Recent content by stinkbait85

simbelle you might as well go ahead and sell them as I am still unsure what I am going to do. the way things are shaping up it will be next year before the project is completed. thanks for the offer though. :wink:

that's also one of my concerns with this one. with a floor in it the bench aint high enough to put seats on top without pedestals and with its almost too tall. I am thinking about adding to the top of the bench to make it the right height without pedestals. I haven't had much time to work on...

ok so this is pretty much what I want the boat to look like when all is said and done. I have an idea for a livewell. I want to use an igloo cube cooler. rip the top off. frame it into the front deck. seal it around the top and plump it with a freshwater pump, aerator pump, overflow and a drain...

Well i decided to go ahead and pull the ole motor down. few beers in me and we were ready. found the keyway that holds the impeller to the shaft was laying in the bottom of the housin. put her all back together and she pissin water like a brand new one. disaster averted.

had to take a minute to put some fuel to the ole 9.9 just to see if it still runs. I haven't ran it in like 3 years. hooked it to the tank and hooked the water hose to it. primed the ball pulled it twice and then sweet music. I was tickled pink for about 20 seconds until I realized that it...

What would be the best thing to use to clean the inside of the hull? i'm going to paint it before i start building so i need it to be good and clean? purple power? Wire brush? Both?

ok boat is gutted. now gotta do a little work on the trailer so I can haul it to work and continue on.

well my reasoning behind going with aluminum over plywood is weight. I spend most of my time on the water in a local river that gets pretty skinny in the later summer months. so the lighter I can keep the boat the better off I will be. the first time I owned this boat it had 2 benches in it. it...

thanks simbelle. I knew about the dissimilar metals corroding but didn't know about the treated wood. don't think ima go back with that anyway. angle iron either coming out or getting painted then re-installed. I think I will frame a floor and deck in aluminum and weld the joints and screw sheet...

glad I found this site. your build is exactly what I have in mind for my boat. the only thing I will be doing different is framing and decking in aluminum. you have done a superb job on the build. keep it up and happy fishing.

curious about the interior LEDs. where'd ya get em from?

I just got this boat from a neighbor. I sold it to him several years ago. since he has owned it he gutted it and added a wooden floor and platform all treated and heavy as lead. he covered it all with some kind of thick rubber mat stuff that is also very heavy. he bolted angle iron to the sides...