Skater vs Gladiator
10-12-2006 | 09:48 PM
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Re: Skater vs Gladiator
Originally Posted by fountain40icbm
They say you need cat experience, but how do you get it if you cant buy a cat????
We only pay $1500 for the Gladiator and $1000 for the Hustler!!! Same here with the dad and experience, 61 and years and years of experience.
Indy,
We only pay $1500 for the Gladiator and $1000 for the Hustler!!! Same here with the dad and experience, 61 and years and years of experience.
Indy,
You pay the piper for your experience. The bottom line is that's what it costs to own one, period. The insurance will NEVER get cheaper for one. If you want a cat, you pay the costs to own it, or you don't have one.
Your experience in a vee bottom, or your Dad's, is also pretty much irrelevant. The two designs are driven completely differently, and the cat is much faster. They want to make sure your experienced.
Edit: and if you're paying $1500 a year for a Gladiator with anything other than V-6 motors, you're getting an excellent deal.
Last edited by BLee; 10-12-2006 at 09:53 PM.
10-12-2006 | 10:02 PM
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Re: Skater vs Gladiator
Originally Posted by fountain40icbm
They say you need cat experience, but how do you get it if you cant buy a cat???? We only pay $1500 for the Gladiator and $1000 for the Hustler!!! Same here with the dad and experience, 61 and years and years of experience.
Indy,
That would definitely wake the boat up a bit. I heard Phil was going to build one with 700's but I dot think anything came of it. I know the Glad wasn't designed for transmission drives.
Indy,
That would definitely wake the boat up a bit. I heard Phil was going to build one with 700's but I dot think anything came of it. I know the Glad wasn't designed for transmission drives.
10-12-2006 | 10:11 PM
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Re: Skater vs Gladiator
Originally Posted by pm203
$1500 for Gladiator ins? Please tell me who the insurer is. I pay 4K plus with a winter layup on a lake!
10-12-2006 | 10:13 PM
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Re: Skater vs Gladiator
Originally Posted by fountain40icbm
I dont quite know but Ill check with my dad in the morning. We got it from a lead on here. We used to pay $3500 through sy and Ace.
yeah, who who.....
10-12-2006 | 10:17 PM
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Re: Skater vs Gladiator
Originally Posted by BLee
You pay the piper for your experience. The bottom line is that's what it costs to own one, period. The insurance will NEVER get cheaper for one. If you want a cat, you pay the costs to own it, or you don't have one.
Your experience in a vee bottom, or your Dad's, is also pretty much irrelevant. The two designs are driven completely differently, and the cat is much faster. They want to make sure your experienced.
Edit: and if you're paying $1500 a year for a Gladiator with anything other than V-6 motors, you're getting an excellent deal.
Your experience in a vee bottom, or your Dad's, is also pretty much irrelevant. The two designs are driven completely differently, and the cat is much faster. They want to make sure your experienced.
Edit: and if you're paying $1500 a year for a Gladiator with anything other than V-6 motors, you're getting an excellent deal.
10-12-2006 | 11:35 PM
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Re: Skater vs Gladiator
Originally Posted by fountain40icbm
Im not trying to be negative or anything, but Spectre and Skater have killed people where as motion and eliminator haven't.
And those ASD 7's sure look more friendly than the 6's and 8's for steerage.
10-12-2006 | 11:53 PM
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Re: Skater vs Gladiator
Originally Posted by Lucky Strike Jr
That's nuts!! You guys probably have a big lay-up period too, right? I never got an exact quote but had been told for a 36 Skater or Nor-Tech with decent size power and no layup in South Florida, around $15-20k and that is just nuts. We pay a little over $6,000 for the T/S Gun and my dad is 59 with a million years of boating experience.
