Country Dave’s Lowe 1752 modification/restoration project.

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hudflat » Today, 07:19[/url]"]and just like that....." POOF " he's gone again

I can't blame him, I would be gone too....... :lol:

 

[Country Dave]

LMAO

You guys are great thank you. I needed a laugh or two today. Ok Progress and pics by the end of the long weekend. Unfortunately I'm in the office tomorrow, I'm going to shoot across the coast on Sunday to spend the day with friends. I will be doing some labor on labor day. Yes working on the skiff.

The honeymoon isn't over yet but she knows its important to me and she wants to go fishing. So I'm like ok honey, the boat isn't going to build itself............................. :mrgreen:

 

[Badbagger]

Hey Dave, looking GREAT bro and really glad you've got a "better half" if you will that can relate to "working and building" and someone who loves to fish as well. We fished yesterday and got the pretty white deck FULL of a lot of RED blood :mrgreen:

 

[Country Dave]

Badbagger » Today, 11:58[/url]"]Hey Dave, looking GREAT bro and really glad you've got a "better half" if you will that can relate to "working and building" and someone who loves to fish as well. We fished yesterday and got the pretty white deck FULL of a lot of RED blood :mrgreen:

Hey bro Thanks,

I wouldn't exactly say she's my better half but its sure been fun so far. :mrgreen: Give me a month or two and I'll F it up. :LOL2: I'm at the point that I really don't care, its a great place to be. If it works out great, if not, next. :LOL2: Anyway back to the stuff that really important, boats and fishing. So tell me about the smack down you put on the fish.............. :mrgreen:

 

[hudflat]

Country Dave » 06 Feb 2013, 14:07[/url]"]Hey thanks guys,

I love fishing this time of year. It gets so freaking hot starting around mid May. Fishing is great year around but March through May are really great where I do most of my fishing. I’m hoping to be ready to go by mid March but it might run as late as the end of March.
Sometimes things go really smooth and quickly and sometimes not so much. :LOL2: [/quote

Dave FYI , you missed March,April,May June,July & August ....just saying, hopefully your ready for late Sept / October's slam! with every post its helping me, thanks for sharing your work.

Soon to come David's (hudflat) 1752 modification/restoration project less the Opra Winfrey/ Jerry Springer escapades coming in december.


David

 

[Country Dave]

hudflat » Yesterday, 14:57[/url]"]

Country Dave » 06 Feb 2013, 14:07[/url]"]Hey thanks guys,

I love fishing this time of year. It gets so freaking hot starting around mid May. Fishing is great year around but March through May are really great where I do most of my fishing. I’m hoping to be ready to go by mid March but it might run as late as the end of March.
Sometimes things go really smooth and quickly and sometimes not so much. :LOL2: [/quote

Dave FYI , you missed March,April,May June,July & August ....just saying, hopefully your ready for late Sept / October's slam! with every post its helping me, thanks for sharing your work.

Soon to come David's (hudflat) 1752 modification/restoration project less the Opra Winfrey/ Jerry Springer escapades coming in december.


David

I remember that post like it was yesterday,

The key phrase there would be “Sometimes things go really smooth and quickly and sometimes not so much” It’s important to have a target date but as you will see when you start your build/mods, It doesn’t always go as planned. You’re more than welcome I certainly don’t mind giving back to this great forum. I think a good rule of thumb for anyone starting a “from scratch build or heavy mods” to sit down and carefully calculate the cost and time it will take to complete it. Then add 30% to it.

Just as anything else you have to be realistic about how long it will take to get it done and more importantly, get it done right. If I had no life, no girlfriends, and no family it would have been done by now. But I like having a life, girlfriends and my family is more important to me than anything.
So somewhere along the line I decided it will be done when it’s done. When is you’re date for starting your build?

 

[Badbagger]

Dave ya said a mouthful and I do SO AGREE :mrgreen: We hit the fish pretty good last week and the boat was BLOOD RED and the wife outfished me lol. We're making another run at the Reds & Specks tomorrow afternoon and catch the outgoing tide in Panacea on the oyster bars weather permitting.

