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Jon and V Boat Conversions & Modifications
2008 1432 Alumacraft Jon Boat (Mini Mod)
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<blockquote data-quote="onthewater102" data-source="post: 417239" data-attributes="member: 13702"><p>Was watching your walk around video and the one thing I noticed was your battery compartment - you've got the two batteries in there but then you have an aluminum hatch over them. I didn't see any tie-down straps so there is nothing in there to keep them from bouncing if you hit a pothole or something and coming into contact with the underside of the aluminum bench above them. You might want to get some plastic battery boxes for them at Walmart.</p><p></p><p>I love the simplicity of that TM support. I had been planning on putting a deck level to the top of the gunwales for the TM to mount to on my 16' build but after seeing that I kinda like the idea of being able to have a little bit of lip to prevent a small tackle tray or something from accidentally getting pushed over the side and that would be very clean and yet very sturdy. I ran into an issue with my first configuration where the flexing of the bench material eventually resulted in cracks forming but your layout distributes the load so much more evenly I don't think it would be an issue.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="onthewater102, post: 417239, member: 13702"] Was watching your walk around video and the one thing I noticed was your battery compartment - you've got the two batteries in there but then you have an aluminum hatch over them. I didn't see any tie-down straps so there is nothing in there to keep them from bouncing if you hit a pothole or something and coming into contact with the underside of the aluminum bench above them. You might want to get some plastic battery boxes for them at Walmart. I love the simplicity of that TM support. I had been planning on putting a deck level to the top of the gunwales for the TM to mount to on my 16' build but after seeing that I kinda like the idea of being able to have a little bit of lip to prevent a small tackle tray or something from accidentally getting pushed over the side and that would be very clean and yet very sturdy. I ran into an issue with my first configuration where the flexing of the bench material eventually resulted in cracks forming but your layout distributes the load so much more evenly I don't think it would be an issue. [/QUOTE]
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