How Much Did My Custom Pontoon Boat Cost?
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- čas přidán 30. 06. 2024
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Awesome video!!! My husband passed away in 2017 and our boat (pontoon) was our second home. We were on Lake Mead every weekend, rain, shine or snow!! Didn’t matter. We fished and camped on the water from Friday night to Sunday evening. We had our kids and their families, dogs or just us. My son has the boat now and is rebuilding it. I shared your video with him because he has a shop and has rebuilt an old Chevy blazer and it’s beautiful and will climb up the mountains with ease. He’s started on the boat! I’m in a wheelchair and I plan on being on the lake again! I miss it! Him and his wife remind me of us back in our mid 40’s, and she is on the boat if it just goes to get gas! She loves to fish !! Our pontoon boat is 24’ long and a blast.. again, thank you for this video!!
You did an amazing job, and should be proud!
They’re not cheap toys/investments, always remember what boat stands for;
Bust Out Another Thousand $
Sweet rebuild you mostly escaped the following definition. Definition of a boat- A hole in the water you throw money into. You did really good for your first boat project and you can't put a price on the knowledge you gained.
If you do a lot of the work yourself and can avoid the 200/hr shop fees, you can come out pretty good.
@@NWLee Pontoons get much more use than a fishing or power boat. They're my preference hands down.
cant wait to do this i want his design but cant find seats thats a nice set
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I’m only 3:00 minutes in and already like this video better than others because you actually talk and not blast some cheesy music!!!
The part your most proud of YOU BUILT IT WITH YOUR OWN HANDS. CONGRATS BROTHER
“If your wood is good, I would recommend trying to keep it good.”😂 Keep doing what you do man💯
raw milk helps keep up wood
That's what she said!
Keep your Timber Limber, Don't let your lumber slumber!
You did an amazing job and I love how humble you sound especially when it comes to talking about your sponsors.
$17k is a great price. While some may think it is expensive, you're getting priceless memories of fun times with family and friends. Bonus is you would have been making $$$ with each episode (hopefully) and that should balance it out. As always mate, cheers for providing such great content. Look forward to what comes next.
I found your channel because of the pontoon build, and I've enjoyed your other content as well. You do a very nice job balancing being entertaining and informative, and your builds look great. Keep up the good work!
Well I never thought I’d watch a whole series on a pontoon boat, but hot damn you did a hell of a job dude!
Very detailed job and good video
You did such an amazing job! I would seriously value that boat at somewhere around $25,000.
GREAT BUILD!!! Loved the whole series, keep your unique talent, style and great attitude coming. Look forward to each of your new videos!
I am amazed and envious of your multi-faceted talent and skills. Simply an incredible job! Good luck with your future endeavors.
Straight up, I don't live in a place where boats are common, but I really enjoyed this series. Well done for what you achieved.
That’s one of the things I wish we could see some viewer info. I wonder how many people in desert, arctic, and land locked areas watching this for the entertainment.
I'm beyond impressed. Even when the first flooring didn't work, you pressed on and got the job done. That is an AWESOME BOAT, Great job!
I was blown away by the outcome and super I impressed at how well it came up on plane for a pontoon boat. I'm not really a boat guy, u less I'm in the keys scuba diving!
I'm more of a Big RV guy and will definitely be using some of the things you used in that. Loved the bar top pilots table with your Logo burnt into it. And the leds & cup holder everywhere.
Great narration. I watched the whole line of videos about this pontoon and it's a good synopses of what happened. When you didn't like something, you came out and said it and changed it. Overall everything turned out really sweet for your party barge!
$20k? Bro.... you could get close to $30k for that boat for sure. Nice work!
Bro he could get more than that
Time is money. He put a lot of time into thay boat. U have to take that into consideration. U will never get all of your money back. Its for keeping not for selling
@@bobgrayanythingoutdoors4819 very good use how much money sir
I really like that you put some stickers / designs on the parts that you rebuild - like the mercury engine - looks like new - just from the store
You are so talented. I’m much older than you but I respect your gift. Please don’t stop your channel. I really want one of those boats. The way you put it together was great. Keep making boat shows I love them. Everybody do cars. Stay with the boats. I love the other boat you build. I wish I had the money to buy it.
Outstanding! I've been a boater for years and that was a great build. Well thought out and executed. I also liked that you showed the mistake on the decking.
Young man, you are brilliant. You have so much incredible creativity and problem-solving skills. Your pontoon boat came out fantastic and I agree that they awesome because they ARE so chill. Congrats on doing such a great job on your boat. Some pontoon boat manufacturers should hire you as a designer - you've got so many great ideas and you could design them for hipsters and other client groups and help get another generation of folks interested in pontoon boats. Liked and subscribed.
The pontoon looks amazing! Great job!
I loved this series! I will never never ever own a pontoon boat, but it’s been really cool to watch. Plus the pontoon recommendations I got from CZcams were hilarious. I may never own one, but I know how to polish an aluminum pontoon now!
Love this pontoon boat. Wish I owned it myself. Decked out perfectly.
Absolutely love your Channel and your expertise in rebuilding your Pontoon Boat. So well done young man!!! Loved the video and thanks for sharing it. Pete
Love that you share your costs in detail. Really helpful.
Great job covering your rebuild in a single video! I learned a lot. We bought a lake house last year with a great dock system. We are now considering a pontoon boat. They are not cheap! The budget friendly ones are, in my opinion, refurbishment candidates. The decent quality ones are $15,000 up (without a trailer) and its a compromise since they don't usually have everything desired. So I am seriously considering building/rebuilding my own. Your experience will come in handy - definitely! Thanks!
Congratulations, that’s got to be one of the nicest Pontoon boats that I’ve ever seen, considering what you started with. I wish that I had half of your talent. Happy Sailing!
Great job. Been into pontoons for over 25 years and never see one this nice here in Tennessee. Again, well done!
You did an awesome job! It was brave to break down the original boat and just about create your own new boat. Love the lights!
Love this high speed recap of the entire build.
Well done! Pontoon boat is what got me started watching your channel. Very much like the end result!
Dude you did an amazing creative job on that boat! Awesome job, your folks must be so proud! Congratulations 👏👏👏👏👏👏
If I was in Florida, I'd be laying out bills till you said, "Sold!". I love your boat. Really love your boat.
Talent, Talent Talent... Such Great work, hard to think of words to describe the qualities and talents you have. You are a very smart young man.
Here in Australia we use yellow lights, bugs are not attracted to yellow. I even run yellow electrical tape over white lights to make them appear yellow
We use that yellow taillight tape.
I'm about to do this on my 2nd pontoon! Super excited. Glad to see another FL dude on YT
Great job and loved the journey of you making it and your visions becoming a reality!
I live in New England and up here this boat is worth over $50k. You can sell it up here in NH or Maine and build yourself up to 3 more🔥🔥
In Jersey you can sell this for $65k all day
I'll go down to Fl and buy this boat for 20k and bring it up to you to sell for 50k. You can keep 10k and I'll take 40k? You down? You will have to put 10k in Escrow just in case you can't sell it for 50k like agreed upon, I'll get the 10k in Escrow so at least I'm not wasting my time.
@@MaximusMerideus 🤣🤣🤣
Wow so sorry about that flooring, that “herring bone” type pattern looked incredible. Awesome build.
When I knew that you were going to be posting new videos on the pontoon boat I was checking your channel every single day because I love this series
You made the videos, we all watched, you have to keep your boat. It's what we all wanted to see, your Dream Boat.
Great video! This was an amazing build and the editing is spot on. Well done and I hope you enjoy making memories with your squad for years to come. Cheers! Side note: Those bunks are awesome and I will be looking into them on my next build.
Lots of work, you take great detail in what you do and it pays off. Looks great!
Shout out from Canada! Good job on the pontoon. I watch your videos because I like your personality... you are very creative, don't cut corners and admit when you make mistakes. I see a great evolution in your editing and quality of your vidéos also. Super Bon travail!
Congrats, you are talented and courageous for taking this challenging project head on. Great result!
That is the coolest pontoon boat I've seen. Can't think of a close 2nd. You did a fantastic job. Definitely my favorite rebuild you have done thus far. Keep it and enjoy it.
Hope you can get the Sea Doos back on track.
So yeah, what they said.😊 Seriously, you did a top notch job on this boat. What impresses me more is your attitude, the way you is how you follow through on everything. Especially selling all that stuff that came off the boat, and the trailer and whatnot. I saw a number of people that were saying you sold it too cheap, you must value your labor more. I thought pontoons were way cheaper than they are. I bought a mint 24' with trailer from Missouri or somewhere. It was $12,000. Then I realized that was 20 years ago. Ouch.
You are only 22, and already have a GC License, so you have plenty of wriggle room. You are super on the right track. In 3 years, Your channel, if you keep it/them, will be managed by your secretary, who handles the phones, you are bidding jobs, buying material, checking in on your crew(s).
You are going to be one of the winners. Watching your process from buying to selling, I know you will be a millionaire by 30, if you want to.
S.C.O.R.E. - Service Corps Of Retired Executives is a great resource, chapters all around. Don't be afraid to switch around, they really get it about things needing to click for both parties.
It takes a good 5 years to have things under control, not scrambling to make payroll because you are waiting on a $15,000.00 check that is 45 days past due, and paying yourself what you would accept from another GC trying to hire you. If you have to loan money to the business, that's ok too.
The IRS says you need to take a "reasonable" salary. Owners mostly don't want to take a salary, because of the taxes you pay. But, it does include Social Security, regardless of what people say, you will get it. Also, you need to have I think, 3 years, of BIG paychecks, but they use your 3? top income years to calculate the check you will get forever once you retire. benefit. It cannot be obvious, so ramp up and down. It may very well happen anyways. You will always be the last guy to get paid, so getting your pay cut money is fine, and if god forbid, you are the one who falls off a roof, you want all the disability help you can get.
You also, and this is just critical, you need to ask: who are you, and what do you want? Dead serious, does business course through your brain? Are you a total hands on guy, not looking to get real big, please keep me out of the office. How long do I want to do this? I HATED Tree Trimming with a passion. We started by putting out flyers, yellow page ads, ask a parent what they were. And we got what we were asking for: people who call from flyers, yellow pages, names on all our trucks. I would go estimate, and you MUST talk to contractors about properly written contracts, and buy yourself a FLIR infra red hand held scanner, shows hot as yellow, red, cool, cold as Green to Blue.
Final thing, I promise. Really avoid partnerships unless goals: I want as much as I can take out each week. Well I want to leave more money in the bank for a cash flow insurance. I want to expand. I want it like it is. We were lucky because my brother would go and do whatever I needed him for. He was Ops, I was office.
We saved almost every penny, kept buying rental units. Our retirement would be quadrupled by taking all our profits, planting them, and that is far bigger than what we could ever live off from the Tree work.
Good Luck, which is another form of making your life into what you want.
Love it. It came up so well you should be proud of yourself. You couldn’t buy one of that quality for $17k !! Absolutely loving your channel keep up the excellent work!!
wow man, great job! I actually subscribed to your channel because of this series. I hope you keep working with boats. I'd love to be able to build my own boat.
Great build! You have inspired me to fix up my 2007 Pontoon this spring.
You should value your own labor a lot higher when selling your projects on afterwards.
Yes definitely! I wonder how long it took him to build this?
Agreed if it cost 17k to build and all he put in I would say not sell less then 25k making 8k in labor
Man! Some emotions there in the end... enjoy the fun!
Thanks for sharing this video!!! I was an avid boater my whole life and went too many years without a boat. I will soon be in the market for a boat again as my life continues to get better. I use to be anti pontoon boat up until recently. And now seeing this video I love the ideas of customization. You should be proud of what you accomplished here. I am proud for you man. Keep up the good work. Hopefully we cross paths sometime and can share ideas.
You did a great job, everything is well thought out and it came out perfect.
Great build! Nice to see! I love the ideas, the design, the execution of how it was done. I'm very impressed! You asked about pontoons and why some people don't like them - I cannot give you an answer other than they don't look like a traditional boat and they have a long history of not being very fast which some would find a problem. Of course, I've seen plenty of pontoon boats towing water skiers.
My only concern is that given my climate (Maine and Maryland), the season is short and there's no way to escape the elements. I wish I could find a pontoon boat that was enclosed, or maybe a hardtop, that doesn't look like an RV on a barge. There seems to be only two choices - wide open with a bimini top or an RV on floats. Yes, there are some canvas wrap-arounds that go on a regular pontoon boat but that looks like a tent on floats and the windows are plastic. What I think I'd like is one of those enclosed "river taxi" types you see in Europe or something that looks like a glass-enclosed restaurant boat on a pontoon-sized boat. There doesn't seem to be anything out there. And, anything close to that is $$$$.
Again, great build. Great job! All the best! Have fun!
Thanks for sharing your journey on building this pontoon boat and I followed you too and look forward to see all your videos.
You did a fantastic job with that pontoon rebuild that is an amazing piece of art
Very few people can do wonderful things with their hands. Loved this so much!
Turned out real Ultimate Zach. Glad to see you kept the letsdrink bottle openers.
Great job! Your Pontoon Boat looks awesome! You will definitely have a lot of fun with it!
Amazing as always!! I truly believe the pontoon is worth sooo much more than what u have in it!
Keep up the great work!
Kid, you are a master craftsman! Due to my age, I can call you kid. I like your fearless style in your vision of design and build. I recently purchased a basket case that will be getting a full rebuild. I will be watching your videos for ideas and inspiration.
Thanks to your video series I am starting my own "pontoon" build. Very inspirational! Mine is going to be built on a 30 foot house boat catamaran hull. Will use a lot of your great ideas and sponsors. Keep up with the dream and the channel!
I don't know how old this video is and my point is , you done an awesome job for a person who didn't know anything about pontoons . You're a very great young man to follow . Keep up the great work kiddo .
It turned out great man! Well done. I love this channel, keep up the great work 👍🏻👍🏻👊🏻👊🏻
This was a great series, and a lot of work. Definitely deserve more subs, and look forward to what is coming.
I really admire and envy guys like you who are so handy. When I do anything, when I’m done with it, it looks like I did it!
Keep trying harder and eventually what you do will come out great. Lots of people just give up, imo anything that is worth having won't be easy to get.
Great build !! You remind me of my younger self, rebuilding stuff. Great touch with the Skrewball Wiskey (28:26)
This man is a legend!!
Great video again zack
Absolute credit to you lad..keep it dont sell as you seem to know it's worth and take fantastic care of her..some beautiful memories too awsome!!
Great job !! Your vids inspired me to do a pontoon. We came down to buy your fencing, but it was a different size than mine and wouldn't work. My boat is done just waiting on warmer water. I'm building a couple of projects for one of your "Lake neighbors"
100% perfect job on the boat and editing and narration of the video. Keep up the great work. 🇺🇸
This was a great build.
You mentioned that you wanted to make a party boat so I have an idea for you on the next pontoon build.
Start with the base pontoon boat and instead of the railings ( as they are now ), install 4 foot walls that fold down (like an outrigger) once you get to your party location. This would add 8 feet to the width of the party boat. Obviously you would want to add pontoons to the floors that fold out. You could also add 4 feet the front in the same manner, but it would also have two floor fold outs so there are no holes from the front to the sides. The front would fold out forward first, and then the two sides would then fold out to join all the extra flooring that is already there. This would give you an extra 4 feet all the way around.
Anyway, it's just a thought and if you happen to like the idea and you do end up building it, I would love to come out and see it.
Sir, absolutely brilliant idea. I've been trying to build my own party pontoon but found that 8 ft wide (which is the widest it is allowed to be street legal) was just too narrow and flipping was a major hazard. The additional foldable pontoons would add so much space and stability. Wow
@@perrybb2 If you do build this, please tag me so I can see the video.
