.
Rhodes hit it, the tube costs the same whether it goes on a $60,000 QXI or a $18,000 Sedona.
Last I checked a single sheet of 126''x78''x.090 was close to $200 and we have 4'x8' sheets of 1/4'' that are close to $500!
11 years ago when we started Bennington pontoons were rails, tubes, deck and furniture and a cheap radio, the only thing that changed over the years was the stripes that went on the boats.
Now we have Rockford Fosgate 600 watt stereos, real granite countertop,power bimini tops(super cool!) and elliptical tubes, no matter what you do people want more and the only way you can stay on top is to innovate, all that costs money.
smclear, no offense taken, I can see how you could misread that.
I have had something to do with welding about 90,000 pontoons boats over the last 21 years so I know a bit about them.
Rhodes hit it, the tube costs the same whether it goes on a $60,000 QXI or a $18,000 Sedona.
Last I checked a single sheet of 126''x78''x.090 was close to $200 and we have 4'x8' sheets of 1/4'' that are close to $500!
11 years ago when we started Bennington pontoons were rails, tubes, deck and furniture and a cheap radio, the only thing that changed over the years was the stripes that went on the boats.
Now we have Rockford Fosgate 600 watt stereos, real granite countertop,power bimini tops(super cool!) and elliptical tubes, no matter what you do people want more and the only way you can stay on top is to innovate, all that costs money.