I am close to ordering a boat from Welbuilt. Thinking 1852 flat bottom. They come in .08" or .10".
The .08" version is 400 lbs... the .10 version is 480 lbs.
The price difference is $250 more for the thicker metal boat.
Back in the day it seemed that most boats were about .07", now everyone wants thicker and thicker - with .10' being the standard for newer welded boats. Over at the Mudboat forum they all want .19" and say you are a sissy if you don't have a thousand pound jon boat.
My thinking is that lighter is better, I really want to go .08", save some money and weight. I want to go shallow shallow shallow, but I will not be jumping logs at 20 mph. My intent is to use the boat to do rivers in Florida, and gator hunt. The thought of getting stuck with a thousand pound hull I cannot budge seems like more of an issue to me than breaking a hull.
Do hulls actually break? Has anyone ever had that happen in normal boating... hitting an uncharted rock or ??? Is there really some justifiable reason to go heavier???
Why would I want .10" and more weight?
Thanks in advance.
The .08" version is 400 lbs... the .10 version is 480 lbs.
The price difference is $250 more for the thicker metal boat.
Back in the day it seemed that most boats were about .07", now everyone wants thicker and thicker - with .10' being the standard for newer welded boats. Over at the Mudboat forum they all want .19" and say you are a sissy if you don't have a thousand pound jon boat.
My thinking is that lighter is better, I really want to go .08", save some money and weight. I want to go shallow shallow shallow, but I will not be jumping logs at 20 mph. My intent is to use the boat to do rivers in Florida, and gator hunt. The thought of getting stuck with a thousand pound hull I cannot budge seems like more of an issue to me than breaking a hull.
Do hulls actually break? Has anyone ever had that happen in normal boating... hitting an uncharted rock or ??? Is there really some justifiable reason to go heavier???
Why would I want .10" and more weight?
Thanks in advance.