I was thinking about a trip to Pierce next week.......if it helps.

 

^^^^^^
Free shipping!!!

 

even the same 1672 @ 6" will take 2227lbs. and displaces 35.69 cubic ft


there really isn't a true rate of sink as its based on the rate of volume being displaced.

 

thanks guys. yea if I do this im gonna do it "kajun" style and spend the month of march behind a welding helmet. worst part is to create funds ill have to sale my current boat to afford a new welder and $4000 of metal. im dreaming, and im scared to death all at the same time.

 

Rambo, I don't know what you do for a living but I know you would be one heck of a engineer! I tip my hat to ya bro

 

I thank you for the compliment. I am a heavy equipment operator at USGypsum. I work alone and have a area im responsible for. it leaves me a lot of time to contemplate stuff like this along with help from my wife who teaches high school math. so getting help with my trig and geometry isn't far away. Im a thinker and love to tinker, its a illness.

 

yep!! do it we only get one trip time to to do while the idea is burning,

 

Buy the welder can't go wrong. The welder will pay for itself. If you have someone build you a hull it's going to cost you more than a welder and when it's done you have a hull. If you buy the welder build the hull yourself which your capable of you will have a hull and welder when your done. And the best part is if you don't like something you can tear it apart and weld it back up the way you want.

 

anybody know where to buy boat kits? seems like I remember seeing someone saying there are places where you can buy sides that are broke how you want them. may give RGD guys a call I like the look of that red river crimp they do.

 

Mandel Metals out of Chicago.

 

Pierce Aluminum, shipping isn't cheap.

 

^^^^^ yep. Garry nailed it.

 

Good read brotha... and I know how you are... always wanting one boat to do it all... lets build me a 1780 troller rig... with 30 inch sides as I have always wanted to fish the river ... and you can build the baddest fan rig known to man ... and we will use yours to run the shallows and mine to bust bigheads...BOOM ... suck it math! .... just saying.. lol

 

Just build an airboat, piss on fans

 

Boils down to this^^^^^^
Get an airboat. U mentioned building 1 before already. It's what u need rambo

 

I know but the whole noise and deep water challenge is keeping me away. I'm not a engine mechanic and I just feel I can build a lot more fan bout for less $$$.

 

The perfect size for the least draft...I'm hoping mine is.

It's a 2185 with a 102 beam sporting 28" sponsons. I floated it the other day so I could do some work on its trailer. Very ittle more than the corrugations on the bottom was submerged. If the drain plugs hadn't been located in them I could have left them out. I've since put a Yamaha F-150LB on it and still have the fan to mount so we'll see how her ass end holds up to that.

 

The perfect size for the least draft...I'm hoping mine is.

It's a 2185 with a 102 beam sporting 28" sponsons. ]

hope your pods are flat on the bottom. you think a 150 will be enough? that's a lot of hull.

 

I've never put my boat on a scale to give you a solid number to work with, but, loaded with gear for 4 people, 50 gal gas, cooler of beverages and a 150qt cooler of ice for the fish, she is drawing 3-4" before we climb aboard.

 

I now know a transformer boat is in order........

 

:cf: hmmm, transformer boat? decepticon or auto-bot? what would it be called? "marauder thrust" "invasive maneuvers" "buoyant hit-man" "vapor-trail" "silver genocide"

never mind im not doing a theme boat. although some of those names aint bad. lol

 

Kajun turns out a boat faster than anybody I ever saw outside a boat factory amazing!!

 

Idling in an airboat is quieter than constantly on the gas with a fan. I'd never own a fan boat after my experiences on them lol

 

yes I understand that. what you may not be able to grasp is I don't live in Texas or a southern state where a Airboat is common to see or hear. I do not think I would be seen as courteous on the DNR lakes with noise running across anywhere, day or night. there is also the swamp factor. best places I know of within 100 miles of me are less than 100acres, and there are less than 10 of them. mostly I run in 2' of water with vegetation and some timber. For Indiana IMO a fan that can do what a troller caint is the perfect option. I can totally understand your bad fan experiences, but building a user friendly fan is can be done. 6 blades for noise and easy steering are a must. not arguing with you or attacking you Garrett, Im just not going that route. I just don't see a airboat being beneficial after you get over the wow factor.

 

Airboat airboat airboat...lol. I've had big bad fans, not even close to a airboat. Airboat is easier to drive because it'll go through and over just about anything. Game changer for our style of fishing. We fished this year with (18) 32 gallon barrels of carp ( approx 250 pounds each) during a tournament. Beast mode

 

I don't shoot fish Beaver, just like to build crap and type on here. I haven't shot 1 32gal barrel of fish all year here. not joking.

 

First 4 tournaments this year

 

View attachment 151282 First 4 tournaments this year

I think someone has been on Photo Shop!! LOL!!!

 

Rambo, maybe you need a trip up here before you build. Not joking you might change your mind op:

 

lol, man this has been a weird week. that's the 4th invite ive gotten this week to fish out of state. honestly if we haven't had the wettest may and june on record the fishing would be a lot better. our best time of year is august thru October until the fall rains start. but ever since I built my boat I haven't seen "great" fishing because of long bad weather patterns or like last year I blew up my fan blades just as it started to get good. I wasn't gonna start new stuff at the end of August.
I appreciate the invite. someday I want to get up on the big lakes.

 

I think that we are in similar boats Rambo (pun intended). While blow boats are awesome and lots of fun, they are over kill for the waters I shoot. In fact, there are a few scenarios that the fan boats will out shine a blow boat. Down here, coastal erosion is a huge problem and the blow boats ability to run over the little dry marsh that we have is hugely frowned on. A fan boats ability to back out of a tight spot instead of just gas on it and run over something is a big plus when trying to get permission from a land owner to fish his ponds. It's kinda like someone pulling up to a farmers house asking permission to hunt his fields while his 4x4 with 44" tires and covered in mud is right behind him.

 

I'm with Rambo on this one. You you guys are serious about convincing him to build a blow boat, then somebody bring one to Indiana this weekend. Make sure all your insurance is paid up, and we can hit the West Fork. Airboats are freakin cool, and I would love to have one, but they are just not practical in this part of the world.
Looking forward to watching you build this boat, Rambo!

 

Similar boats........:laugh:

 

if Tim Escott comes to your Linton shoot you can see his. last I knew he wants his fan boat back

 

Exactly. That boat has a wow factor of 11 for these parts, but they just aren't practical. I still want to drive it!

 

Sooo... lets build an 1880 with 30 inch sides with a jet outboard and a fan and a kicker with a place to mount the troller on the front.... BOOM!

And by "lets" I really mean you build it and I will hand you parts and drink beer and kill fish when its completed.