Recent content by jkitchene

Guys, I finished up my boat about 3:30 am the morning of my first tourney last year. To be honest I wouldn't change a thing. I has tons of room and fishes great. The livewell has kept all of my fish alive as I have an aerator and separate recirculating pump w/timer. I bought 2 hatch lids...

Well, I made some progress this weekend but not as much as I would have liked. I got my hatches from Dawson installed and the my front deck in place. I was hoping to get some carpet down but ran out of time. How critical do you think it is that I scuff up my new aluminum sheet before...

Thanks JMill! Yes, the rod locker is in the middle. My buddy has that set up in his Lowe and I really like it. It will easily handle my 8 foot rods and being in the middle it is always clear to open. Any rods on the deck are always along the side. I also left as much room as I could along...

I'm making progress for sure but it has been slow. Finished up my console and most of my wiring. My hatches from Dawson at Fish On Fabrications came in yesterday. We laid them in place to just give me an idea of what they would look like and I started framing them in last night. My rear...

Thanks Daryn, I really like the console but will be extending the deck all the way to it. So it will be closed in but is MUCH smaller than my orginal and that gave me a lot more deck space that I'm adding hatches to. I didn't have much storage originally but will have a lot when I'm done. I'm...

Progress update: All new thru hull fittings New Bilge and aerator installed Minn Kota Maxxum 70 lb. Thrust installed (not wired) Seat box built and carpeted, still need to build hinged lids New consoled installed and steering hooked back up Rear deck near complete, waiting on new livewell from...

Daryn, Very nice build, I wish I was as far along as you because it is about time to get on the water. What seats did you use? They look really nice and I'm planning to order some very soon. Thanks

KRS62, I didn't have any cracked ribs just the hull cracks between the rivets and the end of the ribs Trackerpuzzle, I have attached a pic of one of the welds. They looked exactly like yours when we started. The lines you see that may appear like cracks are where the weld is built up and we...

trackerpuzzle, Welds turned out good, we left them built up a little and I have replaced the rivets and used 5200 on them. I have put Gluvit on every rivet and water tested the boat again and she is dry. Hopefully it will stay that way. I will try to snap some pics on the weld tomorrow as I'm...

I'm in the long process of restoring my 1989 Pro 17. I haven't done very well keeping up on the site and posting pics but I will try to get back in the habit. What LED's did you guys use? I'm wanting to do something similar and soon as my first tourney is 3/15. Yikes!!

OK, I'm back working on the boat after deer and waterfowl hunting hard over the last several months. I have managed to get the cracks in the hull welded, all leaking rivets replaced, and gluvit on all rivets. I'm planning another leak test tomorrow to make sure everything I have done worked as...

1989 Bass Tracker Pro 17 - Rebuild https://www.tinboats.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=36059&sid=aed94647c6d4deeecc7c7315f3b6efd2

Smackdaddy, Would you recommend welding hull cracks from the inside or outside? No experience with this and not sure it matters. Thanks

Finally got the boat tore down this weekend. A little more cleanup needed and then plan to apply the gluvit to all rivets on the inside of the hull. I have also spoke with a guy about welding my hull cracks and I'm hoping he will stop by this week to look at it. I'm anxious to get to a...

I have a guy at work that is supposed to be a good tig welder. I'm hoping he is willing to help me out so I can get on with the build. I plan to replace the steering console with a smaller aluminum one to create more room up front. I will mount my switch panel there but I'm wondering what...