@@Jeff-gt2xu I think I'm gonna put the additional outriggers on hinges and have them swing all the way flat on the inside rather than have them act as foldable walls. I'll link it here if/when it's completed. Right now it's a pretty trashy and rickety little vessel. It doesn't even have a motor
Great job on the rebuild!! We own a 2017 Aqua Patio 259 CBD Tri-Toon that we paid a LOT more than 17K for: I think we would enjoy your boat as much as ours!
The only thing we'd probably miss is the ability to tow water skiers.
FYI: if you mount a Blackstone griddle in conjunction with your existing BBQ, you will have an awesome floating pub! Also, we bought a portable 12 Volt Dometic compressor refrigerated cooler. Much better than having to deal with a cooler that needs ice.
I've been watching from the very start. Well done mate.
Here in Seattle area new pontoons Start at $1,000 per foot. Then add accessories and a little bling and you're easily $30-$50k. Used ones usually don't last more than a week in the classifieds. We have a 26 Kayot and added 2 front fishing seats, 2 rear seats, and an enclosed porta potty in the rear corner behind the driving console. It has foldout beds,a collapsible hardtop, and we replaced the 45 with a 75 and a 20 kicker and a remote controlled retractable electric trolling motor up front. And the Way Koolest trailer, back it on the lawn, crank winch#2 and the entire trailer squats down and gently sets the boat on the lawn and pulls out from under it. Don't sell what you built, it's incredibly universal.👍👍
I love your build . That trailer is awesome. Looks like a runway at night. But to load your boat it's great. Gave me some ideas I have a 24 foot that I want to rebuild .
Great video, love the pontoon! Excited to see your next project🤠
great job! I like your style... I just started on a pontoon project. thanks for sharing!
Well done Zach. Loved watching it.
Bro this boat turned out awesome. I would never sell it!!!
He'd definitely regret this in the future. Rather build another and sell that.
We got a 1999 21ft Key West Bay Reef for $6500 id much rather sell this boat buy that and have a little bit extra money. Normally they sell for around 11,000 we got lucky.
The best part about building your own boat is when it needs to be worked on you know exactly what to do and where everything things is!
Great video. Nice job on the boat. Wish you the best of luck with it!
Most people watching this are here for the build. As a boat person….You can only carry the amount of passengers it’s rated for. Not how many people you can fit. There’s no “night boating”, you just happen to get in as it’s dark or you go out early. You need the rating plate (passengers/horsepower) back on it. There was no sign of registration markings or pfd’s. Putting it in water at night with no one who knew how to operate it. Basically from a boater perspective it’s a train wreck.
From a restore it looks fantastic tho. Good job!
Great job. Enjoy watching your shows. You ever thought about doing a Skollie. Would like to see your outcome. Keep building
Been looking forward to knowing the costs.
Outstanding! It's the best boat ever because it's YOURS and you built it!!
Great boat and video! For a you say, beginner, WOW! I'd love to take that boat out. I fish too so, I'd need a different build. The Lights and stereo are great. Love the bar/helm! I have a sailboat so I do appreciate how much work you put into this boat! I just kinda fell upon this video, think ill subscribe and see what's up next. Thank You and Stay Safe.
The bar table with the logo on it looks amazing. Nice job 🥳
Nice work on the rebuild!!! Enjoy your boat!!!
Pontoons are the best boat I love mine.. Looks great man wish mine had that bar setup it really sets it off
Very good video with great commentary - keep up the great and interesting work!!
Considering that a new pontoon costs approx. 34K and yours has been highly customized, it a great bargain! Beautiful job with the sweat equity.
Excellent video. I can definitely tell a lot of hard work and man hours went in to this build. Nice work man.
Great job!! Beautiful boat!! Well done!! Love the bar!!
Luv this build now I’m sad it’s over, you should definitely do another one in the future
Headed your way with 20k right now. 😂
Yeah that would be a steal.
if you do Amber or dark yellow lights around the boat it’ll help repel those bugs. Blue LED’s are right up there with black lights as the most attractive for bugs.
Dang bud, i've been building my whole life and this build video is next level. I watched every second of it. You did an awesome job! Word of advice, that little bit sentimentality means "dont sell that boat", when you're older and have kids, this boat will be inspiring to them and a legacy for you!