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Have you ever removed the bench seat in a longer jon boat,? I have a 1991 18 ft love ti 3 benches (the rear one is larger than the other two and a little 2 ft front deck) and I wld like to remove 2 of them but I am worry to alterate the hull integrity.

Ok, here are some pics. I found that what is confenient is to combine all the 3 technique suggested. After I ripped of the carpet I scrape off most of the glue after soften it with a heat gun then I use the grinder and finish the job to perfection with Goofoff. I found that where there is a...

Nice rig man!

Yes...but I am gonna have to go in line after my girls.... :LOL22: :LOL22: :LOL22:

I'll post some pics soon. BTW I do not have a heat gun, do you think that a propane torch not pointed directly to the glue, would do the job?

beautiful job jerry!!! any suggestion about where to buy alluminum (I would probably go for plain not diamonds) ??? I know it's expensive and if I can save some $$$ :)

how thick do you think a plate to built a pavement should be?? I am planning to cut some isolation foam panels to lay on the bottom inther the alluminum

I want to built a floor for my jon boat, and I would like to make it with alluminum (pop rivets to the ribs). I have look on some website to buy some sheet but they have different type of malluminum (1100, 6075...) Which one is better and how thick should it be? Anybody has pics of their...

I do not know which type of glue that guy use to attach the carpet to the alluminum, but I'll try the heat gun and scraper first and eventually move to something chemical (that goof off promise miracles).

Hi everybody! I have just started to work on my Lowe 1848 jon boat. The old owner did a great job building alluminum pavement and covering everything with carpet but since I would like to replace the carpet I ripped it off. Unfortunately a lot of old glue remained stuck to the boat (sometimes...

Did you have any problem with hull integrity after removing the bench? It is an open discussion on the net if doing it make your boat fold in half first time you go on the water or not. I have a Lowe 18 feet with 3 benches (plus a mini deck atthe front) and I am trying to decide if I can remove...

Thanks a lot! I have already found an old evinrudr 7.5hp as donor for the lower part... now I 'll start looking for the motor. This guy on craigslist looks like has an outboard similar to yours...maybe you can ask him about the wiring... https://baltimore.craigslist.org/boa/1828814849.html

Guy i am looking into modifying and old gas outboard into an electric one. Anybody have experience in this? ScottMD, could you post some pics of your golf cart outboard? I am your neighbour as well I live donw by DC (kensington) I fish the Potomac and often little seneca lake(black hill) but i m...

I have a 12V 50 lbs and a 24V 80lbs. The little lakes in the area are Electric only nad I just want to be able to move fast around the lake with my 18ft jon boat. Electric outboard motor are expensive.... Does anybody have experience with them? I saw the most affordable is a Torqueedo 801...

If I use multiple trolling motor at the same time does each thrust add to the other? In other word 50lbs+50lbs is going to push my jon boat as a 100 lbs?