I had a buddy who had 2 kinds of trackers. He had an all welded one and a riveted v14. The welded one popped 2 welds in 2 years. One in the hull and one in the transom. On his riveted one, not too bad of a boat other than rivets. He popped a few on the water line of the hull but once he replaced them and rebucked all the others he never had any other issues. My perception of tracker and grizzly hulls are that they are just cheaply made. Quality control sucks. And the thing that sucks the most, is tracker customer service. They wouldn't do anything for him on the 2 cracks. Don't turn your head from riveted though. It allows the hull to flex and allow stress points to move. I'd replace a rivet over fixing a cracked weld. But I do hear weldbuilt boats are great hulls! I got a lot of duck friends that have them. It all comes down to how much you want to spend! Whichever route you take I would go with something other than a tracker. There are just better options you could go with. Just my 2 cents though!
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