FishinFL
Active member
I am new to the site and been doing alot of reading on here, but here is my main question. I had mod. a 12 jon a few years back and just got a 2011 Tracker 1542 and starting it (hopefully) this weekend, my question is I see alot of folks using wood and I did on my old boat but this time I am using aluminum for most everything (rear deck, front deck, floor... you get the point) does anyone know of any negitives to using aluminum over wood. I have a friend who runs an aluminum shop and got my the material for a great price and doing the labor for very, very cheap. So does anyone see a down side to this. I want to use metal over wood because eventually wood goes bad and metal doesnt. The Frame for the deck will also be all aluminum and the deck will be screwed on so if there ever is a problem I can fix it.