Alweld Boats

[Slabo]

I bought a 1542 alweld in 1987 and this boat has been through **** !! It has hauled 4 wheelers in it we have duck hunted out of it and we even used it to push a small barge on a canal in the mississippi river. Needless to say it has been through it. It now has gone into retirement along with my dad and now he crappie fishes out of it about 4 to 5 days a week and I use it on the weekends. This boat has seen a lot of hard use over it's twenty years of service and it still has never leaked a drop and there are NO cracked welds on this boat PEROID. If this one ever wears out I would for sure buy another Alweld boat.

[NIMROD]

Anyone have an ALWELD boat? How do you like it? How's the quality?

Not sure about alweld . Try looking at Legend Craft , they are all welded boats and I fish with the owner . Don will stand behind his products.:D They even custom build boats as they are a small company and can do so. They are located in Alexander , just outside Little Rock.
www.legendcraft.com

[WhitePerchJerker]

I think you will be happy with Alweld. If you want a custom build boat the Southfork is built by the same family that builds Alweld. They just split because one of them wanted to build just custom boats, so I am told. Call Southfork, the owner will visit with you. I have a Southfork. If I could have found what I wanted in the Alweld I would have purchased the Alweld. Both are heavy gauge and heavy duty build. Polar craft is a good boat. I had a Polar craft from 1976 to 2004. It was lighter built then the Southfork I have now but held up well. I believe the new Polar Crafts are made of heavy alum. now.