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Jon and V Boat Conversions & Modifications
Delhi 1430 Build - Completed - New Pictures 7/13
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<blockquote data-quote="Dockside85" data-source="post: 254559" data-attributes="member: 8020"><p>I always welcome suggestions! I've had bassboats before but this is my first aluminum jon, so some of the concerns are still new to me! I considered a cooler livewell for a while also. Ultimately I ruled it out because the of the size of my boat. Mostly because there is no where good to secure it to. If I secured it to the middle of the rear bench, it would be right in the way of me sitting while driving. If I offset it and secured it to one of the sides the weight would cause the boat to list pretty good since it is only 30" on the width. Although the ease of getting it in and out of the boat and the fact I could throw it in the back of the station wagon (yep, I drive a wagon, love it though) and just plug it in on the drive home was appealing to me, I decided I didn't want to hassle with the balast issue so I remembered Brine's setup of getting a RV water tank and thought I could rig that up in the middle of the boat. I would have to step over it when moving from the back seat to the front, but that's not a big issue to me. If it turns out that building a livewell is more trouble than it's worth I will go back to the cooler idea!-</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dockside85, post: 254559, member: 8020"] I always welcome suggestions! I've had bassboats before but this is my first aluminum jon, so some of the concerns are still new to me! I considered a cooler livewell for a while also. Ultimately I ruled it out because the of the size of my boat. Mostly because there is no where good to secure it to. If I secured it to the middle of the rear bench, it would be right in the way of me sitting while driving. If I offset it and secured it to one of the sides the weight would cause the boat to list pretty good since it is only 30" on the width. Although the ease of getting it in and out of the boat and the fact I could throw it in the back of the station wagon (yep, I drive a wagon, love it though) and just plug it in on the drive home was appealing to me, I decided I didn't want to hassle with the balast issue so I remembered Brine's setup of getting a RV water tank and thought I could rig that up in the middle of the boat. I would have to step over it when moving from the back seat to the front, but that's not a big issue to me. If it turns out that building a livewell is more trouble than it's worth I will go back to the cooler idea!- [/QUOTE]
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