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Jon and V Boat Conversions & Modifications
Finally getting a new (to me) tin boat, a 1436
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<blockquote data-quote="Hydrilla" data-source="post: 107448" data-attributes="member: 863"><p>Thanks y'all. The guy has continued to turn down offers from people and says he will stick to his word to sell it to me, so by this time tomorrow, I should have it hooked up to my truck and on the way home. I will post higher rez pics once I get it home.</p><p></p><p>The first step of my conversion will start Saturday morning, and that step is taking it out fishing. (BTW thanks everyone for the tip to stand on the benches to check the stability.) I'm not going to make the same mistake I did with a tri-hull to bass boat conversion project I started a year or two ago. If I had taken that boat out first, I would have realized that it was not a good candidate to be a good bass boat. By the time I would have finished with new stringers, floor, raised decks, etc, I would have had as much money in it as it would've taken to buy an actual bass boat, and still not done as good of a job being a bass boat. Lesson learned, not any money lost really, just a lot of wasted time.</p><p></p><p>If there are any other newbs out here reading this, I recommend making sure you spend some time out on your boat if possible, to determine if it will meet your needs or not. I have some ideas about what I want to do, but I won't decide until I've fished in it a few times at least.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hydrilla, post: 107448, member: 863"] Thanks y'all. The guy has continued to turn down offers from people and says he will stick to his word to sell it to me, so by this time tomorrow, I should have it hooked up to my truck and on the way home. I will post higher rez pics once I get it home. The first step of my conversion will start Saturday morning, and that step is taking it out fishing. (BTW thanks everyone for the tip to stand on the benches to check the stability.) I'm not going to make the same mistake I did with a tri-hull to bass boat conversion project I started a year or two ago. If I had taken that boat out first, I would have realized that it was not a good candidate to be a good bass boat. By the time I would have finished with new stringers, floor, raised decks, etc, I would have had as much money in it as it would've taken to buy an actual bass boat, and still not done as good of a job being a bass boat. Lesson learned, not any money lost really, just a lot of wasted time. If there are any other newbs out here reading this, I recommend making sure you spend some time out on your boat if possible, to determine if it will meet your needs or not. I have some ideas about what I want to do, but I won't decide until I've fished in it a few times at least. [/QUOTE]
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