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Alumacraft 14'6" wide Restoration/Conversion
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<blockquote data-quote="Justfishin2" data-source="post: 372205" data-attributes="member: 15598"><p>This is my first post on here-I've been a member on crappie.com for some time and looked through all the posts over there about boat mods. I didn't find what I was looking for and thought I'd try here. First, this thread is basically what I'm starting on my boat and I'm wondering what thickness of plate you will be using for your deck material and why? My boat is a mod V, and I'm using 1/4" on the very front to support a heavy trolling motor, a folding transducer mount and an electric anchor. The main part of my deck will be dropped down about 8" and will need to support me and a stick steer set-up. It will be about 4 1/2'wide by 4' long. this is the part I'm asking about the thickness of. I may eventually also try spider rigging. If I build sides for this area should I just go ahead and use the same thickness? Then we come to the floor. It is presently 1/2" plywood and was poorly done by the previous owner. I can go back with plywood done properly but would really like to use aluminum if it doesn't get to be too expensive. Any thoughts on this as far as what thickness and which material? Thanks in advance, and hope I'm not posting in the wrong place-don't want to hijack someone else's thread. Just let me know if I need to move this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Justfishin2, post: 372205, member: 15598"] This is my first post on here-I've been a member on crappie.com for some time and looked through all the posts over there about boat mods. I didn't find what I was looking for and thought I'd try here. First, this thread is basically what I'm starting on my boat and I'm wondering what thickness of plate you will be using for your deck material and why? My boat is a mod V, and I'm using 1/4" on the very front to support a heavy trolling motor, a folding transducer mount and an electric anchor. The main part of my deck will be dropped down about 8" and will need to support me and a stick steer set-up. It will be about 4 1/2'wide by 4' long. this is the part I'm asking about the thickness of. I may eventually also try spider rigging. If I build sides for this area should I just go ahead and use the same thickness? Then we come to the floor. It is presently 1/2" plywood and was poorly done by the previous owner. I can go back with plywood done properly but would really like to use aluminum if it doesn't get to be too expensive. Any thoughts on this as far as what thickness and which material? Thanks in advance, and hope I'm not posting in the wrong place-don't want to hijack someone else's thread. Just let me know if I need to move this. [/QUOTE]
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