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This boat is equipted with Star Gazer, Power Wedge, Heater, Bimini, Fiberglass Platform, DHM Tandem trialer. Boat is super clean. Ready to sell. Contact: Bill Galli 559-287-3980

The in's and outs of tow boats. The promo system is going to have some rough roads for the next year or two for all manufacturers. There is a significant number of boats that go to the open market not to private lakes and with the economy the way it is buyers are scarse. So you will see a bunch of familiar boats next season. So the speed control device discussions will continue. Cost of the boats has gotten up there. But the market demands confort,techy,and safe boats that handle and do not chine lock comming out of the turn island.Emmision controls have cost the manufacturers a ton of dough to become compliant. There were some commits on noise levels in some of the discussions. I know with Malibu the have different options for noise reduction. I have found it is best to do it all. To have a quiet boat adds $$$$$$ to cost also.I know I would not want to Drive, Judge, or Safety in a boat for two or three hours that was banging my head. With gas prices flectuating ask your tournament promoters what boats use the least amount of fuel per hour, before buying your next boat.

There are several issues to consider. The 2,4-D products work well, if they are legal in your state. The Aquathol based products work great in most lakes, when applied properly and you do not get a lot of wind action for at least a day after application. Aquathol comes in a liquid formulation and granular. The granular is more costly but it gets the product down to the part of the plant where it is most effective. The draw back to Aquathol is it is slow especailly when you have established and mature weeds. Reward/Diquat does not work well in shaded lakes. The fastest way to rid the weeds at this point in the season is physical removal. The most common mistake in using Aquashade or any other shade is not getting it into the lake early enough in the season. The first of Feb. is not to early to start in most regions. The shading products work best when used as a preventive treatment. I have found most lakes need between 27 to 30 gallons at that point to establish the best shading possible.  Bill Galli

Note on GreenClean Pro; we only need to calculate the top 4 feet of the water volume. The algea only grows to that depth and the GC Pro disolves in the top 4 feet only. If there is a need to get it deeper then you can drag it in a burlap bag to get algea off the bottom.

The rates for GreenClean Pro arer 50-250lbs per miooion gallons of water. My experience will show 50-100lbs per million gallons will be in the range for heavy growth especially if the bloon has occured within in a couple of weeks rather than trying to clean up a pond that has not been treated in years. The cost for GC Pro is $1.92 / lb fob. Minimum of $1800.00 for product.  Western Farm Service/Agrium has purchased UAP. We are in transition of innergrating to large companies. It is my hope we will be able to ship from closer locations to save freight on some of these products.

The price increase will not be way out there for the liquid product, for those who have been long time customers know we have been able to hold the price for many years. The cost to treat an a lake I will need to know the details of the lake dimensions and the type of algae how bad is it. Bad news if the lake smells.

We watch the costs of other products and the other products have already taken their prices up. The raw materials to build the products are up. Dye will still be the least expensive way to curtail weed and algea growth.  Bill GalliÂÂÂ

Thanks Joe for the intro Thanks John Horton for informing me of the posting  The bottom line with the Mirage WSB is there is not much left. They gave me a new replacement cost and it will not be affordable. We have a limited supply of liquid at 08 pricing, I have been informed by our supplier that there will be a substantual increase for 09. As for Algea, We have been promoting GreenClean Pro this year. Our customers love it. Its a granular product that just need s to be spread where the algea is and in 20 minutes you can see the results. It is a non copper product. It also super oxygenates the water to help speed up the decompisition of the algea so it does not come back as quick with another bloom.    www.biosafesystems.com Bill Galli 559-287-3980