Lowe Roughneck Boats For Sale

Lowe Roughneck boats are all-welded, all-aluminum hulls built for anglers, hunters, and working users, and the line spans 16, 17, 18, and 20 feet in tiller, side console, center console, and tunnel jet configurations. The 1860 Rambler sits at the center of the range: 18 feet long with a 60-inch beam, a low aft-set console that leaves an open cockpit for decoys, dogs, and a few passengers, and enough deck to double as a work boat. These are aluminum johnboats meant for skinny water and tournament fishing alike, not fiberglass bass boats, and they cover both jobs at a far lower price point. Shoppers looking at Lowe Roughneck boats for sale can choose from three Mossy Oak camo patterns — Break-Up, Shadow Grass Blades, and Bottomland — plus two solid colors, Dead Grass Green and River Sand.

Durability is the core of the build. The Roughneck is welded from hull to deck and stem to stern, with a two-piece hull carrying eight full-length pressed-in, work-hardened ribs for a stiff running surface. The transom uses heavy-duty box beam construction tied to the hull with extra-thick knee braces and to the gunnels with gusset corner plates. Buyers running shallow, rocky water can specify the heavy-duty edition hull, which steps the aluminum up to 0.125-inch thickness. The entire boat comes rough-lined for non-skid traction and paint protection.

The layout is kitted for fishing out of the box. Standard equipment includes a trolling motor harness with 8-gauge wire running from the bow to the stern battery compartment, a bow-deck pedestal seat location, a 19-gallon live well, and a side console. The optional 72-inch gun box is weather-resistant and lockable with a full-perimeter bubble seal and self-draining deck; because it sits flush, it works as a catwalk along the port side. Lowe Roughneck boat seats also include a 2025 hinged helm seat that flips forward or lifts off the rail, and a center seat with a step-back for a third passenger. The model year 2025 sponson pods add a flat, rough-lined upper surface plus lift and stability under load.

Among the useful accessories is the optional console electronics package, which adds a USB port, a phone holder, a tachometer, and a red LED light bar for pre-dawn rigging. The wide, deep dash on the redesigned console has room to mount graphs with space to spare.

The 1860 Rambler is offered with a 60-horsepower Mercury, a 75-horsepower Mercury, or a 40 jet, the last requiring the spray deflector and jet keel modification for clean water flow to the pump. On the water, performance scales with the motor: a 90/65 jet setup (90 horsepower at the powerhead, 65 at the jet) returned about 29 mph top speed, while stepping up to a 115/80 jet — the largest the hull is rated for — produced 35 mph solo and a steady 29–30 mph cruise. With its semi-V bow graduating to a flat aft bottom, the jet-powered Roughneck runs in roughly 3 inches of water on plane, which is what makes used Lowe Roughneck boats popular for Ozark rivers and shallow backwaters.