Well friends ive waited to do this long enough. heres the original boat that i bought new in '05. it was originally a straight jon,3 seats no storage. its .80 sides and floor. 1648 sylvan with 20" transom.
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1648 to a 1660 slick bottom build (pic heavy) come along.
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We won! lol we weighed in 8 bigheads and a silver ... and a hybrid I am pretty sure.. .. 176 lbs... sadly the only thing big on the bigheads ... was the head... but no one else found big ones either!
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nice project my friend looks like its turning out great!!!!!
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this is impressive!
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thanx for the flowers guys. ill keep you all posted. any body have experience with gator glide?
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been workin on the pods and transom a bit. pods are finished just have to polish off some of the high spots.
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dang i love that last pic. nothin says" im a serious killing machine" like a big ol' set of nast pods!!!
dang i love that last pic. nothin says" im a serious killing machine" like a big ol' set of nast pods!!!
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2" drain,new trailer,and pods all smoothed!
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got the transom all buttoned up, the original top caps still fit makin the top of the tranny 20.5"
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got the magnesium plug out. some how without tearing up the thereads to bad. after running the new tap in a few times she accepts a pvc plug very well!
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the new trailer!!! will be much better than the light weight jon boat trailer that only has 1500lb springs and axle. this one i found on craigslist for 250$!!! it is 20' long and already set for a 16' boat. the 3500lb single axle should be exactly whats needed. its 80" between the fenders and all galvanized! i wanna put a "pontoon trailer" stair case on the front and aluminum custom fenders. and you know its gonna get L.E.D.s like crazy!:hb:
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got the transom all buttoned up, the original top caps still fit makin the top of the tranny 20.5"
got the magnesium plug out. some how without tearing up the thereads to bad. after running the new tap in a few times she accepts a pvc plug very well!
the new trailer!!! will be much better than the light weight jon boat trailer that only has 1500lb springs and axle. this one i found on craigslist for 250$!!! it is 20' long and already set for a 16' boat. the 3500lb single axle should be exactly whats needed. its 80" between the fenders and all galvanized! i wanna put a "pontoon trailer" stair case on the front and aluminum custom fenders. and you know its gonna get L.E.D.s like crazy!:hb:
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here is the new lights offered through customfitz or at customfitzled.com
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oh many your making me want to tare into a boat bad! looks AWESOME so far!
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yea . . . . . . .wth are you waiting on? ITS ONLY METAL!!!!!
im planning on total cost for this build will cost me 10k. for a fully rigged boat,motors and trailer. 6 of that is the motor
im planning on total cost for this build will cost me 10k. for a fully rigged boat,motors and trailer. 6 of that is the motor
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Well for starters the 10k part is kinda scary lol, plus the boat i'm using right now doesn't have a tall enough transom so i'd rather get a different boat to do it to. I even have a buddy who is a AWESOME welder and works a fabrication shop so i could get alum at cost and have him weld it! Man i wish my boat now had a wee bit taller transom!
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started the deck
so i was a little dissapointed after filling the boat with water i put 4-6" in it and crawled underneth to find 15-20 pin holes where there were impurities in my welds. its nothin bad but i will still flip it over and spot the troubled areas later.
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i managed to get the deck out lined its 80"wide across the back, 62.5"across the front, and 87" long!!! between the rear uprights will be all one step. im still tryin to figure out the final storage layout. i hate wastin space but with a deck this size its gonna be hard to utilize all the space underneth.
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in my experience it is best to have multiple lights on the corners to ensure no dark spots, so i made the front corners 45* to allow for more lights to make the turn. the deck is 10"off the rail and 31" off the floor at the back.
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i tried to keep the natural curve of the rail and the flare of the sides to extend upward to the deck. hopefully it will keep line hang ups minimal as the leds will be fully under the deck and unexposed.
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so i was a little dissapointed after filling the boat with water i put 4-6" in it and crawled underneth to find 15-20 pin holes where there were impurities in my welds. its nothin bad but i will still flip it over and spot the troubled areas later.
i managed to get the deck out lined its 80"wide across the back, 62.5"across the front, and 87" long!!! between the rear uprights will be all one step. im still tryin to figure out the final storage layout. i hate wastin space but with a deck this size its gonna be hard to utilize all the space underneth.
in my experience it is best to have multiple lights on the corners to ensure no dark spots, so i made the front corners 45* to allow for more lights to make the turn. the deck is 10"off the rail and 31" off the floor at the back.
i tried to keep the natural curve of the rail and the flare of the sides to extend upward to the deck. hopefully it will keep line hang ups minimal as the leds will be fully under the deck and unexposed.
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oh yea i forgot, i spent 2 days drilling off all the rivits (147 ea. side) and rosette welding them back and blendin them smooth. i have somthing special planned for the sides and rivits are just unacceptable. sorry no pix.
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yea i been burnin thru the wire thats for sure. im takin volunteers to help my wire the trailer and boat. im not lookin foward to it. Should get my order of 34 L.E.D.lights in a day or so and thats just for the trailer. HAHAHA i think i have a problem L.E.D.s are my drug.
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34 LED's just for the trailer :jd: are these full size light fixtures or what? thats gonna be sick
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na dude mostly markerlights but i do like to have a real bright set of reverse lights on my trailers!!!
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dont think that worked. . . . . im getting X-boxes oh well they are fully sealed 10w offroad lights. i plan on mounting them to the top of the roller bunks.
dont think that worked. . . . . im getting X-boxes oh well they are fully sealed 10w offroad lights. i plan on mounting them to the top of the roller bunks.
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