me too....

My wife thinks it's the most hillybilly name on the planet.

Yes, there are holes under the water. And yes, all foam filled high end boats like skeeter, Phoenix and Bass Cat etc will do exactly the same as a Ranger. Float if there is a hole. It's a Marketing gimmick that preyed on the uninformed and worked very well in selling a lot of boats. Kudos to Ranger. They make a good product and have a very clever marketing team.

Here is a good video from Ranger. Back in the 80's Barber Boats off Harry Hines in Dallas was the Ranger Distributor for the area. Ray Barber had some kind of brother in law deal with Forrest Wood and controlled most of the Ranger distribution to all the Ark-La-Tex dealers. Rumor has it that Forrest suffered a fire at the factory up in Flippin and it wiped them out. Ray Barber loaned him money to rebuild but asked for some sort of distribution rights for a long period of time.

They would always set up their booth at the Dallas Boat Show with a swimming pool. They would have a new fully rigged Ranger floating in it. Some of you older guys may recall seeing it. They always had thir booth immediately as you walked into the main entrance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCRtBO6meAU

Ranger pioneered this back in the '70's but now nearly all of the premier boat companies now offer "positive upright level flotation"

Didn't think you were that old Ken, lol. In the early 80's I went into Barber Boats thinking about buying a new boat. Their showroom was spectacular as were the boats. Couldn't get over how pretty and shiny they were being a bass boat. The salesmen were very dignified and kinda uppity. I felt like I was in Tiffany's looking at a 5 carat diamond. Found out real quick I couldn't afford one and the salesman verified it with a rolled eye. Eventually I was able to afford one and it was shiny and pretty just like the ones at Barber Boats. They were and still are great boats.

Well, that wasn�t the boat that I remember seeing; but that one most certainly did have holes cut into it!

They were one of my customers Ronnie. I sold tackle to their tackle store and all the other tackle shops in the State of Texas.

And I recall many of the sales guys at that store. They did kind of have that "If you have to ask you can't afford it" attitude in there.

Rick Barber, Ray's son was the manager. I wonder what happened to him. He seemed to like to party hard. Hope he is still around and healthy.

Stop it, you're starting to amaze me.

You are easily amazed Ronnie. I just have a good memory.

Allison/Mercury is like Superman. Faster then a speeding Bullet...

Why attack Rangers
Are they not great boats

Ranger's are great boats as are Bass Cat, Skeeter, Phoenix, Legend etc. It's more a matter of preference just like in cars and trucks. The dealer is just as important as the boat in my opinion.

All are great boats. It is just poking fun. A name is a name, is a name. The "Lead Sled" is a great boat.

I recently fished from a big Phoenix, very nice, very impressive. I'm a die hard bug boat owner, more than likely will remain that way.. Ken is running a particular brand of boat longer than normal, with BPS acquiring said brand, is it time for a change..?

I know a few Bullets that will outrun an Allison...

If I were to buy a new boat I would be torn on which one to buy. So many good ones out there now.