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going to buy a new boat this year and have some questions that I hope someone can help me with. Iam looking at a Lowe Roughneck big river 1860. Does anyone have one of these? Wondering if they are a good quality? I keep my boats for at least 10 years or longer and was wondering about...

I have a trailer that is slightly bent. it looks as if the previous owner had hooked a parking curb or something and then they pulled it forward and looks as if the trailer has been bent inwards. I measured the front of it after the tongue and then measured the very back of it, it measures...

Hello everyone. My wife and daughter have decided that they would like to try tubing. So I have a couple of questions, first off the boat that I have is a G3 1544 flat bottom with a 25 hp Yamaha. So my questions are if I were to do this would I put enough strain on the transom to tear it up...

Went fishing today and my motor ran good going to the fishing area also idled around the area good. But on the way back to the ramp it ran like it was not getting enough fuel and it would not get on plane even after I squeezed the primer bulb. The primer bulb was not hard and I squeezed it twice...

Getting ready to mount a foot controlled trolling motor to the bow of my jon boat and would like to find out if there is wood under the small deck? I am planning on using 2 pieces of wood sandwiched together for the top and through bolting everything. Would this work okay?

I have a G3 1544 jon boat and have been wanting to put a foot controlled trolling motor on the front of it, it has just the regular front deck on it. If I put a foot controlled motor on it the control is at a weird angle due to the floor sloping down and would not be comfortable at all, It...

I have decided to put a flat floor in my john boat. It is a G3 1544, I have been looking at aluminum for the floor and was wondering what thickness would be good. I am planning on putting foam board under it and covering it with some type of flooring but not carpet. Would .035" work or should...

Hi everyone, I just purchased a Trolling motor for my flat bottom john boat and am looking for ideas on a mount. It is a bow mount motor and I don't know how to mount it without it looking real bad. so if anyone has some good ideas or pictures of your setup I would like to see and hear them...

I have a mid 70's Johnson 20 hp. and it hasn't been running right. Found today that the lower spark plug wire is burnt and shorting against the hood latch. How hard is it to change that myself, it looks like I will need to pull the flywheel in order to do this, is this correct? and also where...

I am needing to put some guide ons on my trailer, could some one give me an idea of how to do this. I have seen on here some that are home built for a reasonable amount of money and that is what I am looking for. I just need a list of supplies and some direction. Thanks Jon

Does anybody have a good way to mount a transom mount on the bow of a boat? I already have the trolling motor I just can't seem to find a good way to mount it. I have looked at the ones from Cabela's and Bass pro but the reviews aren't to promising. So just wondered what everyone does. The...

Good afternoon everybody, I went fishing this morning and my motor was running good and as we were looking for a place to fish the motor started to slow down and then finally shut down and there was steam coming from under the cowling. I tried to restart it and it was seized up but after it...

Hey everyone, I am looking at getting a new boat in the next couple of weeks and would like some advice. I am looking at 2 boats one is the Tracker Topper 1542 and the other is a G3 1544. There is about 600.00 dollar difference between these 2 with the Tracker being the cheapest. So if it was...

:mrgreen: :mrgreen: Hey everyone, I have been looking at you guys mod's and am itching to get started on mine. It is a 14 ft. v bottom 19 something Appleby, it looks pretty rough but I think it is going to be fine. I just bought a 6 hp Evinrude today to go with it. the guy at the shop I got it...

Hey everybody, I bought an old boat and need to remove the old paint. What is the best way to do this, it has a couple of leaks in it that I need to repair. I thought about a flapper disk that goes on a grinder but didn't know if that would remove to much metal and make it weaker. any ideas...

Hey everyone, have a couple of questions for ya I have been looking at alot of boats lately and thought I found what I wanted until I come across a Crestliner Kodiak. If I remeber right it is a 16 foot V bottom and is a very deep boat, it was rigged with a 25hp Mercury. The reason I liked this...

Just sitting here looking at boats and noticed that on the Tracker jon boats the ribs do not go up the sides of the boat, but on the Lowe and G3 boats the ribs go up the sides. So my question is this, does it really matter? Me just sitting here thinking about it the answer in my mind is yes...

Mornin everybody I was going thru and reading some old post the other day and read several times where people would say that flat bottom boats were not very good in rougher water and that a semi-v was the way to go, but that a flat bottom boat was a little more stable. I have never been in a...

Just thought that I would stop in and say hi. Also have a question, I am looking at buying a new jon boat within the next year or soand I was just wondering about a couple of things. This boat will be used mostly for pan fishing, cat fishing, and maybe a little bit of bass fishing, I am really...