New to me old 14x36 flat bottom

[castinandblastin83]

I took in on trade a 14x36 boat and trailer with a 30# thrust trolling motor and a 6 h.p. gas motor. I want to remove all four bench seats and build decks in the front and back. will I have float issues removing all four bench seats? Also what kind of pedestal mounts will work best for this, do I go all the way through the bottom of the boat or will the wood floor I plan on putting down be enough to hold it. Send me some ideas and info fellow tin boaters!

 

[FishingBuds]

IMHO the 1436 jon isn't a good boat to remove all the bench seats from, after I did all my home work I decided to not remove the bench seats on my 1436. But Again this is my 2cents. If I had a 1448 then I would consider removing the seats.


What kind of waters you plan on fishing with it? Is it rivers?

 

[castinandblastin83]

Just going to be using it on small lakes no rivers. probally only trolling motor lakes.