Just getting around to posting but I did get the fuse panel, switch panel and depth finder mounted and wired. Fuse panel was perfect for my application.
Switch panel cut out and mounted
Here's the finished product along with depth finder
I just painted the inside of my boat floor console etc.. Check out my post under "2072 tracker" tons of research on this site and others and the process went as so
2 coats self etching primer
2 coats paint (olive drab)
4+ coats clear, high traffic/abuse areas received 8-10+ coats
So far it's...
I was in the same dilemma a few months ago, I decided on 1/8" diamonplate over smooth plate. Have you decided what your finish on the deck/floor will be? Paint? Tuff coat? agree with the previous posts the ribs have a lot to do with it. New ribs and closed cell foam under my floor has very...
Got a few hours this past week to start wiring the boat. Mounted a piece of 1" pvc from console to bow using one hole straps. Roughed in (6) 14 ga wires and (2) 6 ga for troller. Made a battery bracket and mounted a tray to it. Pulled all the wire to/from, waiting on the switch panel now...
Thanks guys, I blew my knee out in Jan, surgery in March so it's really slowed me down. But I'm started to finally see the light just before crabbing season! Start wiring today, will post pics of progress.
Again a ton of research on here and other sites before I began the painting process. Painted it this past Monday. So here it goes....
Scuffed up new aluminum using a stainless brush and/or red scrotch brites.
Old aluminum inc. tool box took a lot more elbow grease so I used a stainless wire...
Once tool box was welded down to hull I began boxing and plating around it. I installed a piano hinge behind box for access to fuel tank/batteries etc... This may need to be reworked after some wear and tear.
Next came the console build, boxed out the console using 2" angel and box tubing...
Once floor was done I moved to rear of boat, starting with floatations boxes. I removed lids and wasn't surprised to find saturated foam.
Removed foam from both boxes with a sawzall, made a mess but only took about an hour or so
This is where all the research and head scratching came together...
im posting all this off a phone, plus I'm new to posting and adding pics so bear with me please. Thanks for looking will follow up with where I'm at now.
mFirst time posting here, long time lurking. Like to start off with thanks this site has been extremely useful with questions I've had during this build.
So like the title says I have a 05 2072 tracker grizzly I hunt/crab/fish out of. The boat was pretty basic nothing special and started to...