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I would get the 20 w/electric start and power lift if ya can afford it, fish n shallow water and do a lot of stops and starts you would appreciate both before long,,,, have 1548 G3 vbw, its footprint not much different then yours, with a 25 etec make about 28mph with me at 260lbs and gear in...

very nice boat ,,,,congrats

On my old ''83''Gregor bass boat it was set up with 2 batteries to run a 24v tm,, uses one of the 2 to supply house power and as a starting battery for a 75hp Suzuki,,,,some how it was able to keep the 2 batteries charged with even voltage between the two,,,,looks to me it was set up at the...

Rich thats one slick idea,,,no pun intended :lol:,,,, luv slick bunks, my north river came with 1/4''uhmw riveted to bent alum channels,,, when I built my trailer for my g3 I used ''trek wood''/composite wood for slick bunks, they work great,,but for for existing wood bunks your idea would work...

watching ,,,,88 all the way

mite look at a smokercraft https://www.smokercraft.com/showroom/utility-boats/freedom/180-freedom-tl

ill assume its a short shaft engine which is what is required? should be running right at 30mph ,,, what dia prop,,, should be not much bigger then 10'' running a 14 p

would stick with 6hp, ran a 6hp Tohatsu on a 1248 and a 1338 both ran about 7 to 8 mph then put it on 1548 G3 and it would push it 6 to 7 mph, got 25etc for it now, thing about tins always moving up,,, imo mite just look at a bigger boat that will take the 9.8,,, dont know if your plans are for...

do the same :LOL2:

I 100% agree with rich,,,, IMO cutting up a boat like that will turn it in to a dangerous piece junk!!!,, the seats are there for more then a place to sit, they are there to hold the boat together/ structure , their are no ribs and the gunnel is not got the strength to hold the sides and they...

Nice build on the valco,,, have a 14' Valco that needs a lot of work,,,,some day maybe,, to many irons in the fire already and to many boats if that's possible Dude fishing in AZ is great imo,, never have problems finding fish on the lower Colorado River last year one night landed 3 flats...

I like the site ,,,,,thanks,,, Jim sure would be nice to have a thanks button sometimes,,,always a handy feature on other sites I visit

got mine from Bass Pro Shops, if I remember right they were their own brand,,, used them on 2 different boats and both are working great

look in at beavertail pods, think you can get bolt on pods from them,,, they would have the info on how its done,,https://explorebeavertail.com/flotationpods.html ,, been doing some research on them and a lot of different theory's on how they are made and installed

Never knew that Glastron built tin boats,,, had a old glass Glastron once,,,,,,looks like a nice high sided boat for catfish n,,,,JMO boats like that in my experience would be to just use them and hold off dumping a bunch of time and money into them,,, buy things that you can transfer over and...

never heard of the stuff,,,, :P 65 here today

read them all but tinboat is best by far ,,,,,,, like jeep wrote the book on 4 wheel drive Wooldridge wrote the book on the OutBoardJet ,,, a great video of a modern day Wooldridge Alaskan shows what a well made tin can really do and how his boat was hand built for him,, this boat has been made...

yep all true,,, tried using 3/4'' conduit,,,, biggest problem very noisy banging up aginst the tin boat and banging around inside the boat, rebar going to have rust stains in the boat also not going to keep paint on them very easy,,, got some 3/4'' solid fiberglass rod...

ya I here ya,,,, got a wireless foot pedal but haven't been able to get it to link yet,,,, think n the dude at bps bs'd me,,,,I didnt think it was going to work,,,, on my tin bass boat have cable steer , so much faster then the power steer, also faster/easier to pull the rope to stow ,have...

had transom mount on my G3 that I used off my old boat then got one of these https://universalmania.com/minn-kota-1358740-powerdrive-v2-55-i-pilot-no-foot-pedal-12v-55lb-48-inch/ ,,,,, best thing I have done to the boat for add ons,, no foot pedel to deal with,,,,, follows tracks and never need...