LOWEshooter829
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New guy here...extremely excited I found this site!
Got a great deal on a 1987 Lowe flat bottom 16' Side Console. As you can see the trailer is junk and might be scrapped as such. The boat is too big for it and it has no tongue weight. The Mercury 40 HP motor has some serious issues and may need to be sold for parts. But what I paid for the whole setup it was worth it, even if I have to buy another motor and trailer I will be under budget!
I apologize for the lousy pics I took them with a phone. I am currently about to graduate college and just barely had enough time to pick up the boat and drop it off and my house and then jet back to school.
I plan on setting it up for duck hunting/bowfishing/catfishing in that order. I hope to be on the water in September to get back into some public land (deer) archery spots with no road access. Bowfishing obviously won't happen this year and probably not catfishing either.
When I can get back home and tear into to her I plan on pulling the motor and diagnosing that situation, then the first order of business is the trailer. I am bringing the motor back with me to work on during the week (In my apartment :shock: !) And my brother is gonna strip and sand the boat for me in his spare time
Gonna be a long, LEARNING process, I'm gonna go SLOW with my already busy schedule and inexperience...luckily my fiances dad is handy with a welder and willing to teach me (he hunts with me and is just as excited about this as I am!). I am not experienced with boat building although I've been in and around boats all my life. My fiance is pissed to say the least! She knows what kind of money pit I just got myself into
I will give you a quick rundown of what I am planning on by September in order of priority
Trailer (if not scrapped) - New bunks, tongue ext., new winch, new LED lights/wiring, guideposts, tires, sanding/grinding and paint
Motor (if not sold) - replace/rebuild as much as possible!, and lots of Seafoam, new electric tilt/trim (if budget allows)
Boat - Sanding/grinding, steelflex bottom, camo paint everywhere else, new transom, remove front bench and reinforce, new ext. front deck for decoy/dry storage, dry storage compartment for batteries gas tank, etc., LED deck lights, Bow mounted lights, removable/folding/trailerable style blind.
Future (next year) - aluminum flooring, removable aluminum bowfishing deck with lights, trolling motor, flotation pods, and who knows what else I will conjure up!
Looking forward to you guys opinions and input...from what I searched around and have seen...there is plenty of ingenuity on this site!
Got a great deal on a 1987 Lowe flat bottom 16' Side Console. As you can see the trailer is junk and might be scrapped as such. The boat is too big for it and it has no tongue weight. The Mercury 40 HP motor has some serious issues and may need to be sold for parts. But what I paid for the whole setup it was worth it, even if I have to buy another motor and trailer I will be under budget!
I apologize for the lousy pics I took them with a phone. I am currently about to graduate college and just barely had enough time to pick up the boat and drop it off and my house and then jet back to school.
I plan on setting it up for duck hunting/bowfishing/catfishing in that order. I hope to be on the water in September to get back into some public land (deer) archery spots with no road access. Bowfishing obviously won't happen this year and probably not catfishing either.
When I can get back home and tear into to her I plan on pulling the motor and diagnosing that situation, then the first order of business is the trailer. I am bringing the motor back with me to work on during the week (In my apartment :shock: !) And my brother is gonna strip and sand the boat for me in his spare time
Gonna be a long, LEARNING process, I'm gonna go SLOW with my already busy schedule and inexperience...luckily my fiances dad is handy with a welder and willing to teach me (he hunts with me and is just as excited about this as I am!). I am not experienced with boat building although I've been in and around boats all my life. My fiance is pissed to say the least! She knows what kind of money pit I just got myself into
I will give you a quick rundown of what I am planning on by September in order of priority
Trailer (if not scrapped) - New bunks, tongue ext., new winch, new LED lights/wiring, guideposts, tires, sanding/grinding and paint
Motor (if not sold) - replace/rebuild as much as possible!, and lots of Seafoam, new electric tilt/trim (if budget allows)
Boat - Sanding/grinding, steelflex bottom, camo paint everywhere else, new transom, remove front bench and reinforce, new ext. front deck for decoy/dry storage, dry storage compartment for batteries gas tank, etc., LED deck lights, Bow mounted lights, removable/folding/trailerable style blind.
Future (next year) - aluminum flooring, removable aluminum bowfishing deck with lights, trolling motor, flotation pods, and who knows what else I will conjure up!
Looking forward to you guys opinions and input...from what I searched around and have seen...there is plenty of ingenuity on this site!
