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If it was me I would be looking at maybe a Alweld https://www.alweld.com/basic_jet_boat.html ,, with a 35hp jet wouldn't be looking to go any bigger then a 1652 maybe a 1752 at most if ya travel lite ,,,,,,,,, Jetting up the South Fork of the Nulato river in Alaska. Running river with a Alweld...

shouldn't be a problem, remove the post mount base and replace with the new fixture,,,, having a bow mount trolling motor may not be possible seeing it would be lower then the tm

wouldn't say its a steal but a good deal,,,,,, nice trailer, new would be about the $900

Looking to Install some seat bases to the rear bench seat of a G3 vbw,,wondering what they have for backing, if any? Trying to figure out what it is so I can have what I need for the best way of attaching the bases,,, going with 3,,,, 1 center, 1 left and right for driving with the tiller,,,,the...

Run a ground wire from the plug to each light along with the other 2 wires for each side, want to save some wire could also run the ground from one light to the other as you could the running light wire ,,,, make no sense to why would a person not just run $2s worth of wire and then spend the...

And the one thing I forgot about and maybe most important on a boat trailer use marine grade wire,,, being tinned its meant to be getting wet with little or no corrosion ,, will also make a better soldered joint, well worth the extra 10 or 15 bucks Do it right the 1st time and it will be done...

I'm guessing it must be a tube steel framed trailer,,, take your 3 wires for each side of the trailer , ground, running and stop/blinker, put 1 end of the group of wires in a vise and put the other end in a drill motor and twist the wires together to make a cable of three wires,,, temporarily...

never use the trailer frame for the ground on a boat trailer or for that mater any trailer,,,, run a ground wire and solder all connections then liquid tape then heat shrink tubing it will solve 80% of all problems

1st off of should said, will out last out last any plywood that's not properly protected ,,, its still a plywood,,,,just faster and easier to deal with Know home depot and lowes dont,, got to try a old fashion lumber store and have them order it if need be,,, see it all the time on job sites...

My North River was built a MDO floor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium_density_overlay_panel with vinyl on top of that,,,, built to stand up to Northen pacific waters,,,, will out last any plywood

on a 1448 IMO think the 20hp would be the best choice,, the tohatsu 20 is about 50lb less the a 25,, save pounds is like gaining hp,, just put a 25 etec on a g3 1548 w/power tilt/trim think its 180lb a 20 120 something,,, 25 etec runs 30+, coming off of plane get water washing over the 15''...

thanks for the reply's folks,,, ended up getting the lawn tractor size battery,weighs in at 23lb ,got a agm battery from the dealer selling me the etec, paid 90$ , smallest battery he would recommend, like agm's myself, running 2 of them in my truck for the last year hoping they last longer then...

seen it done before on another forum,,, all I can say is dont leave a gun near by :lol:

setting up my new g3 1548 vbw,,my 6hp tohatsu is just way to slow so next week having a new tiller 25hp etec installed on her, has power tilt/trim making it 160# motor ,, got yellow top optima for the tm and house power that I keep up front and going to install a battery isolator to add a...

you need to make sure the blades to the impeller are facing or turned the right way,,,, get the manual or look on line the direction of rotation has to be right,,, you said you turn it over not sure what was meant by that

Thanks guys, wished I would have done a few things different, think I could have got the boat lower on the trailer by 2'' but oh well will serve its duty, hoping on day to get a bigger jon one day should be able to get a 1652 on it ,,,,,,,,, man why does a person have to have a frign...

Seeing your going to be at the weld shop anyways much easier and cleaner looking is to cut the transom brace out low enough to tilt the old wood transom out from the bottom and put the new one in later,, then reweld the brace,, done 2 boats that way and getting ready for a 3rd,, own a sheet...

that would be a long shaft,,, goggle up a pic of the short shaft

Looks good on paper,, just built a trailer for my jon https://www.tinboats.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=32006,, Used a torsion axle from Northern tool https://www.northerntool.com/shop/too..._620183_620183 ,,, I'll never buy or build another trailer without them,, my trailer came out...

When I built my trailer I used trex-wood from Lowes as slick bunks. Along with the steel-flex on the bottom of of the boat its like the boat is on ball bearings,,, for some pics go to my build https://www.tinboats.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=32006