Poormans Boatright
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Most of yall know me by my boat " The Poormans Boatright". I had a guy get a hold of me the other day stating he had seen my build on Tin Boats and on 2Coolfishing, he was interested in doing some mods to his Weld Craft. So I drove over to his house to see what all he wanted to do. Steven (the boat owner) tells me that he is interested in adding some front rails for flounder fishing lights, kinda like on my boat. He's also wanting to add a rail type mount for a air motor over the engine, and possibly a full aluminum floor. After looking his boat over and discussing any leak issues, I told him if your going to do all this fabricating you might as well fix the bottom of the boat before we start all this. He agrees, stating the former owner jb welded several spots on the underside. O.K., he brings the boat to me and I get 8 guys to come over and pick the beast of a boat up off the trailer and flip it over and put it back on the trailer, man this thing is huge! So me and a friend go to repairing the bottom pits and holes with my spoolamatic mig gun,We just ran beads over the pitted areas. I ground all the jb weld off and welded a few patches over the bigger spots. After all welding was completed, I sanded and shot the entire bottom with Allweld OD green paint. Then I had to get a hold of the same 8 guys to come and help me lift the boat and flip it back over and set it on the trailer, only this time it cost me beer and barbeque! Did I mention this thing is huge?
Now that the boat is ready and back on the trailer I can begin fabricating the front rails, I got started with a few bends but that was about all I had time for this weekend, I'll have to work on it during the week after I get off work. Follow along and lets see how this beast comes out. More pics as progress escalates. Rod.
Now that the boat is ready and back on the trailer I can begin fabricating the front rails, I got started with a few bends but that was about all I had time for this weekend, I'll have to work on it during the week after I get off work. Follow along and lets see how this beast comes out. More pics as progress escalates. Rod.
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