keelshield

Does anybody use this product, if so how is it holding up. I emailed them about an hour or so ago and they emailed me back with the product on the boat I have its an aluminum boat. Seems they have great costomer service. The boat is a pro team 185

I have a keel sheild and it is an awesome product. I give them an A+++ with no questions asked. The product is easy to put on, looks great, and works. This spring I ran my fiberglass boat up on a sharp rock, it ended up protecting my boat but it sliced the keelsheild. I called them up and told them that it was my fault. They said that that was no problem and they sent me a new one! Best customer service that I have ever recieved by a company.

My only concern would be that you have an aluminum boat, I believe that I remember hearing that these are only for fiberglass. I might be wrong, but might be a question to ask. I am not sure how they would stick over time to aluminum.

Hamby's

I have a friend who purchased an aluminum Lowe boat and the dealer said they could not get a shield to stick to an aluminum boat. I called Rodney at Jetta Marine and he confirmed this.

One of my greatest investments, but make sure that it will work on an aluminum hull.

First of all, thanks for recommending your uncle to me for welding my old Tracker. He did a first-rate job and at a far lower price than I had previously been quoted. Great guy to do business with. We stood around and shot the **** for a long time when I picked up my boat. Anyway, about the Keelshield - I have one on my 21' Triton and I consider it one of the best investments on that boat. I noticed other posters saying that it would not work on an aluminum boat. That doesn't surprise me at all. Any time you put two different materials together, you have an issue with what is called the coefficient of expansion and contraction - basically, they move at different rates with changes in temperature. Aluminum is a fantastic conductor of heat, so I would imagine that it would want to move much more than the Keelshield, weakening the adhesive bond.

[QUOTE=hairball;374948]First of all, thanks for recommending your uncle to me for welding my old Tracker. He did a first-rate job and at a far lower price than I had previously been quoted. Great guy to do business with. We stood around and shot the **** for a long time when I picked up my boat. Anyway, about the Keelshield - I have one on my 21' Triton and I consider it one of the best investments on that boat. I noticed other posters saying that it would not work on an aluminum boat. That doesn't surprise me at all. Any time you put two different materials together, you have an issue with what is called the coefficient of expansion and contraction - basically, they move at different rates with changes in temperature. Aluminum is a fantastic conductor of heat, so I would imagine that it would want to move much more than the Keelshield, weakening the adhesive bond.[/QUOTE] Glad all went well, yea when we were kids he was our go to guy with things we were trying to fix.

Here are two sites you may wish to visit. I have a friend that put one on and has never had any trouble. I have another that has put one on and started to come off after 3 years. I have put two on fiberglass boats and never had any trouble.



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