 

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Country Dave » 27 minutes ago[/url]"]

hudflat » Yesterday, 14:57[/url]"]

Country Dave » 06 Feb 2013, 14:07[/url]"]Hey thanks guys,

I love fishing this time of year. It gets so freaking hot starting around mid May. Fishing is great year around but March through May are really great where I do most of my fishing. I’m hoping to be ready to go by mid March but it might run as late as the end of March.
Sometimes things go really smooth and quickly and sometimes not so much. :LOL2: [/quote

Dave FYI , you missed March,April,May June,July & August ....just saying, hopefully your ready for late Sept / October's slam! with every post its helping me, thanks for sharing your work.

Soon to come David's (hudflat) 1752 modification/restoration project less the Opra Winfrey/ Jerry Springer escapades coming in december.


David

I remember that post like it was yesterday,

The key phrase there would be “Sometimes things go really smooth and quickly and sometimes not so much” It’s important to have a target date but as you will see when you start your build/mods, It doesn’t always go as planned. You’re more than welcome I certainly don’t mind giving back to this great forum. I think a good rule of thumb for anyone starting a “from scratch build or heavy mods” to sit down and carefully calculate the cost and time it will take to complete it. Then add 30% to it.

Just as anything else you have to be realistic about how long it will take to get it done and more importantly, get it done right. If I had no life, no girlfriends, and no family it would have been done by now. But I like having a life, girlfriends and my family is more important to me than anything.
So somewhere along the line I decided it will be done when it’s done. When is you’re date for starting your build?

Hey Dave you hit the nail on the head with this one.....except I would say 50% is more like it just so your not that shocked when you actually add up all the expense........not to mention the free labor you provide. Imagine taking to a pro and having this done........It would be 100% more.

 

[Country Dave]

Hey thanks my brothers from another mother. :LOL2:

No seriously you guys are the bomb. We've had some great interaction and that's pretty cool. BB glad to here you're spanking um, and yeh these woman seem to have a knack for out fishing us. I take great satisfaction when I put people on fish and there having a great time. Sometimes I think I get more excited than they do.

Big I know you're a well rounded angler, you always seem to spank um pretty good when you run offshore. Hopefully all of us we will get to fish together some day and I'll show you guys a few inshore techniques you're not guna see on florida sportsman.............. :mrgreen:

 

[Country Dave]

Ok a quick update with a few pics,

I cut down this rod holder and beveled the bottom edge by heating it up with my heat gun and forcing it down on a tapered metal cone. When the motor goes up and down on the jack plate the hydraulic lines will move a little. I didn't want them rubbing on the rough edge of the bottom of the rod holder so that's why I beveled/mushroomed out the bottom of the rod holder. I forgot to snap a pic of that.

Anyway it all turned out good. I'm going to spend some time on her this weekend and though she might not be 100% completed, the plan is to have her ready for her first water test. Sorry for the crappy pics, taken with my cell phone.

 

[Country Dave]

I’ve decided I’m going fishing Saturday, :mrgreen:

I have a friend who lives in Goodland right here on the west coast. It’s just an hour and a half run over there for me. We’re going to run out through Coon key pass then run the shoreline all the way down to the mouth of the shark river fishing the many river and creak months along the way.

Looking to limit out on Trout, Reds, Mangs, Mr. snook and maybe a Gag or three. It’s just what the doctor order. I was looking forward to working on my skiff but hey, I just couldn’t pass this trip up.................. :mrgreen:

 

[Badbagger]

Outstanding, we fished the outgoing tide Wednesday around the Oyster bars and ran through a couple but no takers except for a couple of good snappy strikes. Christened the bottom of the boat on an Oyster bar lol... scraped a small area about 1" in diameter so a lil touch up with Rustoleum is in order and it's a perfect match :mrgreen:

Had I run through that skinny stuff in a glass boat, ewww bad day :shock:

