18' Lowe center console

[Badbagger]

Hey Ryan, how's bout an update lol ?

 

[Mrtoler]

Lol, as of now I'm hoping that my father in law will not be to tired after work and will come finish the paint since the weather is perfect! If he does make it I'll try and get several pics and I'll upload them tonight.... As far as pics of the transom, the only ones I have is the ones I've already uploaded. I'll try and get a couple more later. As far as what we did, we cut the whole original transom out and replaced it with new 1/8" plate, it was way thicker than the original stuff. We then used 2" square tubing and added a few uprights and added the needed bracing to bolt the engine on. Then we built all the rear deck, helm stand and false floor and it's all tied together. The boat is a lot stouter and hopefully stronger!

 

[Badbagger]

Outstanding, we'll be looking !

 

[Mrtoler]

I spoke to soon, just talked to my father in law and he said not today maybe tomorrow... I can't wait till he's done because from then on the only Person ill be waiting on is me!

 

[Mrtoler]

Pics pics pics, I've finally got a real update!!! Finally..lol... I got the red sprayed today and I couldn't be happier with the look. The paint is not 100% done we have some touch ups to fix and still need to clear the whole thing so that should give it a really nice shine... We just keep running outta time.. Hopefully well finish up this week and I can get it back on the trailer.

All taped off and masked ready for red!

First bit of red on the console

I think it's looking pretty good, the gunnels or rub rails across the top are going to get coated in the no slip coating that will also be inside. It will be white with hopefully red webbing (splattered paint) on top of it!

 

[Badbagger]

Outstanding job Ryan, looks great =D> =D> =D>

 

[Mrtoler]

Thank ya Sir!

 

[Mrtoler]

I finally finished the paint 100% and got the boat flipped back over and loaded on the trailer. I painted the engine the other day and got it hung on the jack plate today....finally I'm done waiting on people it's all on me now to finish this thing.

 

[Country Dave]

Wow that looks awesome Ryan, =D>
Can’t wait to see it when it’s all done.

 

[Mrtoler]

I've been talking about finishing this thing for awhile now and I'm finally back at it.... I finished the floor today and got it all sealed, I also built the livewell/captain seat....here's the proof

Here's my help

I decided to go with carpet over the non skid coating since I'm just wanting to finish this boat and sell it so I can start on my new huge project. So I still need to wrap the floor pieces in carpet, the floor is in several pieces so if you needed to access under the deck you can just remove one section...I need to do the float test to see how it's going to set in the water, so I can see where the 30gal gas tank needs to be placed.. Then its pretty much just wiring everything up and all the small stuff!

 

[Mrtoler]

I floated my boat again yesterday to see how it was going to set with the floor in and engine mounted... Considering I had the batteries small trolling motor and empty gas tank all back there it sat quite well... I had my wife and son join me and it handled the total load very well also.. So now I can start mounting stuff without worrying about the weight distribution so much.

 

[Mrtoler]

Got some of the floor pieces wrapped in carpet the other day... It looked better than I thought it would... Looking forward to getting the rest finished.

 

[Country Dave]

Looks good Ryan,

Good to see you back on the forum.

 

[PSG-1]

Nice work! =D> Looks like a great rig for fishing.

 

[Mrtoler]

Thanks guys, ya I've been a lil MIA for a few months... I kinda just stopped working on this boat because I was using my pontoon boat to fish pretty much every weekend.. I have since sold that toon and bought a 28' peformance tritoon hull (you can see it in one of my pics) that will have a 300hp verado... But it still needs to be built, the wife and I have really had an urge to go fishing so I decided to finish this Lowe. I am going to sell it to help fund some of the tritoon build but I'm going to fish it as much as I can until it sells!

 

[Country Dave]

Mrtoler » 38 minutes ago[/url]"]Thanks guys, ya I've been a lil MIA for a few months... I kinda just stopped working on this boat because I was using my pontoon boat to fish pretty much every weekend.. I have since sold that toon and bought a 28' peformance tritoon hull (you can see it in one of my pics) that will have a 300hp verado... But it still needs to be built, the wife and I have really had an urge to go fishing so I decided to finish this Lowe. I am going to sell it to help fund some of the tritoon build but I'm going to fish it as much as I can until it sells!

Hey very cool Ryan,

I sold my 24 pontoon. I might build another one sometime down the raod. 300 Verado very cool. You're going to have to get off your wallet for that one, but very very cool. Are you on the pontoon fourm with the new build?

 

[Mrtoler]

Yea I've got the tritoon on the other forum, I haven't started on it yet though... The boat is rated at 300hp so I figured I might as well go for it, but if I see a good deal on a 250verado that'll do also but im not going any smaller... The 300 at my local BPS it about $20,000 but that's before you add all the taxes rigging and the controles are like$2,500 but what can I say....lol..... The VROD is just flat out sexy!

 

[Lowe 2070 CC]

Just what you need!

 

[Country Dave]

Mrtoler » 11 minutes ago[/url]"]Yea I've got the tritoon on the other forum, I haven't started on it yet though... The boat is rated at 300hp so I figured I might as well go for it, but if I see a good deal on a 250verado that'll do also but im not going any smaller... The 300 at my local BPS it about $20,000 but that's before you add all the taxes rigging and the controles are like$2,500 but what can I say....lol..... The VROD is just flat out sexy!

Sexy it is, and its only money brother. We can't take it with us.............................. :mrgreen:

 

[bigwave]

Well since you guys have all the money in the world, I vote for this engine for your tirtoon......... :evil: