[MONK]

Looking good!

 

[Kayakfish1]

Got 6 legs on the deck, just gotta add a leg in the middle near the back and then do some corner bracing and it'll be ready for the top to be welded on

 

[SoDakSlayer]

Sorry if I missed it but are you going to be bolting those legs down or going to be using some type of ratchet or turnbuckle?

 

[Kayakfish1]

Sorry if I missed it but are you going to be bolting those legs down or going to be using some type of ratchet or turnbuckle?

I'm planning on using turnbuckles, and I'm thinking about putting pins in the back legs just to make sure it won't shift any

 

[SoDakSlayer]

Thats not a bad idea. Throw those turnbuckles on first then jump up on it and see if there is any wiggle before you start drilling holes in the boat but I think it looks good!

 

[Kayakfish1]

Thats not a bad idea. Throw those turnbuckles on first then jump up on it and see if there is any wiggle before you start drilling holes in the boat but I think it looks good!

Plan for tonight is to get the sheet welded on the top then tomorrow drag it to the city lake I got ran off of for bowfishing and jump up and down on the deck and see if my troller will reach the water

 

[bowmandan]

I have had my turnbuckles loosen up from the vibrations. Have to watch and re-tighten them. I should have used ratchet straps......Oh well next build

 

[Kayakfish1]

I have had my turnbuckles loosen up from the vibrations. Have to watch and re-tighten them. I should have used ratchet straps......Oh well next build

I thought about vibrations so I bought some jam nuts to put on them

 

[SoDakSlayer]

I have had my turnbuckles loosen up from the vibrations. Have to watch and re-tighten them. I should have used ratchet straps......Oh well next build

Maybe a short chain and a binder?

 

[Kayakfish1]

Got my diamond plate welded on, just gotta do a few finishing touches in the morning and put the tun buckles on and mount the troller and it'll be time to test it out

 

[Kayakfish1]

Got the deck secured Saturday and mounted the trolling motor this evening. The turn buckles didn't work so I decided to mount ratchet straps to the legs to hold it down. Hopefully the motor will reach the water, if not I'll be ordering a longer shaft in the near future.
I'm hoping to order my lights by the end of the week and it'll be almost ready to get bloody

 

[glassbow202]

I have been fighting the turnbuckles as well since I put a wood flush deck on years ago. They sounded like a great idea but they never have stayed really tight due to vibration. Remember if you try jam nuts that one side of each turnbuckle is LH thread... I think my next time I need tension I will use straps as well.

That pic looks like plenty of water for the troller with weight on the deck, but time will tell.

 

[SoDakSlayer]

Nice dude! Where are you getting lights from and what kind are you going with?

 

[Kayakfish1]

Nice dude! Where are you getting lights from and what kind are you going with?

I'm going with 6 400w hps from common swag bowfishing. Should be bright enough

 

[SoDakSlayer]

ha yeah i would think so. Who is common swag? Never heard of it

 

[Kayakfish1]

ha yeah i would think so. Who is common swag? Never heard of it

His name is Joe and he's about 40 minutes south of me, I like the looks of his lights and MONK runs them on his boat.

This is off their Facebook page

 

[SoDakSlayer]

Those look nice. Are they plug and play? how much per light?

 

[Kayakfish1]

The housings are 85, plug and play are just under 200 I think

 

[got2catchem]

You'll like em. I bought (7) from him earlier this year, but only ended up using (4). There are plenty bright and leaps and bounds over the LEDs that came with my boat.

 

[amsugg]

Monks my hero #localcelebrity