topgun15v
Active member
Ok fellas, as many of you saw I purchased another boat last week. It is a 1995 Coleman Crawdad, and I purchased it from the original owner. It came with an anchor and a 41lb thrust trolling motor for $200. I have to pay another $71.50 to title and register it in my name in Texas. With all that said, the trolling motor did not work and it had tons of old water in the base of it. I got lucky again and found an older Johnson trolling motor for $30 yesterday. I also have a 1989 Johnson 4hp which I will be using primarily. My goal is to create some nice decks which I can fly fish from, but still keep the boat light enough to throw in the back of my Toyota Tacoma truck.
So far, I took out the aluminum back seat and flipped it upside down to be level with the rear boat brace. This I will use as my decking stability under the deck for the rear. I went to HD yesterday and got some house paneling wood which was paneled on 1 side, and it was about 1/4in thick? It was pretty expensive ($25) but it is very light. I also cut down some 1in circular pieces which I will be using as vertical braces for the deck. Being that it is about 122 on my back padio I can only work out there for about 10min then have to come back in for about 1hour to hydrate up. I was hoping this would be only a 1 weekend job, but I think its going to be 2 or 3.... I will keep you posted on my further results and pics as they come along.
So far, I took out the aluminum back seat and flipped it upside down to be level with the rear boat brace. This I will use as my decking stability under the deck for the rear. I went to HD yesterday and got some house paneling wood which was paneled on 1 side, and it was about 1/4in thick? It was pretty expensive ($25) but it is very light. I also cut down some 1in circular pieces which I will be using as vertical braces for the deck. Being that it is about 122 on my back padio I can only work out there for about 10min then have to come back in for about 1hour to hydrate up. I was hoping this would be only a 1 weekend job, but I think its going to be 2 or 3.... I will keep you posted on my further results and pics as they come along.