 

[hudflat]

Dave, show me where your going to put your trolling motor batteries,im getting a 24volt minn kota here this weekend and the plan is to put them up front port side just behind where the trolling motor will mount so im thinking im going to have to cut and install an access cover in the flotation area, is that what you doing? Im keeping the side console but installing a small grab bar and might raise it a bit so placing them to that side will also help with the counter balance issue when i fish alone ( which isnt often because my brother is a mooch) and I really like the room it gives my stealth 184lb body space to move around :lol:


David

 

[Country Dave]

Yeh BB that’s what I was thinking,

In a glass boat you would have been really farked. In a glass boat you might not have even been able to get that skinny. Well my trip is off for tomorrow, things got messed up long story but it’s all good. Now I can concentrate on moving forward with my build.

Hud you don’t need a 24V trolling motor on a 17ft aluminum. You can get a 55 thrust in a 12V and you don’t have to worry about a second battery. You really want the weight of three batteries on a 17 tin? Not necessary my friend. A 12V 55 thrust will move your boat along just as fast as you would care to go and last all day.

I’m running a Minnkota Rip Tide 12V 55 thrust on mine. I will have a single 12V battery here in the center compartment. You can see it here right in front of the dead blow hammer. You can get about 6 hours of continues use with this motor at 50% 4 hours of continues use at 75%

 

[hudflat]

ok thanks for the advise on the troling motor , i was fed some crap apparently what size is your shaft 48"?, oh and those 2 compartments up front you made what do they look like inside? I may copy you on that. :roll:

 

[Country Dave]

hudflat » Today, 17:05[/url]"]ok thanks for the advise on the troling motor , i was fed some crap apparently what size is your shaft 48"?, oh and those 2 compartments up front you made what do they look like inside? I may copy you on that. :roll:

Bro you know I don't mind helping anyone out but this is a little personal, a little weird. You want to know what size my shaft is? [-X

O wait, you were talking about the trolling motor............................ :LOL2: LMAO Trolling motor shaft is 48 I'm not there but the girlfriend hasn't had any complaints :LOL2: :LOL2: :LOL2: This is a pic of what the inside of the front deck cutouts looks like. If you don't need the storage don't cut them out. Make a single cut out in the front bulkhead.

 

[MiPikeGuy]

lmao ^

killer work Dave, nice rig!

 

[hudflat]

I knew you would pick up on the "shaft size" comment typical with you east coast floridians. :lol: , If you really think about it what your doing to your 1752 in no different than a 50+ guy buying a used 2004 corvette convertable and getting some hair implants, he's just making up for the size...


David

 

[Country Dave]

MiPikeGuy » Yesterday, 23:45[/url]"]lmao ^

killer work Dave, nice rig!

Thanks Pike guy,
Much appreciated. Hope you’re feeling better soon, the big pike are waiting for you brother. You are in our prayers.

 

[Country Dave]

hudflat » Today, 13:35[/url]"]I knew you would pick up on the "shaft size" comment typical with you east coast floridians. :lol: , If you really think about it what your doing to your 1752 in no different than a 50+ guy buying a used 2004 corvette convertable and getting some hair implants, he's just making up for the size...


David

Hud you’re funny bro,

I have lots of hair and I drive some pretty sexy cars so it’s all good. Please don’t ask me to measure anything or I’m really going to be freaked out…………… :LOL2:

Ok In between watching the Canes spank some Gator azz “ It’s all about the U” I played with the skiff. I needed to get this cutout spot on so this was what I came up with. Pics are self-explanatory. Pretty much ready to hard mount the bench plate but I might make a little change first I’m going to sleep on it.

Well I did get a little fishing in today, Fishing my fuel tank vent hose through the bench………….. :LOL2:

I had to cut down this bracket a little bit to accommodate the vent hose and the plastic hose grommet. Everything at the tank is done but I have one thing I need to figure out before I rivet the bench top down. Again I will sleep on it and hopefully I will have a resolution.