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In July of 2018 I bought an Alumacraft 1542 flat bottom jon boat. This was to replace a Princecraft 1436 flat bottom jon boat (which I still have and can't sell!!). I fish mostly electric only lakes. Varying in size from 2 to 80ish acres. There are 3 State and 2 County Parks in my County in IL...

My old Schumacher charger kicked the bucket after two decades or more of faithful service. I have been looking online for a replacement. I now have a headache from trying to find a simple basic charger. Mine had a switch for automatic or manual charging. It had a switch for 2amp 6 volt or 10 amp...

I am blessed with an enormous amount of water within 30 minutes drive time for me. All are small lakes/ponds. The largest is 1000 acres and has no hp or speed limits. One is 180 acres and has a 10 hp limit. The rest (literally dozens and dozens of bodies of water) are just a few acres in size to...

So a few days ago I ordered a couple of new rods and reels. Not that I need any more than what I already have but........ :LOL2: They came today. The reels are nice. I open the rod packages up and yep there's the two rods. I put the spinning reel on the spinning rod and head to the garage to...

After much deliberation, I'm going with frp over xps foam in the 1542 A.craft. I'm also sticking with a particular indoor/outdoor carpet I used in my other jon boat that held up admirably over the years. Now what glue to use? The old standby Henry? What ever it is, it will need to adhere to the...

Boat is a new Alumacraft 1542. I am leaving the factory 'tank' seats the way they are. I also am not installing decks. There will be closed cell foam installed between the floor ribs and either FRP, .090" aluminum or 3/8" marine ply installed over the ribs/foam. I need some kind of basic storage...

I've noticed a few posts concerning FRP for boat floors. I have experience with FRP here at work. This peaked my curiosity. On a lark the other day I took a scrap piece roughly 2'x4' .090" thick and layed it on a scrap sheet of 2" thick styrofoam. I don't know the density of this particular foam...

I've googled this and have searched this forum to no avail. How thick is the Nautolex vinyl? I know it's textured, but I just need a basic overall thickness. All I can find is it's thicker than carpet.

I need the width of the Alumacraft bow mount trolling motor bracket. Alumacraft lists no dimensions. AK McCallum lists the height and length but not the width. I think based on online pics that all models are the same width but if it matters the one I'm looking at is the 1542 version. Thanks to...

I've had both brands over the years with minimal trouble from each. Mostly Motorguide bowmounts and Minnkota transom mounts. However I have not owned or used a Motorguide for at least 10 years now. For my new boat project I need a 12 volt, 55#, preferably variable speed transom mount. Looking at...

I have a project that may need a rivet or two bucked to tighten them up. I've heard some guys use an air hammer and a chunk of steel on the back side to do this. Any reason why I can't use a palm nailer (essentially a small air hammer, it is NOT a regular nailgun,) in place of the standard air...

Looking at replacing my 1436 with a Lowe L1440M. No dealer has one in stock for me to look at. Before I order one, it would be helpful to know a few dimensions first to be sure the boat will meet my needs. If anyone has one, I would appreciate it if you could tell me..... 1. The distance from...

Want to put foam under the wood floorboards in my small jon. Each piece would only be about 34" long x 18" or so wide by 1.125" thick. I would need a few pieces. I've seen sheets of plain Styrofoam, blueboard, and some pink colored blueboard like foam at the Lowes/Menards etc. Boat is electric...