Recent content by hoytultratec

yep they all went in the grease and were delicious :D nowtofigure what say to skip out of work again :lol:

got the new rig on the water today, fished a local lake for some gills and the new boat fished awsome plenty of room and stability, have my 30 hp in the shop getting a new impeller put in so i just threw my nissan 8 hp (didnt break any speed records lol) but got some ok gills nothing like im use...

I got a Lowe boat with Menards carpet does that count? :lol: I cant tell you if the carpet used by Lowe is good or not I Imagine its decent. hoyt

couple more pics. I used 1 1/4 oak for backing under the front light and trolling motor. water sealed all of the oak should last for years. all ply wood wa treated I know its a no no but the boat was finished before the same way w/ treated aluminum showed no affects, I bought the wood last...

i was gonna take it in for the new impeller, I would do it myself if i could find the exact way to do it,I dont have a manual unbolting the lower unit isnt a problem its the shift rod and how to disconnecting it is where i had problems on my 2000 25hp ( i ended up taking it in).

thanks! next year i am gonna look for a 40hp used motor for it, iv been in the boat once when it was my father inlaw was alive and it was finished similar mabey a bit lighter but he was a heavy guy and it was deffinatly no speed demon. I will check what pitch prop i got and might get a 11 if it...

thanks! gonna put the last coat of paint on now and a few odds and ends hopefull get the impeller in next week and fishing next weekend.

it done =D>

few odds and ends to finish, need to get a new impeller put in the motor didnt run for 3 years so dont want to chance it, only took 3 pulls to get it to fire up. over all happy with the way it turned out I got 400 bucks into it.

A little progress :o

got the front deck done and got all the plywood cut for floors, decks,ect. gonna be doing all the carpet work tommorrow and assembling the boat then its all down hill from there. next year gonna work on a motor upgrade like a 40 hp...more pics to follow next weekend. almost forgot gotta pull...

whew! been away from here a while, managed to get some work done on the boat,got a front deck framed , floors in and began to think about rod storage...this is just a dry fit still got to carpet everything and run some wire. will get some pics up this weekend when i got back to work on...

1 philips,1 flathead screw driver,adjustable wrench,leatherman tool. electrical tape.

yeah they were in the ball park..we had a great summer out there in 07..but i ended up selling my boat this summer in hopes of buying a bigger one....but had a bunch of problems with sick inlaws and my wife having her spine fused...then my father inlaw passed in august...so lets just say no...

no live well or storage...im going to put rod storage on the starboard side and rig up some fancy storage type deal on the port side that will keep my graph and gps kinda dry. also will put a couple of pedastol mounts in the floor for some seats . and im putting a couple of hatch covers in the...