Blue Gray in PA
Active Member
I came to Knoxville on business this week and brought my XB2003 with me to take one of my customers for a ride. While I was here, I decided to have a skid planer added to the boat and asked Nancy if they could fit me into their schedule on such short notice. I dropped it off Monday evening - Todd and Darris looked at it and said they could install it with the new mounts they just got in. Todd called me Tuesday morning and said it was done and I could pick it up anytime. When I stopped in Tuesday, Darris explained to me how it worked and why it took so long to develop. We also talked about how the boat sits on the trailer and he showed me how to fix that as well and gave me some plastic to raise the bunks back to where they need to be. During that afternoon, he spent over an hour with me talking about a number of topics related to boats and the future models of Allison's in particular.
Fast forward to Wednesday afternoon when I decided to put the boat in at the Allison launch to try the skid planer for myself. Just as I'm dropping it into the water, Darris shows up and I ask him if he'd like to take it for a ride to see how it works on a 2003. He stops what he's working on and hops in to take it out for about fifteen minutes of evaluation time and explaining to me how it works and the best way to come out of the hole with this new skid planer. When I came back later after riding for a while and some unproductive fishing, Todd stopped down while I was wiping it off to make sure I was satisfied and ask me what I thought of the new planer. Very cool to get to spend so much time with such talented and caring people - you won't get that kind of service from ANY other boat company.
Fast forward to Wednesday afternoon when I decided to put the boat in at the Allison launch to try the skid planer for myself. Just as I'm dropping it into the water, Darris shows up and I ask him if he'd like to take it for a ride to see how it works on a 2003. He stops what he's working on and hops in to take it out for about fifteen minutes of evaluation time and explaining to me how it works and the best way to come out of the hole with this new skid planer. When I came back later after riding for a while and some unproductive fishing, Todd stopped down while I was wiping it off to make sure I was satisfied and ask me what I thought of the new planer. Very cool to get to spend so much time with such talented and caring people - you won't get that kind of service from ANY other boat company.
