Hello tinboats!
hoping for some help on my 04 PT 175. Currently recarpeting the boat, and want to add some extra support in places I think its needed.
I had my drivers side seat collapse/break away and was real loose. It still held but it was kinda like a soft spot. I ended up adding some screws and it did help....but it was not a long term support. Now that I took off the carpet, I can see the rivets holding the metal in place had busted. Plan is to just rerivet and prolly drill an extra rivet or 2 in. Im a big guy (250lb) so need all the support I can get.
Im wondering...can I add in some angled aluminum, or something under the seat to give extra support beside what is there?
Heres the whole seat area.
Here you can see the busted rivets and where I jerry rigged some screws a few months back
This is the drivers side with the busted rivets. Seat goes over that...and I dont really use that storage space so dont mind blocking it off with support
Here is the same shot where I wonder if there is some sort of cross brace/support to help disperse the load of me sitting there. I fish rough water....so there will be some slamming due to bad water so I wanna make sure no rivets ever bust or anything like that since I had to remove the carpet to really see and fix the problem.
ALSO....The center of my boat has no foam and is just open space. The deck/floor is only 1/2 (not 3/4 like casting deck) inch and I just dont like the idea of 1/2 inch plywood and that much open space. Im not jumping in the middle of my boat trying to break through the wood....but I can see something crazy happening or something where cracking/breaking it is possible. Removing it was a pain so if I ever have to do it again ill prolly sell it lol
Bad pic because of the console, but you can see where the framework would be underneath.
Can I add supports here in the red?
hoping for some help on my 04 PT 175. Currently recarpeting the boat, and want to add some extra support in places I think its needed.
I had my drivers side seat collapse/break away and was real loose. It still held but it was kinda like a soft spot. I ended up adding some screws and it did help....but it was not a long term support. Now that I took off the carpet, I can see the rivets holding the metal in place had busted. Plan is to just rerivet and prolly drill an extra rivet or 2 in. Im a big guy (250lb) so need all the support I can get.
Im wondering...can I add in some angled aluminum, or something under the seat to give extra support beside what is there?
Heres the whole seat area.
Here you can see the busted rivets and where I jerry rigged some screws a few months back
This is the drivers side with the busted rivets. Seat goes over that...and I dont really use that storage space so dont mind blocking it off with support
Here is the same shot where I wonder if there is some sort of cross brace/support to help disperse the load of me sitting there. I fish rough water....so there will be some slamming due to bad water so I wanna make sure no rivets ever bust or anything like that since I had to remove the carpet to really see and fix the problem.
ALSO....The center of my boat has no foam and is just open space. The deck/floor is only 1/2 (not 3/4 like casting deck) inch and I just dont like the idea of 1/2 inch plywood and that much open space. Im not jumping in the middle of my boat trying to break through the wood....but I can see something crazy happening or something where cracking/breaking it is possible. Removing it was a pain so if I ever have to do it again ill prolly sell it lol
Bad pic because of the console, but you can see where the framework would be underneath.
Can I add supports here in the red?