Make sure your hook set doesn’t pop your deck loose
Don’t want too see you have any Bill Dance moments This Old Boat.
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I'm going to put a cop style spotlight on the grab bar so I can navigate at night. The mud motor will have a 13hp 420cc horizontal shaft motor on it which only has a 3 amp charge output. I'll need to do some math regarding battery and lights. Especially if I'm running a trolling motor and depth find too. I'm going to fabricate a grab bar like this one.
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Let me know what cop style light you use. I have been thinking of adding one to my boat for at night. I have been looking at something like this. $$$ right now has be questioning it. I like how it remote controlled and it would go right in my front light. No wiring required.
https://www.basspro.com/shop/en/golight-gobee-stanchion-mount-remote-spotlight
https://www.basspro.com/shop/en/golight-gobee-stanchion-mount-remote-spotlight
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Man that's nice. I was angling more towards offer the next methhead driving an old crown vic twenty bucks and take it right off his car.
. Or a junkyard. But you bring up a good point, i can probably find a good modern light with a pan tilt handle fairly reasonable. I'm not a fan of motorized devices, and with the brackish / saltwater here I could see that being a problem. The other thing that would concern me with that light is using a switch to move it constantly and how fast would it actually move.
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Make sure your hook set doesn’t pop your deck loose
Yeah that would suck.
. I've fallen out of a boat in the swamp at night. I was back in the boat so fast the only reason I knew it happened was I was wet. . It'll be bolted down with 1/4 inch bolts in rivet nuts. Pretty slick little suckers, I didn't even know they existed until a few months ago.
This is like the TOO version of MeatEater's Das Boat. Good stuff, Joe!
Good deal, I haven’t seen those either. Just keep an eye on those ribs. They’re tack welded in. Not sure if they’re supposed too hold that kind of load though.... Take a look at some of the welds on boats out there... Some of them look scary....Yeah that would suck.
It'll be bolted down with 1/4 inch bolts in rivet nuts. Pretty slick little suckers, I didn't even know they existed until a few months ago.
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I just recently found that series. Damn good shows.
Idea from that show. Joe could mount a seat to the top of a cooler to save room.
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These are riveted and tack welded in. It's a 1980 made Lowe boat. Not sure how the others do it (tracker etc) I assume allweld only welds their boats though.
. The center floor has three ribs and I figure six 1/4 inch bolts should do it. If not then I probably have bigger worries. The front casting deck will be bolted to the middle bench seat and the front lip seat. The good thing is if I want to remove them those rivet nuts are pretty flush.
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This is gonna be awesome.
Can't wait to see her when you've completely hillbillyed the crap outta that thing.
Yep! You got it bud! I'm also going to put a bracket off the port side to mount one of these bad boys. Hang it off the edge if the gunwell so the grease drips in the water.
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Hot breakfast while duck hunting! Awesome. I think I remember Jesse posting earlier this year about cooking breakfast in the duck blind...but my memory isn’t as sharp as it used to be.Yep! You got it bud! I'm also going to put a bracket off the port side to mount one of these bad boys. Hang it off the edge if the gunwell so the grease drips in the water.
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Hot breakfast while duck hunting! Awesome. I think I remember Jesse posting earlier this year about cooking breakfast in the duck blind...but my memory isn’t as sharp as it used to be.
Yeah that was Jesse in the duck blind. Screw a cold sammich out of the cooler, we gonna eat!
Give me time, I'll figure out how to put a bimini top on this bitch for the summer.
I love watching these types of projects progress.
Now you’re building a sail boat?Yeah that was Jesse in the duck blind. Screw a cold sammich out of the cooler, we gonna eat!
Give me time, I'll figure out how to put a bimini top on this bitch for the summer.
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Now you’re building a sail boat?
Yeah that guy with the umbrella must love drift fishing.
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