Said Goodbye to the old toon - looking forward to the new

[rogerwa]

On Saturday I said goodbye to our old pontoon. I sold it and as part of the deal delivered it to its new home about 100 miles north.. For the $300 delivery charge I think he got the better of the deal. This was a 1992 Vibo 25' with a 1989 Nissan 90hp (really good motor btw).

The next chapter will start soon as I ordered a new pontoon last week to take its place. It will be 25' TMC 2500SE with 25" pontoons and vinyl flooring. I will be hanging a freshly rebuilt 115hp Evinrude on the back. I spec'd this boat out for ease of maintenance and carefree use. It should be ready around memorial day. The old one suffered from waterlogged wooden furniture frames, moldy and mossy carpet, and no cover. On this one, no wooden frames, no carpet, and it comes with a cover.

I was all charged up about rebuilding this old one from the toons up, but got lazy and figured I would probably blow a summer and fall doing it, and not get what I wanted when I was done.

My wife was quite surprised I sold it as it was, but it is going to a nice new family who are happy to have it.

Now for those who are curious about the boat brands, there have been a number of regional brands in my area. Vibo only made pontoons for short period of time, they now only make boat lifts and maybe docks. TMC has been around quite a while and in my area you see a lot of their boats on the water. It is largely factory direct and they are only 50 or so miles from my cabin.

 

[lncoop]

Re: Said Goodbye to the old toon - looking forward to the new

Sounds like a winner roger. Haven't heard from you in a while. Be sure and post up a buch of pics when you get her home.

 

[The Rooster]

Re: Said Goodbye to the old toon - looking forward to the new

Sounds like a winner roger. Haven't heard from you in a while. Be sure and post up a buch of pics when you get her home.

+1 ^^^. Is TMC affiliated w/ Avalon/Tahoe> I've seen them do factory direct ?

 

[rogerwa]

Re: Said Goodbye to the old toon - looking forward to the new

I'll make sure to upload some pics when I get it and we get her wet.. I will have to change my avatar at least.

TMC is not affiliated with Avalon/Tahoe. They are just a local MFG. I probably would have been suspicious based on the pricing, but there are a lot of them around on my lake and others and they seem to age well. It is nice as I sat down with the owner of the comapny and ordered exactly what I wanted. They are not as plush as many of the toons like Benningtons, or Premier, but it will wear well and not require a lot of maintenance.

I was looking at Avalon/Tahoe from a dealer named T and M Marine in northen MN, but I wanted the larger pontoons (25" vs 23") and the vinyl flooring. Their models went way up in price with those options.. Oddly enough, when talking with that dealer, he said only about 5% of their sales come from local sales. He said most of their sales are from phone call, where they know exaclty what they want and wht size motor. The dealer packs it in a shipping container and off it goes. They are actually going to go full online and do away with the showroom as it adds about $800 to the cost of each boat. WEird. I like to kick the tires before I purchase..