I had the pleasure of getting a Skeeter Factory Tour this past Tuesday and it was a fun experience. These tours are open to the public and are free. They offer them Monday thru Friday from 10:00AM till 2:00PM. Expect to spend about an hour minimum and they walk you through all phases of the boat building process. The Skeeter plant is located just off I-20 in Kilgore and I would call ahead to make a reservation. One thing that really stood out is how nice and friendly the people are that work there. I saw at least 80-100 employess and all I came in contact with treated me great. I also noticed how much them were seeming to have in building the boats and each one seemed to care about the quality they put out. I came away even more impressed than I already was about the brand. You always hear how the "big" boat companies do not build as quality a boat as the smaller ones but from what I saw I have no doubts the Skeeter folks care about what they build.
Right now they are putting out close to 40 boats per week with about 5 of those being bay boats and fish/ski models. The rest are bass models. The plant is climate controlled so they cam manipulate the curing process of the fiberglass and let me tell you it is a HUGE facility. As you can see from the pictures they had no qualms almost to the point of insisting I take pictures of some of their trademaerk type builds. Anyway here are the pictures. Enjoy.

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I took one a few years ago also. It is very interesting. You can get some first hand knowledge on what and why they do certain things that make Skeeter a great boat.

Great pics-impressive factory. Don't you think they should slip a motor in your vehicle just for taking the tour? Yeah right

That last boat in the photos is my new rig. Wait til you see it without the wrap. We'll be at the TFF/Champs Slam later this month

Cool pics.

I grew up in Kilgore and have made the tour numerous times. It is very cool and if you are ever out that way stop in a take the tour. Nice pics.